Cuba

After the 1960s, U.S. policy against Cuba gradually shifted from covert action to rely on the commercial, economic and financial embargo imposed on the country. However, a number of…
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Confirmation that Cuba will reopen a consulate and travel office in St. Petersburg, Russia's second city, was issued last week in that city by its mayor, Georgiy Poltavchenko, and Cuban…
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The Russian oil giant Rosneft has budgeted 157 million rubles this year to send 1,800 of its employees on an all-paid winter vacation to Cuba.
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A U.S. agency's secret infiltration of Cuba's underground hip-hop scene to spark a youth movement against the government was "reckless" and "stupid," Sen. Patrick Leahy said Thursday…
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According to a recent document addressed to the chairmen of the provincial Administrative Councils and the Isle of Youth by the minister of Labor and Social Security , the problem of…
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Asked if there would be a prisoner swap, President Obama said the U.S. has been “in conversations” about freeing Alan Gross. But there's nothing to report.
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The saga of their staffer's trips to China got our vote for the worst embargo story of 2014. But if enough of us watch the video and sign the petition, maybe a little accountability…
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With Chevrolet sedans of the 1950s, street vendors hawking their wares, and horse-drawn carts in the midst of the 21st Century, it is not difficult to identify the country if you hear a…
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Havana was chosen as one of the world's seven most remarkable cities because "it represents the global diversity of urban society," according to Bernard Weber, president of the…
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Dr. Félix Báez Sarria, the first Cuban medic struck by Ebola while on a mercy mission in Africa, returned to Havana on Saturday disease-free, after being cleared by Switzerland's Geneva…
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