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Cuban spy officially stripped of US citizenship


Rene Gonzalez said he received a certificate of loss of nationality from the US diplomatic mission i...

US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list


The State Department has announced that Washington has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state ...

Obama vows to close Guantanamo detention facility


US President Barack Obama vowed on Tuesday to make a new push to close the American military detenti...

Taliban vow revenge over Guantanamo shootings


Guards at the US-run prison in Cuba fired the rounds last Saturday to halt unrest as they relocated ...

Florida politicians question Jay-Z, Beyonce`s `illegal` trip to Cuba


Two US lawmakers have questioned how pop stars Jay-Z and Beyonce were allowed to travel to Cuba last...

Cuba approves internet domain rules


The Cuban government has approved a set of guidelines on internet domain names, according to a decre...

`Barack Obama had nothing to do with Jay-Z`s Cuba trip`


Tourism to Cuba is banned under Washington`s 50-year-old economic embargo against the island.

In rare appearance, Fidel inaugurates school in Cuba


Leaders inaugurating public works projects is a staple of Cuba, and a surprisingly spry-looking 86-y...

US couple held after taking kidnapped sons to Cuba


Cuba has told the United States it will return an American couple who fled to the Caribbean nation a...

Cuban blogger meets White House officials


Internationally recognized Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez currently on a trip to the United States, met...

World leaders pay tribute at Hugo Chavez`s funeral


Prominent leaders from Latin American and around the world converged here to attend the funeral of l...

Cuba`s President Raul Castro to retire in 2018


In an unexpected announcement, Cuban President Raul Castro said that he would stand down at the end ...

Cuba parliament gathers with selection of president on agenda


Cuba`s parliament is reconvening with new membership and is expected to name Raul Castro to another ...

Raul Castro jokes about possible resignation


Cuban President Raul Castro joked Friday about the possibility that he might resign because of being...

Cuba`s Raul Castro hints at possible retirement


Cuban President Raul Castro on Friday unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, sayin...

Hugo Chavez back to Venezuela after two months in Cuba


Four days after the Venezuelan government released his pictures to the public, President Hugo Chavez...

Chavez working, giving orders: Venezuelan govt


President Hugo Chavez was analyzing images from Venezuela`s recently launched Miranda satellite and ...

Court rulings dim outlook for Guantanamo trials


A civilian appeals court has now reversed the verdicts of the only two Guantanamo Bay prisoners conv...

Colombia`s FARC rejects fast-track peace talks


The FARC has unilaterally declared a two-month ceasefire at the beginning of the talks.

US welcomes Cuba`s decision to lift exit permit restrictions


The US has welcomed the decision by Cuba to lift restrictions on exit permit, but said it cannot pre...

Two new orchid species discovered in Cuba


Scientists have identified two new orchid species in Cuba, with one of them being the most delicate ...

President Pranab concerned about Chavez`s health


President Pranab Mukherjee has expressed concern and conveyed his prayers for the good health of Ven...

Chavez is up and walking, says Vice President


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is recuperating fast and is up and walking after undergoing a cance...

`Hugo Chavez suffered complications in surgery`


President Hugo Chavez suffered bleeding during his cancer surgery in Cuba but was recovering from th...

`Hugo Chavez’s recovery complex and hard`


Venezuela`s Vice President said that President Hugo Chavez will face a "complex and hard" process af...

Hugo Chavez`s cancer operation a ‘complete success’


The Venezuelan government announced that the Cuban medical team attending President Hugo Chavez perf...

Chavez has just months to live: Venezuelan doctor


Venezuela`s President Hugo Chavez has just months to live, a Venezuelan doctor said Tuesday.

Venezuela’s Chavez suffers cancer recurrence, names successor


Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez has named his successor for the first time as it emerged that the ...

Chavez back in Venezuela after treatment in Cuba


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez returned to his country after nine days of treatment in Cuba as par...

Chavez back in Venezuela after Cuba treatment


Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived back home in Caracas early today after 10 days of medical t...

US asks Cuba to release Alan Gross


Expressing concern over the continued imprisonment of Alan Gross, US President Barack Obama has aske...

Chavez returns to Cuba for medical treatment


The Venezuelan president`s return to Cuba comes six months after his latest stay in Havana to finish...

Hugo Chavez heading to Cuba for more treatment


Hugo Chavez has asked his country`s legislature for permission to travel to Cuba for more medical tr...

Colombian govt, FARC rebels open peace talks in Cuba


The Colombian government and the FARC guerrillas Monday launched the second phase of their peace tal...

Castro thanks Russia for aid to Cuba hit in hurricane Sandy


Raul Castro expressed gratitude to the Russian leadership for the aid to the Cubans, who were affect...

Sandy dealt a really hard blow: Raúl Castro


Cuban President Raúl Castro said that Hurricane Sandy dealt a "really hard blow" to the eastern prov...

Santiago without power, water after Sandy


Residents of Cuba`s second-largest city of Santiago remained without power or running water on Monda...

Cuba defers military drills due to hurricane


Cuba has postponed a nationwide military drill after Hurricane Sandy caused 11 deaths and millions o...

Hurricane Sandy leaves at least 44 dead in Caribbean


Hurricane Sandy caused at least 44 deaths in the Caribbean when it carved a destructive path through...

Sandy pounds Bahamas after killing 21 in Caribbean


Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas after leaving 21 people dead across the Caribbean, followi...

Big storm threatens US East Coast


An unusual nasty mix of a hurricane and a winter storm that forecasters are now calling "Frankenstor...

Accused Cole bomber`s Gitmo hearing put on hold


A military judge at Guantanamo has been forced to put in the USS Cole bombing case on hold because o...

Fidel Castro denies bad health `rumours`


Fidel Castro, the leader of the Cuban revolution, has rubbished rumours that his health is deteriora...

I don’t even suffer from a headache: Fidel Castro


Fidel Castro said he doesn`t even suffer from a headache in an article he published in state-media o...

Fidel Castro appears in public


Fidel Castro has appeared in public for the first time in months, challenging persistent rumours tha...

Raul Castro bets on Cuban travel amid reforms


Raul Castro has decentralised industries, expanded private entrepreneurship and farming, legalised h...

Fidel Castro`s sister denies stroke rumours


Fidel Castro`s sister has rubbished rumours that former Cuban leader suffered a massive stroke and w...

‘Fidel Castro has only weeks to live`


A Venezuelan doctor alleged that the Fidel Castro had suffered a massive stroke, was in a vegetative...

John F Kennedy prepared to announce WW III?


JFK would have delivered the speech if Soviet ships carrying strategic nuclear missiles had reached ...

Documents reveal $150,000 Mafia plan to kill Fidel


A CIA document outlining a Mafia-connected plan to assassinate Cuban leader Fidel Castro for USD 150...