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This article covers events in the year 2022 in Cuba.

References

  1. ↑ "Trump administration adds Cuban bank to US restricted list". Al Jazeera . Al Jazeera. January 1, 2021. Retrieved January 2, 2021.
  2. ↑ "Cuba planea primera devaluación del peso desde la revolución de 1959". www.msn.com. Reuters . Retrieved September 10, 2020.
  3. ↑ "Cuba to increase minimum salary fivefold". msn.com. AFP. December 9, 2020. Retrieved December 15, 2020.
  4. ↑ Conradis, Brandon (11 January 2021). "Trump administration names Cuba a 'state sponsor of terrorism'". The Hill . Retrieved January 11, 2021.
  5. ↑ "Miles de personas exigen la dimisión del ministro de Cultura cubano luego de que agredió a artistas y periodistas". infobae (in European Spanish). January 29, 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  6. ↑ "Helicopter crash in Cuba kills five crew members". Reuters . 30 January 2021. Retrieved January 29, 2021.
  7. ↑ Axelrod, Tal (30 January 2021). "Pentagon pauses plan to offer coronavirus vaccine to Guantánamo Bay prisoners". The Hill . Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  8. ↑ "Autobús cae por un puente en Cuba; hay 10 muertos". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in European Spanish). January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  9. ↑ Franc, Marc (February 6, 2021). "Cuba opens door to most small business initiatives". Yahoo! News . Associated Press . Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. ↑ ""Patria y Vida": la canción que enfurece y hace temblar a la dictadura de Cuba". infobae (in European Spanish). February 18, 2021. Retrieved February 18, 2021.
  11. ↑ "El régimen cubano arrestó al líder opositor José Daniel Ferrer en Santiago". infobae (in European Spanish). February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  12. ↑ "Estados Unidos pidió la "liberación inmediata" del líder opositor cubano José Daniel Ferrer". infobae (in European Spanish). February 26, 2021. Retrieved February 26, 2021.
  13. ↑ "El nieto de Fidel Castro pidió disculpas por el video en el que se jacta de conducir un auto de lujo en medio de la crisis en Cuba". infobae (in European Spanish). March 5, 2021. Retrieved March 5, 2021.
  14. ↑ Goodhue, David (March 8, 2021). "Eight migrants from Cuba were stopped off the Florida Keys. They were quickly sent back". Yahoo! News . Miami Herald . Retrieved March 8, 2021.
  15. ↑ "Cuba y Rusia arrancan dos días de reuniones en La Habana". jornada.com.mx (in Spanish). La Jornada. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
  16. ↑ "Cuba's Raul Castro confirms he's stepping down, says he's 'fulfilled his mission'". NBC News . Retrieved 2021-04-19.
  17. ↑ "Cuba leadership: Díaz-Canel named Communist Party chief". BBC News . 19 April 2021. Retrieved 2021-04-20.
  18. ↑ Frank, Mark (11 July 2021). "Thousands of protesters take to the streets in Cuba". Reuters . Retrieved 11 July 2021.
  19. ↑ Fallece en La Habana el cineasta cubano Enrique Pineda Barnet (in Spanish)
  20. ↑ Fallece en Cuba Juan Carlos Tabío, codirector de "Fresa y Chocolate" (in Spanish)
  21. ↑ Falleció en Las Tunas Gregorio Pérez, ex lanzador de equipo Cuba (in Spanish)
  22. ↑ Falleció Dagoberto Planos Despaigne cantante de la orquesta Karachi Archived 2021-03-15 at the Wayback Machine (in Spanish)
  23. ↑ Falleció en La Habana el destacado pelotero Orbe Luis Rodríguez (in Spanish)
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