2021 in Cuba

This article covers events in the year 2021 in Cuba.

See also: 2021 in the Caribbean

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Events
See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba
  • January 1
    • The United States adds Banco Financiero International SA (BFI) to the Cuba Restricted List. The Trump administration is considering adding Cuba to its list of state-sponsored terrorism.[1]
    • Cuba eliminates the "convertible peso" used in government establishments valued at 24 pesos/dollar for sales and 25 pesos/dollar for purchases. This is the first devaluation of the peso since the Revolution of 1959.[2]
    • The minimum wage increases from 400 pesos to 2,100 pesos (USD $17 to USD $87).[3]
  • January 11 – The United States re-lists Cuba as State Sponsors of Terrorism. President Obama removed Cuba from the list in 2015.[4]
  • January 29
    • Thousands protest against and demand the resignation of Alpidio Alonso, Minister of Culture, for injuries and invasion of privacy. The demands came after a confrontation with entertainers and independent journalists who demanded more freedom of expression.[5]
    • Cuban Revolutionary Armed Forces report that five soldiers are killed in a crash in Holguín Province.[6]
  • January 30
  • February 6 – Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito Cabrera says the list of permiited small businesses will exand from 127 to 2,000 activities.[9]

Predicted and scheduled events
See also: Public holidays in Cuba

Deaths

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References
  1. "Trump administration adds Cuban bank to US restricted list". aljazeera.com. Al Jazeera English. 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'". TheHill. 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 Spanish). Infobae. 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". TheHill. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  8. "Autobús cae por un puente en Cuba; hay 10 muertos". El Informador :: Noticias de Jalisco, México, Deportes & Entretenimiento (in Spanish). January 30, 2021. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  9. Franc, Marc (February 6, 2021). "Cuba opens door to most small business initiatives". news.yahoo.com. AP. Retrieved February 6, 2021.
  10. "Led by Raúl, the 11th Plenum of the Communist Party Central Committee held". en.granma.cu. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  11. Patrick Oppmann; Alanne Orjoux. "Miguel Diaz-Canel named Cuba's new president". CNN. Retrieved January 13, 2020.
  12. Fallece en La Habana el cineasta cubano Enrique Pineda Barnet (in Spanish)
  13. Fallece en Cuba Juan Carlos Tabío, codirector de "Fresa y Chocolate" (in Spanish)
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