Cuba

Two US Women Held in Cuba Jail After Traveling From Miami, Florida, One Has Disability, 'Mind Capacity of a 12 to 15-Year-Old'

A woman from South Florida and her travel partner are being detained in a Cuban jail on accusations of smuggling synthetic marijuana through the Havana airport on Saturday.

Young Cuban-Americans Favor Diplomatic Relations with Cuba, Older Cuban-Americans Continue to Support Embargo

Known in Cuba as el bloqueo, the United States placed an embargo against Cuba on October 19, 1960, nearly two years after the Batista regime was deposed by the Cuban Revolution. Fifty years later, polls indicate that half of Cuban-Americans in Miami would change the United States' standing relations with Cuba.

In Cuba, Google Executives Make the Case for Internet Freedom

Company leaders met with Cuban officials and citizens employed in tech. Cuba is the country with the lowest level of Internet access in the Western hemisphere, according to a report from Reuters.

Google Executives Meet With Independent Cuban Newspaper Creator Yoani Sánchez, Promote Free Internet in Communist Cuba

On Friday, Google executives, including executive chairman Eric Schmidt, visited Yoani Sánchez, an award-winning blogger and the creator of 14ymedio, Cuba's first independently owned newspaper in five decades.

FIFA World Cup 2014: A Look at the 10 Greatest First-Round Knockout Games in World Cup History

With the first round of the 2014 World Cup in progress, Latin Post.com brings soccer fans a list of the best first-round games ever played in knockout round World Cup history.

Guantánamo Bay Jobs: Military Prison in Cuba Seeks to Educate Children

Guantánamo Bay is looking to hire substitute teachers. Guantánamo Bay is looking to hire substitute teachers. According to the Federal Government Jobs website, the government's Department of Defense is looking to hire a substitute teacher and pay them $50.

2014 Poll Finds Small Majority of Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade, Florida Want Cuba Embargo Lifted

According to Florida International University's annual survey on United States relations with Cuba, a small majority of Cuban-Americans residents of Miami-Dade County opposes the embargo of the communist island.

Buena Vista Social Club to Disband After Farewell Tour: Iconic 'Chan Chan' Singers to Hold Final Performance in Havana, Cuba

Buena Vista Social Club has announced its last tour. The legendary Cuban band will call it quits next year after two decades of making music.

History of the Mojito: How Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Cuban Drink Became an Artisanal Latin Staple

"A mojito is one of Cuba's oldest cocktails — it comes from the African word mojo, which means to place a little spell." — The Havana Journal. As history has shown, a spell has indeed been cast.

Female Cuban Drummers Break Into the 'Boys Club' of Cuban Percussion

Breaking into the Cuban world of percussion was especially difficult for Wendy Garcia of the Obiní Batá orchestra of women percussionists, who plays the drums in Old Havana, Cuba.

International News: Cuba Rep Calls for US Government Rapprochement, Says Communist Island Could Wait '55 More' Years to Talk

On Wednesday, Jose Ramon Cabañas, Havana, Cuba's representative in Washington, recommended that the United States government consider calls for rapprochement with the communist country.

Cuba's Internet: Opening Up the Country in Fits and Starts

Last week, a new website started by a Cuban dissident blogger began publishing, was hacked, and then banned. But now it's reportedly been unbanned as the Cuban internet, still far from modern or open, continues to make tiny steps toward opening up in terms of Cuban access, censorship and connectivity to the rest of the world.

Cuba News: Blogger Yoani Sánchez Launches Independent Online Cuban Newspaper, State Officials Question Team

Cuba is getting its first independently-owned newspaper (online) in five decades thanks to one ambitious blogger, Yoani Sánchez.

MLB The Show 14 PS4 & PS3 Gameplay & Review: Get Your Hands on the Hottest Baseball Video Game Around

Fancy yourself a pitcher? Fancy yourself a pitcher? Why not play a game of baseball? You could round up a few of your buddies and head out to the local field to play ball.

International News: Cuban Government Says It Stopped a Terrorist Attack

What really happened? Was it indeed a terrorist plot? And against whom? The Cuban government claimed last Wednesday that they captured four terrorists plotting an attack against their country.

Breaking International News: Costa Rica Seeks Answers on Secret US 'Cuban Twitter,' ZunZuneo

The United States government's attempt to create a fictitious social media network to undermine the Communist regime in Cuba continues to anger one Central American nation. The government's silence on the issue and further revelations by The Associated Press' investigation has caused tensions between the U.S. and Costa Rica.

Cuban Fugitive Raonel Valdez Arrested in Mexico for $2.8M Gold Heist: Recruited by DEA Against Zetas Drug Cartel, US Now Seeks Extradition

After alluding capture by U.S. authorities in December 2012, the Cuban fugitive, Raonel Valdez, went on the run to the Caribbean before eventually getting arrested in Mexico where he awaited justice for allegedly participating in a $2.8 million gold heist.

Cuba Travel & Embargo: Pro-Cuba Group Urges United States to Change Policy on Cuba

Group wants changes to occur quickly. A new advocacy group called #CubaNow is urging President Obama and the United States to change its policy toward Cuba by launching an advertising campaign in Washington, D.

USAID Embroiled In Controversy Following Fake Social Media Account; What Happens Next?

What kind of of social society is Cuba? What or Who is USAID? The U. S. government failed to influence openness in Cuba via a fake Twitter account called "ZunZuneo.

Congress to Examine USAID's Cuban Twitter in Hearing Next Week

This week the Associated Press dropped a bombshell report detailing how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) secretly created ZunZuneo, a "Cuban Twitter" network, in what appears to have been an attempt to damage the Cuban government's standing. Now Congress has decided to look into the matter.

U.S. Government Attempted to Undermine Cuba's Government with "Cuban Twitter" - Report

The U.S. government reportedly tried to create unrest in Cuba to undermine its communist government by secretly creating a "Cuban Twitter." The project, seemingly a throwback to the U.S.'s Cold War anti-Castro tactics, had ties to the State Department's U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).
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