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Cuba
Caribbean socialist state under US embargo; President and CUPET both now on OFAC SDN list.
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#14 6 Sept
Mentioned in: Cuba's dollar rises as the euro falls
Cuba Dispatch#14 4 Sept
Published a revised decree permitting direct hiring by foreign-invested firms
Cuba Dispatch: Cuba lets foreign firms hire directly#14 3 Sept
#14 1 Sept
Mentioned in: Cuban tourism falls 62 per cent
Cuba Dispatch#14 31 Aug
Russia declines Cuba's BRICS upgrade bid
Cuba Dispatch#14 27 Aug
Mentioned in: Felton fault splits Cuba's east again
Cuba Dispatch#175 23 Aug
Mentioned in: OFAC suspends five Iran general licences
Iran Conflict 2026#14 20 Aug
#14 20 Aug
#14 13 Aug
OCDH puts Cuban extreme poverty at 94%
Cuba Dispatch#14 13 Aug
Criticised the expulsion and put the diplomat count at ten
Cuba Dispatch: Santo Domingo expels nine Cuban envoys#14 12 Aug
#14 11 Aug
#14 6 Aug
#14 5 Aug
#13 4 Aug
Mentioned in: 91 of Cuba's 1,949 repression cases
Cuba Dispatch#13 4 Aug
#13 2 Aug
Lost power nationwide for the sixth time in 2026
Cuba Dispatch: UNE blames a 110kV fault, not a storm#13 2 Aug
Havana calls the threat framing a lie
Cuba Dispatch#13 31 Jul
Mentioned in: GAESA was designated first, on 7 May
Cuba Dispatch#13 28 Jul
Mentioned in: A reported Cuba track out of Tapachula
Cuba Dispatch#13 26 Jul
Mentioned in: Guiteras stops a 20th time, 64.6% dark
Cuba Dispatch#12 23 Jul
#12 23 Jul
#12 23 Jul
Mentioned in: State TV smears the exiled artist
Cuba Dispatch#12 23 Jul
Mentioned in: Licences wind down a Cuba hotel fund
Cuba Dispatch#12 23 Jul
Mentioned in: OFAC names a Mariel evasion transfer
Cuba Dispatch#12 21 Jul
#12 19 Jul
#12 19 Jul
Mentioned in: Solar peaks at 758 MW as grid holds
Cuba Dispatch#12 18 Jul
#11 15 Jul
Mentioned in: Cuba blames blockade for 64% gas rise
Cuba Dispatch#11 15 Jul
#11 15 Jul
Mentioned in: UNE forecasts a 2,240 MW shortfall
Cuba Dispatch#11 14 Jul
Mentioned in: Felton trips, and the grid falls again
Cuba Dispatch#11 13 Jul
Mentioned in: OCDH names who is answerable for him
Cuba Dispatch#11 12 Jul
#11 12 Jul
#11 12 Jul
#11 10 Jul
Mentioned in: One 220kV line took the island dark
Cuba Dispatch#11 9 Jul
#11 8 Jul
Mentioned in: State Security rang about his US visa
Cuba Dispatch#11 8 Jul
#10 8 Jul
Mentioned in: Otero vanishes a day before release
Cuba Dispatch#10 7 Jul
Mentioned in: Havana's UN week turns against it
Cuba Dispatch#10 7 Jul
Mentioned in: OCDH logs 1,949 acts of repression
Cuba Dispatch#148 6 Jul
Mentioned in: A week, no US Iran order signed
Iran Conflict 2026#10 6 Jul
Mentioned in: Nuevitas failure blacks out all Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#9 1 Jul
#9 1 Jul
#143 30 Jun
Mentioned in: No Europeans on the guest list
Iran Conflict 2026#9 30 Jun
Cuba's prisoner count nears a record
Cuba Dispatch#9 30 Jun
Mentioned in: Parliament votes, EU Council does not
Cuba Dispatch#12 29 Jun
Mentioned in: OFAC opens an all-programmes delisting portal
European Oil Markets#9 23 Jun
Mentioned in: OFAC hits Cuba's main clearing bank
Cuba Dispatch#9 23 Jun
Supreme Court reopens Cuba land suits
Cuba Dispatch#9 21 Jun
64% of Cuba goes dark at once
Cuba Dispatch#133 19 Jun
Mentioned in: Iran wired its banks into Russia's
Iran Conflict 2026#8 19 Jun
Rubio calls reform not dramatic enough
Cuba Dispatch#8 18 Jun
Cuba opens its market in 176 steps
Cuba Dispatch#8 18 Jun
#8 18 Jun
#132 18 Jun
Mentioned in: OFAC issues no Iran sanctions waiver
Iran Conflict 2026#8 18 Jun
Mentioned in: Brussels votes to punish, not bind
Cuba Dispatch#20 17 Jun
Mentioned in: US crude waiver lapses 17 June
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#8 17 Jun
