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Fidel Castro to Obama: We don’t need your presents

YoopyaMar 29, 2016June 30, 20230

Fidel Castro responded Monday to President Barack Obama’s historic trip to Cuba with a long, bristling letter recounting the history of U.S. aggression against Cuba,

As pope set to visit, Church has boosted social work in Cuba

YoopyaSep 15, 2015July 2, 20230

HAVANA (AP) — As vespers drew to a close at the St. Egidio Catholic community center, a dozen homeless men in threadbare pants and rumpled

Exclusive: U.S.-Cuba deal expected in early July to restore ties, reopen embassies

YoopyaJun 13, 2015June 24, 20230

The Obama administration is expected to announce an agreement with Cuba in early July to reopen embassies and restore diplomatic relations severed more than five

Eyeing the next frontier, Miami law firms ramp up Cuba strategy

YoopyaMay 25, 2015July 2, 20230

The Florida Bar is sending its first ever delegation of lawyers to Cuba this week to explore emerging new business opportunities as prospects heat up

Pope Considering Cuba Stop During U.S. Trip but No Decision

YoopyaApr 17, 2015July 1, 20230

Pope Francis has been credited with having helped the U.S. and Cuba reach their historic rapprochement. (VATICAN CITY) — Pope Francis is considering adding a

Bumpy road ahead for United States, Cuba after historic meeting

YoopyaApr 13, 2015July 8, 20230

In the first meeting of its kind in nearly 60 years, US President “Barack Obama” and Cuban leader “Raul Castro” sat down together for over

Minnie Minoso Is Dead; Helped Integrate Baseball in Career Across 5 Decades

YoopyaMar 2, 2015July 3, 20230

Minnie Minoso, the hugely popular All-Star outfielder from Cuba who was the major leagues’ first black player out of Latin America and a treasured figure

Cuba signals that extradition of US fugitives off the table

YoopyaDec 23, 2014July 6, 20230

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s point person on U.S. relations says anything is up for discussion as the two countries move to re-establish diplomatic ties, from

How Pope Francis Helped Broker Cuba Deal

YoopyaDec 18, 2014July 6, 20230

President Obama thanked Pope Francis for his role in negotiating a more open policy on Cuba and the release of U.S. citizen Alan Gross from

Cuban children train for circus, and a future

YoopyaOct 13, 2014July 29, 20230

(Reuters) – Inside an abandoned movie theater on a noisy avenue in a working-class section of Havana, some 70 Cuban children as young as nine