President Barack Obama has called on the U.S. Congress to lift the Cuban embargo and abandon the policy that has benefited no one in Cuba or in the U.S.
U.S. President Barack Obama and Cuba President Raul Castro held what may be an awkward press conference as the communist leader was asked about political prisoners and human rights.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry’s cancelled visit to Cuba may also lead to the cancellation of President Barack Obama’s trip to the communist nation.
Cuba health officials announced Wednesday that the country has their first Zika virus case. Cuba health officials announced Wednesday that the country has their first Zika virus case.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba to discuss human rights. U. S. Secretary of State John Kerry will visit Cuba to discuss human rights.
Airline companies have until March 2 to apply at the Department of Transportation for at least 110 daily flights from the United States to Cuba. However, the State Troopers Fraternal Organization of New Jersey is calling to halt the restoration of flights to Cuba before a fugitive cop killer is returned to the United States.
Barack Obama will become the first U.S. president to travel to Cuba in nearly 90 years. Obama and his wife Michelle will be visiting the Caribbean island from March 21 to March 22. It comes more than a year after the U.S. and Cuba made a decision to restore diplomatic ties.
Fidel and Raul Castro have been the leaders of Cuba for the past 60 years although it will end on Feb. 24, 2018 when Miguel Diaz-Canel finally takes over. The 55-year-old became the first vice-president of the Council of State back in 2013 and has been given the stamp of approval by Raul Castro.
Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia. Dismembered bodies of prisoners and visitors were discovered in drain pipes at a jail in Colombia.
The Department of Treasury has approved the first United States factory in Cuba since the 1959 revolution, per the Associated Press. The Alabama-based company led by Chief Executive Officer Horace Clemmons and co-founder Saul Berenthal will start the production of small tractors by 2017.
A year after the beginning of the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba, with diplomatic relations between the two countries fully reestablished, Washington and Havana have begun to tackle the contentious issue of compensation for properties confiscated during the Caribbean nation's 1959 revolution.
Despite the headline-grabbing rapprochement between Washington and Havana, which culminated in yet another meeting between Presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro last month, trade with the Communist island has not picked up in the way U.S. officials expected.
On Sunday the communist island country of Cuba marked the 62nd anniversary of Fidel Castro's first armed move against former dictator Fulgencio Batista.
Republican presidential hopeful Marco Rubio has promised to "absolutely" reverse the rapprochement between the United States and Cuba if here were to move into the White House following the 2016 election.
