February 24
Fidel Castro resigns as President of Cuba.
photograph by Roosewelt Pinheiro/ABr, distributed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Brazil.
Raul Castro is elected president by the National Assembly.
Cuba Lifts Restrictions On Personal Cellphones
March 29
Bans on private ownership of mobile phones and computers lifted.
Court Rules Detainees Have Constitutional Right
June 12
US Supreme Court says that detainees have the right to go before a federal judge to challenge their indefinite imprisonment. 12
EU Agrees to Lift Sanctions on Cuba
June 19
European Union lifts diplomatic sanction imposed on Cuba in 2003 over crackdown of dissidents.