Pots and pans outrun the reform
Cuba Dispatch#8 15 Jun
Tourism falls 55.8% as the peso slides
Cuba Dispatch#20 14 Jun
Mentioned in: Marines board shadow tanker in Channel
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#8 14 Jun
OCDH logs 332 repressive acts in Cuba in May
Cuba Dispatch#7 11 Jun
#7 11 Jun
Held 1,281 political prisoners per the May 2026 census, a record high
Cuba Dispatch: Ernesto Brieva Sempe dies in Cuban custody#120 5 Jun
Mentioned in: Treasury hits first Chinese oil firm
Iran Conflict 2026#7 5 Jun
#6 5 Jun
GAESA wind-down window shuts 5 June
Cuba Dispatch#119 5 Jun
Mentioned in: No Iran signature for nearly 100 days
Iran Conflict 2026#6 4 Jun
Informal dollar hits record 600 pesos
Cuba Dispatch#7 4 Jun
#7 4 Jun
#118 4 Jun
Mentioned in: Trump signs nothing on Iran in two days
Iran Conflict 2026#6 4 Jun
#6 4 Jun
#6 3 Jun
First Havana protests of the crisis
Cuba Dispatch#6 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Three more hotel chains quit Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#6 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Meliá drops 15 of its 34 Cuba hotels
Cuba Dispatch#6 3 Jun
Visa, Mastercard cut off Cuban cards
Cuba Dispatch#6 3 Jun
Mentioned in: Granma defends GAESA in rare rebuttal
Cuba Dispatch#6 3 Jun
#6 3 Jun
Havana gas cut leaves milk undelivered
Cuba Dispatch#6 1 Jun
Mentioned in: Train of 900 derails in Las Tunas
Cuba Dispatch#6 27 May
#5 26 May
#107 25 May
Mentioned in: OFAC silent as sanctions licence lapses
Iran Conflict 2026#5 26 May
“Universal diverts — 270,000 bbl diesel undelivered”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#104 25 May
Mentioned in: OFAC licence on Hengli expires 24 May
Iran Conflict 2026#5 24 May
#5 20 May
Mentioned in: USS Nimitz arrives in the Caribbean
Cuba Dispatch#5 20 May
#2 18 May
Mentioned in: OFAC signs GL 134C, third Russia bridge
European Oil Markets#2 18 May
Excluded from GL 134C in-transit waiver; nine officials designated SDN on 18 May
European Oil Markets: Cuba carve-out strands nine SDN cargoes#5 18 May
#17 18 May
excluded from GL 134C coverage
Russia-Ukraine War 2026: Treasury Drops Cuba From Russian-Crude Waiver#4 16 May
#4 16 May
#4 14 May
Mentioned in: SEN splits east from centre at 06:09
Cuba Dispatch#4 14 May
#5 14 May
#5 14 May
Mentioned in: Church aid moves as $100M offer stalls
Cuba Dispatch#4 14 May
32 House Democrats warn against Cuba action
Cuba Dispatch#5 14 May
Mentioned in: Osorbo rejects exile or jail to 2030
Cuba Dispatch#4 13 May
#4 13 May
Produced 40,000 bbl/day domestically against 90,000-110,000 bbl/day demand
Cuba Dispatch: Minister: Venezuelan oil cut since November 2025#4 12 May
#95 11 May
Mentioned in: Trump weighs three Iran options, signs none
Iran Conflict 2026#94 10 May
Mentioned in: Iran's 10-point reply, Trump's 14-second rejection
Iran Conflict 2026#4 9 May
#5 7 May
Mentioned in: White House signs nothing on elections
US Midterms 2026#4 7 May
#4 7 May
#4 7 May
#3 5 May
Experienced grid relapse reversing partial April recovery
Cuba Dispatch: Guiteras fails again, deficit hits 1,680 MW#3 5 May
Mentioned in: Universal drifts 1,000 nm off Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#3 4 May
#3 4 May
Mentioned in: Peso slides to 540; MLC spikes to 420
Cuba Dispatch#88 3 May
Mentioned in: Project Freedom announced via Truth Social
Iran Conflict 2026#88 3 May
Mentioned in: CENTCOM blockade tally hits 48 vessels
Iran Conflict 2026#90 2 May
Mentioned in: Beijing flips its blocking statute live
Iran Conflict 2026#103 2 May
Mentioned in: MOFCOM No. 21 mirrors OFAC's blind spots
Iran Conflict 2026#87 2 May
Mentioned in: China activates 2021 Blocking Rules against OFAC
Iran Conflict 2026#88 2 May
