United States-Cuba Relations
2017-2018


2017

Scramble for GOP health care votes suddenly puts Cuba policy in play (Miami Herald, March 22, 2017)
Silent sonic attack on U.S. diplomats in Cuba is a piercing wake-up call
(Miami Herald, Editorial, Aug. 10, 2017)
‘Health Attacks’ on U.S. Diplomats in Cuba Baffle Both Countries
(New York Times, Aug. 11, 2017)
President Trump, Nikki Haley, Rex Tillerson Press Conference on North Korea, Venezuela, China and Cuba (Video, August 11, 2017)
US diplomats in Cuba suffered brain injuries in ‘sonic attack’ (New York Post, Aug. 23, 2017)
Attacks on US diplomats in Cuba continued longer than first announced, State Department now says (FOX News, Sept. 1, 2017)

New 'sonic' attack is reported in Cuba with 19 US diplomats now suffering mysterious health problems including deafness and brain injuries
(Daily Mail, Sept. 2, 2017)
Mystery of ‘health attacks’ on US diplomats in Cuba deepens (New York Post, Sept. 14, 2017)
Letter to Secretary of State Rex Tillerson from five senators calling for closing the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Sept. 14, 2017
Raul Castro denies responsibility for attacks on diplomats in Cuba, clouding investigation
(Toronto Star, Sept. 15, 2017)
Top U.S. diplomat says closing embassy in Cuba 'under review'
(Miami Herald,Sept. 17, 2017)
Remarks by President Trump to the 72nd Session of the United Nations General Assembly
(Sept. 19, 2017)
U.S.-Cuba commission meets for first time during Trump administration
(Miami Herald,Sept. 19, 2017)
Damning evidence Cuba's launched a sci-fi sonic weapon at America: How 21 US diplomats were hit by hearing and memory loss - and even mild brain damage - after suspicious attack
(Daily Mail, Sept. 21, 2017)
Trump says Cuba 'did some bad things' aimed at U.S. diplomats (Reuters, Sept. 29, 2017)
U.S. to Reduce Staffing at Embassy in Cuba in Response to Mysterious Attacks (Wall Street Journal, Sept. 29, 2017)
U.S. Expels 15 Cuban Diplomats, in Latest Sign Détente May Be Ending (New York Times, Oct. 3, 2017)
Donald Trump expels 15 Cuban diplomats following mysterious 'sonic attacks' on 23 US embassy staff (Independent, UK, Oct. 3, 2017)
U.S. expels 15 Cuban diplomats, fueling tensions with Havana (Daily Mail, Oct. 3, 2017)
U.S. orders 15 Cuban diplomats to leave; Cuba blames Washington for deteriorating relations (Miami Herald, Oct. 3, 2017)
Revealed: Sound of the ‘sonic attack’ on Americans in Cuba (New York Post, Oct. 12, 2017)
Trump Blames Cuba for Attacks That Sickened U.S. Diplomats
(New York Times, Oct. 16, 2017)
U.S. tourist, FBI agent may have been victims of Cuba sonic attacks (Los Angeles Times, Oct. 19, 2017)
Foreign Affairs' Wilson calls on State to probe Cuba attacks (Los Angeles Times, Oct. 20, 2017)
Two more US diplomats serving in Cuba are confirmed as victims of 'sonic attacks' raising total to 24 (Daily Mail, Oct. 20, 2017)
Brain abnormalities in US and Canadian diplomats living in Havana were caused by a mystery microwave WEAPON and not 'noisy crickets', claims scientist
(Daily Mail, Dec. 13, 2017)
House Resolution 664: Calling for the immediate extradition or rendering to the United States of convicted felons William Morales, Joanne Chesimard, and all other fugitives from justice who are receiving safe harbor in Cuba (Dec. 13, 2017)

2018

UM doctor who examined American diplomats in Havana: Symptoms are not caused by stress (Miami Herald, Feb. 8, 2018)
US diplomats in Cuba DID suffer brain injuries but there is no explanation as to what caused it despite concerns about a sonic attack, report finds (Daily Mail, Feb. 14, 2018)
Elliott Abrams: Time to Tighten the Screws on Cuba? Council on Foreign Relations, April 2, 2018
U.S. Embassy in Cuba: Diplomatic population 10
(Miami Herald, April 6, 2018)
Canada recalls diplomatic staff and their families from Cuba as 10 people STILL have mystery symptoms possibly linked to sonic attacks
(Daily Mail, April 17, 2018)
Two more US workers including a diplomat are pulled from Cuba and are being tested for possible brain injuries following reports of strange sounds
(Daily Mail, June 10, 2018)
One more embassy worked has been CONFIRMED to have bizarre brain injury bringing the number of Americans in Cuba affected by the 'attacks' to 25
(Daily Mail, June 21, 2018)
Microwave Weapons Are Prime Suspect in Ills of U.S. Embassy Workers  (The New York Times, Sept. 1, 2018)
Doctors reveal possible 'neuro-weapon' used in alleged attacks in Cuba (The Miami Herald, Sept. 7, 2018)
U.S. suspects RUSSIA is behind mystery attacks on diplomats in Cuba which left officials with brain injuries
(Daily Mail, Sept. 11, 2018)
'We did not expect to be abandoned... or sacrificed': Canadian diplomats who suffered brain injuries in Cuba say they have battled their own government to have their conditions recognized and treated
(Daily Mail, Nov. 19, 2018)
Russia announces plans to set up its first ever military base in the Caribbean - the country's largest presence in the region since the Cuban Missile Crisis in 1962
(Daily Mail, Dec. 17, 2018)