2019 in Cuba explained

Events in the year 2019 in Cuba.

Incumbents

• First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: Raúl Castro
  • Second Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba: José Ramón Machado Ventura
• President: Miguel Díaz-Canel
  • First Vice President: Salvador Valdés Mesa
• Prime Minister

Manuel Marrero Cruz

Events

January

• January 2  - The 60th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution was celebrated in the capital of Havana.^[1]
• January 27  - A rare EF4 tornado makes landfall in Havana, killing at least three and causing severe damage.^[2]

February

• February 24  - The 2019 Cuban constitutional referendum took place.^[3]

March

• March 24–27  - President Díaz-Canel hosted the Charles, Prince of Wales and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall to the capital as the first members of the British royal family to visit the island.^{[4] [5]}

April

• April 10  - The new Constitution of Cuba came into force.

December

• December 21  - Manuel Marrero Cruz assumes office as the 19th Prime Minister of Cuba, becoming the first person to hold the office after the post was reestablished by the 2019 Constitution.^[6]

Deaths

• January 6 – José Ramón Fernández, vice president of the Council of Ministers (b. 1923)
• January 14 – Bernardo Benes, Jewish civic leader (b. 1934)
• February 20 – Chelo Alonso, actress (b. 1933)
• July 20 – Roberto Fernández Retamar, poet (b. 1930)
• July 26 – Jaime Lucas Ortega y Alamino, cardinal (b. 1936)^[7]
• April 21 – Amelia Vargas, actress and dancer (b. 1928)
• August 26 – Isabel Toledo, Cuban-American fashion designer (b. 1960)
• September 9 – Dulce García, Olympic javelin thrower (b. 1968)
• October 17 – Alicia Alonso, ballerina (b. 1920)
• November 20 – Bertha Díaz, Olympic sprinter (b. 1936)
• December 5 – Faure Chomón, politician (b. 1929)
• December 29 – Harry Villegas, communist revolutionary (b. 1940)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cuba celebrates 60 years since Castro's communist revolution. aljazeera.com. 2020-05-08.
2. News: Cuba tornado: Three killed and more than 170 injured in Havana as deadly cyclone hits capital . 7 January 2022 . . 28 January 2019.
3. Web site: Cuba's Reformed Constitution, a Democratic and Participatory Process. Legon. Elio Delgado. 2018-07-23. Havana Times. en-US. 2020-05-08.
4. News: 2019-03-25. Charles and Camilla make history in Cuba. en-GB. BBC News. 2020-05-08.
5. Web site: prensa-latina.cu/index.php?o=rn&id=264156&SEO=carlos-de-gales-y-camila-de-cornualles-rinden-homenaje-a-jose-marti. prensa-latina.cu . es-ES. 2020-05-08.
6. Web site: Cuba names tourism minister to be first PM since 1976. 2019-12-21. AP NEWS. 2020-01-23.
7. https://www.swissinfo.ch/spa/muere-l%C3%ADder-de-la-iglesia-cat%C3%B3lica-en-cuba--cardenal-ortega--clave-en-acercamiento-con-eeuu/45123524 Muere líder de la Iglesia Católica en Cuba, cardenal Ortega, clave en acercamiento con EEUU