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2024 in Cuba
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This article covers events in the year 2024 in Cuba.
Incumbents
Events
February
- February 2 – Economy minister and concurrent deputy prime minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is dismissed by President Miguel Díaz-Canel amid an ongoing economic crisis.[1] Díaz-Canel subsequently announces a criminal investigation against Gil for unspecified offenses.[2]
- February 14 – Cuba and South Korea establish diplomatic relations after exchanging letters via their United Nations representatives.[3]
March
- March 17 – 2024 Cuban protests: Hundreds of protestors in several cities demonstrate against food shortages, electricity outages and political repression.[4]
- May 15 – The United States removes Cuba from its list of countries deemed less than fully cooperative against violent groups.[5]
October
- October 18 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses.[6][7]
- October 20 – Hurricane Oscar makes landfall near Baracoa,[8] killing at least seven people.[9]
November
- November 6 – Hurricane Rafael makes landfall near Playa Majana, Artemisa Province, causing a nationwide blackout.[10]
- November 10 – A magnitude 6.8 earthquake hits near Bartolomé Masó, causing shaking across the east of the country.[11]
December
- December 4 – 2024 Cuba blackout: The entire national power grid affecting more than 10 million citizens fails after the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant collapses again.[12]
- December 30 – Raul Ernesto Cruz, a Salvadoran national convicted for his role in the 1997 Cuba hotel bombings, is released after serving a 30-year prison sentence.[13]
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Art and entertainment
Holidays
Source:[14]
- January 1 – Liberation Day
- January 2 – Victoria Day
- March 29 – Good Friday
- May 1 – Labour Day
- July 25–27 – Day of the National Rebellion
- October 10 – Independence Day
- December 25 – Christmas Day
Deaths
- January 1 – Marcia Garbey, 74, Olympic long jumper (1968, 1972).[15]
- January 2 – Osvaldo Lara, 68, Olympic sprinter (1980).[16]
- January 22 – Maricet Espinosa, 34, Olympic judoka (2016).[17]
- July 22 – Lucía Chacón Hechavarría, 112, supercentenarian.[18]
See also
References
External links
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