The E.U. is hoping to restore full bilateral ties with the communist-led island
Cuba
Cuban President Calls for Greater Integration of Americas… But Not U.S.
Says region should strive for new “international cooperation paradigm” without United States
Fidel Castro Makes First Public Appearance in Nine Months
The former leader of Cuba attends the opening of an art studio
Cuba To Ease Curbs on Car Sales
First time since the 1959 revolution
Elian Gonzalez Criticizes U.S. Embargo of Cuba
Cuban boy whose custody case drew headlines around the world
Cuba Cracks Down on Movie Theaters, Video Game Salons
Privately run establishments had been skirting law by serving snacks and refreshments
Latin America’s Doc Deficit: Brazil, a Continental Giant, Still Needs to Import Cuban Medics
A Brazilian prosecutor is investigating whether President Dilma Rousseff’s government violated federal labor laws by recruiting 4,000 Cuban physicians this month to work in remote areas like the Amazon. That’s just the latest …
As Communist Cuba Reforms, Capitalism Slowly Takes Hold of Its Real Estate Market
North Korea Gets the World in a Panic, Even Without Trying
The cargo of weaponry seized by Panamanian officials en route from Cuba to North Korea has caused an international uproar, but revealed nothing new about the East Asian pariah. Cuba’s foreign ministry has dismissed …
Venezuela’s Latest Scandal Shows Signs the Regime Chávez Built Is Falling Apart
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro seems on a constant quest to deflect attention from his country’s economic mess, its violent-crime crisis and the fact that he only narrowly won last month’s special election to succeed …
Cuba’s Yoani Sánchez: What to Make of the Dissident’s World Tour
By all accounts, the world tour of Cuban dissident Yoani Sánchez, which shifts today from the U.S. to Europe, has so far proven a Buena Vista Social Club-caliber success. For those weary of the feckless, half-century-long …
Remembering the Cuban Missile Crisis: 50 Years from the Brink of Armageddon
In October 1962, the world held its breath as the U.S. and the U.S.S.R locked horns over the deployment of Soviet missiles in the Communist Caribbean island nation.
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On deck for Tuesday: Vietnam’s Communist Party apologizes for corruption, the Ibrahim Prize for good governance in Africa has no winner this year, Gary McKinnon’s extradition to the U.S., Cuba lifts travel restrictions and …