HAVANA (Reuters) - The husband of Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez said he was attacked by government supporters as he waited on Friday ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - There were hugs and handshakes all around on Friday as teams of older U.S. and Cuban softball players ended a ...
Senior softball players from Cuba, right, and the Eastern Massachusetts Senior Softball Association, left, attend the opening ceremony at the Old Time Senior Softball Tournament at Juan Ealo stadium in Havana, Monday, Nov. 16, 2009. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano) Copyright 2009 AP News
The United States said it "strongly deplores" the forcible detention and beating last week of three Cuban bloggers on their way to a peaceful march in Havana. Award-winning blogger Yoani Sanchez, whose online reports chronicle the dark side of everyday life in ...
Havana-born commissioner, former television reporter wins Miami mayor's race A Havana-born commissioner and former television reporter has won the Miami mayor's race. With all of the precincts reporting, unofficial results showed Tomas Regalado had 72 percent and Joe Sanchez's had 28 percent ...
A vendor sells tomatoes in a public market in Havana, Wednesday, Oct.28, 2009. Rumors that Cuba may end one of its major free-market experiments and control prices at local farmers markets has caused a public outcry unheard of on the communist island ...
A man smokes a cigar in Havana, Wednesday, Oct. 28, 2009. The U.N. General Assembly overwhelmingly condemned the 47-year U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, an annual ritual that serves to highlight near unanimous global opposition to America's hard-line policy toward the communist ...
Fearing more food shortages, Cubans protest government takeover of farmers markets The habanero peppers, oranges and peanuts cost more at Cuba's free-market "agros" — farmers markets where vendors, not the government, set prices. But food stalls overflow with abundance not seen elsewhere ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro "looks wonderful," World Health Organization director general Margaret Chan said on Wednesday, after meeting the 83-year-old who resigned the presidency last year due to ailing health. Chan, speaking at the end of her first ...
US actor Michael Douglas listens to Cuba's architect Patricia Rodriguez during a tour at Old Havana historical center, Tuesday, Oct.27, 2009.(AP Photo) Copyright 2009 AP News
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Barack Obama asked Spain to pass Cuba a message on the need for democratic reform when he met Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero earlier this month, according to a U.S. official. Six days after their ...
HAVANA (Reuters) - New Orleans hopes to cash in on an improvement in U.S.-Cuba relations by getting direct charter flights between New Orleans and Havana, the U.S. city's mayor said in Havana on Tuesday. "We see a huge opportunity if President (Barack) ...
