Events in the year 2017 in Cuba.
Incumbents
- First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro
- Second Secretary: José Ramón Machado Ventura
- President of the Council of State: Raúl Castro
Events
- 29 September – US government order to cut diplomats staff member in Cuba Embassy, due to a mysterious attack.[1]
Deaths
- 7 January – Carlos Fernández Gondín, 78, politician (b. 1938).[2]
- 26 January – Mario Quintero, 92, basketball player (b. 1924).[3]
- 12 June – Fernando Martínez Heredia, 79, politician (b. 1939)
- 26 November – Armando Hart, 87, politician (b. 1930).[4]
References
- ^ "US stops issuing visas in Cuba, cuts embassy staff, urges no travel to island". Fox News. 29 September 2017.
- ^ "Cuban Interior Minister Fernandez Godin Dies". Latin American Herald Tribune. 26 January 2017. Archived from the original on 9 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Falleció Mario "Risita" Quintero". Granma (in Spanish). 26 January 2017. Retrieved 5 February 2017.
- ^ "Armando Hart, historic Cuban Revolutionary figure, dies"
