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To help mark the thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States the Pennsylvania State University baseball team embarked on a four-game
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UN fails for 24th time to get unanimous rejection of America's Cuban embargo
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UN votes to condemn United States embargo on Cuba
The United Nations General Assembly has voted to condemn the United States embargo on Cuba. It was the first vote on the resolution since the two
US charter flights return to Cuba
The first charter flights from America in decades have landed in Cuba, Fourteen planes in all landed on Saturday bringing tourists in, and there are
US painting duo seeks inspiration in Cuba
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Castro calls for end to US trade embargo
Cuban leader Raul Castro has used his address at the UN to call for the US trade embargo, in place for more than five decades, to be lifted. He also
Pope Francis visits holy shrine on last full day in Cuba
Pope Francis ended his last full day in Cuba at the country’s holiest shrine, the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, outside the island’s second-largest
Cuba: Thousands attend Pope's mass, dozens denied entry, reports suggest
Pope Francis has so far avoided overt discussion of Cuban politics during his first ever trip to the communist-run island. The 78-year-old Argentine
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Religion and world affairs were, not surprisingly, the two key talking points when Pope Francis visited Cuba’s revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on
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Pope Francis hails warming US-Cuba ties on arrival in Havana
Pope Francis has hailed improving ties between Cuba and the US, saying they are a model of reconciliation. He has touched down in Havana for an
Cuba prepares for the three-day visit of Pope Francis
Cuba has been preparing for the three-day visit of Pope Francis to Cuba. On Friday Washington eased sanctions on American companies which want to do
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Cubans emotional ahead of papal visit
Havana has been getting ready for Pope Francis’s visit on Saturday (September 19). On Thursday, many Cubans watched a televised message from the
Cuba pardons 3,522 prisoners ahead of papal visit
With Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba fast approaching the Cuban authorities have addressed one of the outstanding issues cited by its critics. On Friday
US: Erika downgraded from tropical storm, but still poses flood threat
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