2022 in Cuba explained

See also: 2022 in the Caribbean.

This article covers events in the year 2022 in Cuba.

Events

See also: COVID-19 pandemic in Cuba.

• May 6 - Hotel Saratoga explosion: At least 26 people are killed and at least 74 others are injured by an explosion caused by a suspected gas leak at the Hotel Saratoga in Havana.^[1]
• June 6 - The Biden administration bans the presidents of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua from attending this year's Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles, United States. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador announces that he will personally boycott the meeting in response to the ban, sending Foreign Secretary Marcelo Ebrard to represent him at the summit.^[2]
• June 24 - 2021 Cuban protests: A court in Cuba sentences two protesters to between five and nine years in prison for desecrating the Cuban flag and resisting authority during last year's protests.^[3]
• July 7 - Authorities in Cuba say that dengue fever cases have increased 21.7% from last year and describe the epidemiological situation as "complex".^[4]
• August 6 - One person is killed and at least 121 others are injured after a lightning strike causes a fire near the supertanker port in Matanzas.^[5]
• August 9 - Matanzas oil storage facility explosion: Firefighters in Cuba bring a catastrophic fire at an oil terminal in Matanzas under control after it burned out of control for five consecutive days, destroying 40% of the country's main fuel storage facility and causing widespread blackouts.^[6]
• August 17 - The death toll from the August 6 fire at a supertanker port in Matanzas rises to 16. All the deceased were firefighters who were battling the blaze.^[7]
• August 20 - Cuba confirms its first case of monkeypox.^[8]
• September 25 - 66.9% of Cubans vote in favor a new Family Code in a national referendum, which includes the legalization of same-sex marriage.^[9]
• November 27 - 2022 Cuban local elections

Deaths

• January 3 – Gina Cabrera, 93, actor.^[10]
• January 13 - Cholly Naranjo, 87, baseball player.^[11]
• January 13 - Raúl Vilches, 67, volleyball player.
• January 18 - Hilario Candela, 87, architect.^[12]
• February 12 - Carmen Herrera, 106, artist.^[13]
• February 12 - Aurelio de la Vega, 96, composer.^[14]
• April 10 - Estela Rodríguez, 54, Judoku.
• April 30 - Ricardo Alarcón, 84, politician.^[15]
• June 8 - Isabel Álvarez, 88, baseball player.^[16]
• June 23 - Leo Posada, 88, baseball player.^[17]
• June 27 - Fina García Marruz, 99, poet.
• July 1 - Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja, 62, politician.^[18]
• July 6 - Ed Bauta, 87, baseball player.^[19]
• July 7 - Mike Brito, 87, baseball scout.^[20]
• July 10 - Juan Roca Brunet, 71, basketball player.^[21]
• July 15 - José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera, 90, politician.^[22]
• July 17 - César Pedroso, 75, pianist.
• August 4 - Agustín Drake Aldama, 87, sculptor.^[23]
• August 23 - Rolando Cubela Secades, 89, revolutionary.^[24]

See also

• 2022 Atlantic hurricane season
• COVID-19 pandemic in North America

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2022-05-06 . Explosion at luxury Havana hotel kills 22, injures dozens . 2022-09-02 . AP NEWS . en.
2. News: Spetalnick . Matt . Graham . Dave . 2022-06-07 . U.S. bars Cuba, Venezuela from Americas summit; Mexican leader sits out . en . Reuters . 2022-09-02.
3. Web site: 2022-06-24 . El Gobierno de Cuba anuncia las condenas de destacados artistas disidentes . 2022-09-02 . CNN . es.
4. Web site: de 2022 . Por Newsroom Infobae7 de Julio . Cuba bate récord de focos de dengue y califica el escenario como "complejo" . 2022-09-02 . infobae . 7 July 2022 . es-ES.
5. News: Frank . Marc . Acosta . Nelson . 2022-08-06 . Cuba fire rages at fuel storage port; Mexico, Venezuela sending help . en . Reuters . 2022-09-02.
6. News: Acosta . Nelson . Fuentes . Mario . 2022-08-09 . Cuba brings oil depot fire under control, worst in island's history . en . Reuters . 2022-09-02.
7. News: 2022-08-18 . Cuba mourns firefighters killed in fuel depot blaze . en-GB . BBC News . 2022-09-02.
8. Web site: 2022-08-21 . Cuba confirms first monkeypox case in visitor from Italy . 2022-09-02 . RAPPLER . en-US.
9. News: Frank . Marc . Cubans approve gay marriage by large margin in referendum . reuters.com . 27 September 2022 . Reuters . 5 October 2022.
10. Web site: Torres . Yamila . 2022-01-03 . Fallece la mítica actriz cubana Gina Cabrera . 2022-09-02 . Directorio Cubano . es.
11. Web site: Noticias . Asere . 2022-01-16 . Falleció en Miami el reconocido exbeisbolista cubano Choly Naranjo . 2022-09-02 . Asere . es.
12. Web site: Architect of famed Miami Marine Stadium, Hilario Candela passes away at 87 . 2022-09-02 . Archinect . en.
13. Web site: 2022-02-14 . Carmen Herrera obituary . 2022-09-02 . the Guardian . en.
14. Web site: DDC . 2022-02-16 . Muere el compositor cubano Aurelio de la Vega en Los Ángeles DIARIO DE CUBA . 2022-09-02 . diariodecuba.com . es.
15. Web site: 2022-05-01 . Falleció en Cuba Ricardo Alarcón . 2022-09-02 . es.
16. Web site: 2022-06-08 . 'I think Rockford will be proud': New Amazon series shows different side of Rockford Peaches Rock River Current . 2022-09-02 . en-US.
17. Web site: Leo Posada Obituary - Miami, FL . 2022-09-02 . Dignity Memorial . en.
18. News: 2022-07-02 . Cuban general Lopez-Calleja dead of heart attack, state media says . en . Reuters . 2022-09-02.
19. Web site: Eduardo Bauta Obituary . 2022-09-02 . www.tributearchive.com . en.
20. Web site: 2022-07-08 . Brito, L.A. scout who discovered Valenzuela, dies . 2022-09-02 . ESPN.com . en.
21. Web site: Falleció otrora baloncestista Juan Roca, bronce olímpico en Munich-72 . 2022-09-02 . www.radiohc.cu . es.
22. Web site: 2022-07-16 . Falleció el comandante cubano José Ramón Balaguer Cabrera Cuba Noticias 360 . 2022-09-02 . CubaNoticias360 . es.
23. Web site: Fallece el escultor Agustín Drake . 2022-09-02 . Granma.cu . 4 August 2022 . es.
24. Web site: Cubano . Periódico . 2022-08-24 . Falleció en Miami el excomandante cubano Rolando Cubela, quien intentó matar a Fidel Castro . 2022-09-02 . PERIÓDICO CUBANO . es.