Cuba

An article in The National Interest ponders why the organizers of Nelson Mandela’s memorial service invited Raúl Castro to be one of only six foreign leaders to speak at the ceremony.
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Colombian officials and leftist rebels resumed peace talks Monday in Havana, Cuba, with the insurgent group urging voters to use upcoming elections to reject right-wing candidates.
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Unproductive and/or inefficient state-run enterprises were warned that they could be shut down or turned over to self-employed workers if they didn't mend their ways.
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Armenian Foreign Minister Edward Nalbandian on Sunday (Jan. 12) ended a four-day official visit to Cuba that sought to broaden trade relations with the island.
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It seems peculiar that the State Department assigned an acting deputy assistant to deal with the head of the MINREX's U.S. Division during the U.S.-Cuba Migration Accords.
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It seems unlikely that Cuba would even consider an agreement that contains the same conditions as the EU's Common Position, seeing it as a Trojan Horse.
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The European Union needs to review and update its "common position" toward Cuba, said Dutch foreign minister Frans Timmermans, on an official visit to Cuba.
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On Dec. 23, 2013, Pope Francis accepted the credentials of Rodney Alejandro López Clemente, Cuba's new ambassador to the Holy See. He replaces Eduardo Delgado Bermúdez, who held the…
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A former Mexican ambassador to Cuba is proposing that Mexico & Cuba set up "a strategic partnership on matters of energy" to firm up the countries' relations.
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Hundreds of mourners gathered Saturday morning (Jan. 4) at Columbus Cemetery in Havana to bid goodbye to Monsignor Carlos Manuel de Céspedes García-Menocal, Vicar General of Havana, who…
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