Mentioned in: MOFCOM names five Chinese refineries under Blocking Rules
Iran Conflict 2026#3 1 May
Became subject of new targeted-sanctions framework covering officials and relatives
Cuba Dispatch: Trump pulls relatives into Cuba sanctions#3 1 May
Mentioned in: Raul Castro stands at US Embassy venue
Cuba Dispatch#87 1 May
Mentioned in: OFAC ships paper, Trump signs Cuba
Iran Conflict 2026#3 30 Apr
#3 29 Apr
#2 25 Apr
Senate Democrats force Cuba war-powers vote
Cuba Dispatch#4 25 Apr
#2 24 Apr
Allowed deadline to lapse without releasing named dissidents
Cuba Dispatch: US dissident-release deadline lapsed without action#80 24 Apr
Mentioned in: Third US carrier reaches CENTCOM theatre
Iran Conflict 2026#2 23 Apr
Havana lit four days, east held at 24-hour outages
Cuba Dispatch#78 23 Apr
Mentioned in: Khamenei rules Iran by handwritten courier
Iran Conflict 2026#2 22 Apr
CADECA reform fails as informal USD hits 530
Cuba Dispatch#75 20 Apr
Mentioned in: Hormuz at sixteen ships; blackout sets record
Iran Conflict 2026#3 20 Apr
#2 18 Apr
Treasury extends Russian oil cover to Cuba
Cuba Dispatch#2 17 Apr
Refinery restart cuts grid deficit to 1,395 MW
Cuba Dispatch#15 17 Apr
Mentioned in: OFAC quietly extends Russia crude waiver
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#13 16 Apr
Mentioned in: Treasury kills $150M-a-day Russian oil waiver
Russia-Ukraine War 2026#2 16 Apr
Excluded crimes-against-authority category from pardon decree, ensuring no dissidents were freed
Cuba Dispatch: Amnesty: zero prisoners of conscience freed#1 15 Apr
#71 15 Apr
Mentioned in: Windward data dismantles Cooper's halt claim
Iran Conflict 2026#1 14 Apr
Cited by Rodríguez Parrilla as having full right to trade fuel with any country
Cuba Dispatch: Havana accuses US of extraterritorial coercion#1 15 Apr
“out of service contributing to grid crisis in”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#1 15 Apr
“out of service contributing to grid crisis in”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#1 15 Apr
“out of service contributing to grid crisis in”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#2 10 Apr
US aircraft lands in Havana, first since 2016
Cuba Dispatch#2 10 Apr
#1 7 Apr
Reported on the CADECA announcement and informal transfer context
Cuba Dispatch: CADECA opens cash dollar remittance windows#1 7 Apr
#1 7 Apr
“documented political prisoner count in”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#1 7 Apr
#1 7 Apr
#1 1 Apr
UN says two million Cubans need aid now
Cuba Dispatch#1 31 Mar
Received approximately 730,000 barrels of Russian crude oil at Havana
Cuba Dispatch: Russian tanker lands 730,000 barrels at Havana#1 1 Apr
“assessed acute humanitarian crisis in”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#1 1 Apr
#1 31 Mar
#1 31 Mar
#1 31 Mar
#1 31 Mar
#1 25 Mar
Received narrow private-sector carve-in while state entities remained blocked
Cuba Dispatch: US opens Venezuela oil to Cuba's private sector#1 25 Mar
“issued narrow licence permitting private sector sales to”
Cuba Dispatch · source event
#1 25 Mar
#1 18 Mar
Carved out alongside Russia, Iran, North Korea from Venezuelan oil authorisation
Cuba Dispatch: Treasury carves Cuba out of Venezuela oil easing#1 18 Mar
#1 18 Mar
#1 13 Mar
Announced more than 2,000 prisoners freed by 3 April
Cuba Dispatch: Díaz-Canel pledges 51 prisoners as talks open#1 13 Mar
#1 2 Mar
#1 12 Feb
Identified as subject of collective punishment via fuel restrictions
Cuba Dispatch: UN experts call EO 14380 collective punishment#1 11 Feb
#1 29 Jan
Designated subject of a declared national emergency under EO 14380
Cuba Dispatch: Trump signs EO 14380 declaring Cuba emergency#1 29 Jan
#1 28 Jan
#1 28 Jan
#1 1 Feb
