April 2018: Miguel Díaz-Canel replaces Raúl Castro as president
September 2019: United States sanctions maritime firms for transporting Venezuelan oil to Cuba
March 2020: Coronavirus pandemic prompts government to halt arrivals of international air passengers
September 2020: United States bans Americans from staying at hotels owned by Cuban government
December 2020: Cuba reports economy shrank 11% in 2020
January 2021: Cuba ends dual currency system
January 2021: U.S. President Donald Trump designates Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism
February 2021: Cuba surpasses 30,000 total COVID-19 cases
April 2021: Díaz-Canel replaces Castro as head of Communist Party
April 2021: Cuba surpasses 100,000 total COVID-19 cases
June 2021: Cuba surpasses 200,000 total COVID-19 cases
July 2021: Anti-government demonstrators protest food lines, electricity cuts, lack of access to medicine
Some information for this report came from the Associated Press and Reuters
