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Cuba and Iran exchange pleasantries in first stop of Zarif's business-boosting tour

The Iranian foreign minister and an entourage of around a hundred political and economic delegates have left Cuba for stage two of a whistlestop tour of Latin…

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Cuba celebrates Fidel Castro's 90th birthday with fireworks and dancing

Thousands partied along Havana’s Malecon seafront into the early hours of Saturday (August 13), celebrating retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro turning 90 to the tune of Latin beats as an electric storm

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Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance for 90th birthday gala

A frail Fidel Castro made a rare public appearance on Saturday, as guest of honour at a gala marking his 90th birthday.

Focus

Thousands head to Cuba as tourism takes off

If you’re looking for a holiday in the sun – mixed with a unique history and culture, then you might consider going to Cuba.

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Fidel Castro turns 90 - the last major communist figure in the West

As Fidel Castro marks his 90th birthday hi is still revered by many in Cuba, the country he remade, but failed to turn into a communist paradise.

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Cuba: Retired revolutionary leader Fidel Castro turns 90

Cuba is celebrating Fidel Castro's 90th birthday with a giant birthday cake and flags reading 'Gracias, Fidel'.

Venezuela

Food, medicines and fuel shortages in Venezuela which also affect Cuba

Bread is a staple of diets worldwide, a low price with a high nutritious value.

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Direct US-Cuba flights could resume in the autumn

The first direct flights between the US and Cuba in more than 50 years could begin this autumn (2016).

Colombia

Colombian child soldiers to be removed from FARC rebel ranks

The Colombian government has agreed a plan to reintegrate child soldiers from the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, or FARC, into society. The

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Gay rights marchers in Cuba celebrate progress

Hundreds of supporters of gay rights in Cuba have marched along the famous Malecon seafront in Havana, to celebrate the advances made in recent

Russia

Russia gives heroes welcome to Cuban spies

Known as 'The Cuban Five', they were recently released by the US after 15 years in prison for espionage, as part of the thawing of relations between the former Cold War foes.

Culture news

Chanel stages fashion extravaganza in Cuba

The celebrity spotlight was on Havana this week as an elite crowd of supermodels and Hollywood actors including Gisele Bundchen and Tilda Swinton

Cinema

Hemingway biopic is first Hollywood film shot in Cuba

‘Papa: Hemingway in Cuba’ holds the distinction of being the first Hollywood production to shoot on the island since the 1959 revolution. The film is

World News

US cruise ship docks in Havana over 40 years since the last sailed the Florida Straits

An American cruise ship has docked in Havana for the first time in more than 40 years.

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British foreign secretary visits Cuba

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond visited Havana on Thursday for talks with his Cuban counterpart in the first such visit since 1959

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Cuba's Castro brothers to "give way to a younger generation"

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro stole the show at the five-yearly Communist party Congress in Havana as he made a rare appearance along side his

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Fidel Castro makes rare public appearance at Havana school

The former Cuban president Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance. The 89 year old was visiting a school in Havana named after his late

Cuba

Two die in tourist bus crash in Cuba

A bus carrying German and Austrian tourists has crashed in the central Cuban city of Santi Spiritus. Two people have been killed and 28 others

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Fidel Castro rejects thaw between Cuba and US

Ex-president pens letter hostile to Barack Obama's overtures

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'Please allow me to introduce myself' - Rolling Stones 1st-ever gig in Cuba

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