Twenty-one years ago a Cuban-American lawyer named Magda Montiel Davis, upon meeting Fidel Castro in Cuba, and gave the communist leader a kiss on the cheek, and subsequently suffered a bomb threat and a lot sexually graphic hate mail.
During a recent trade mission trip to Cuba the Roswell Park Cancer Institute of Buffalo, New York signed an agreement which will allow them to import a Cuban lung cancer vaccine called CimaVax.
An unprecedented event will be taking place in communist Cuba. For the first time, in the history of the single-party system nation, there will be at least two government opponents running in municipal elections
The online travel agency CheapAir.com plans to start selling direct charter flights between the United States and Cuba beginning Wednesday. The company's move is another sign that the rapprochement President Barack Obama and Cuban leader Raúl Castro initiated last November is beginning to have practical effects.
The 2015 Major League Baseball season has begun. What was once America's past time is now looking like, Latin America's current time. At least one Latino player is leading the league in eight of the 10 major categories this season.
All eyes will be on U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, on Monday as the Republican senator from Florida with Cuban roots will declare whether or not he will run for president in 2016.
Cuba and the U.S. are getting closer to solidifying ties during the Summit of the Americas as Secretary Kerry meets Foreign Minister Rodriguez. It is also expected President Obama will meet with Raul Castro.
"Cubanacan" will a major event as it is the first opera in almost 50 years to come out of Cuba. The work is written by Charles Koppelman and composed by Roberto Valera. The production team recently announced that director Charles Chemin was brought into create the vision for the work's premiere.Chemin has an extensive background in theater and film, but "Cubanacan" will be his first crack at opera. The Frenchman called in from his native country to talk to Latin Post about how he got involved with the project and his vision for bringing Cubanacan to life.
The State Department is expected to recommend that Cuba be removed from the U.S. government's list of State Sponsors of Terrorism as early as this week.
The Seattle Mariners haven't made the playoffs since 2001. With arguably the best Latino Roster, and one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball, the Mariners could win the American League West this season.
The rapprochement between the United States and Cuba could mean that tens of thousands of U.S. yachts could soon descend on island, an influx for which the country's infrastructure is not prepared.
Discussions between the United States and Cuba turned to communications issues this week as a delegation led by Daniel Sepulveda, the U.S. State Department's coordinator for international communications, visited the Communist island.
