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Cuba

Cuba: Europe's new market

French President Francois Hollande was, in May last year the first Western head of state to visit Cuba after the thaw in relations between the

01/02/2016

France

Cuba and France sign deals and promise to deepen friendly ties

Cuban leader Raul Castro and France’s President Hollande have celebrated a successful start to the veteran Communist’s tour of France. He is the

01/02/2016

World News

Cuba: Raul Castro on state visit to Paris

The diplomatic courtship steps up a gear, with Raul Castro in Paris for the first visit to Europe by a Cuban leader for two decades.

01/02/2016

World News

Further sanctions on Cuba lifted

The United States on Tuesday announced further easing of sanctions on Cuba, the latest move towards fully restoring relations with Communist-run

26/01/2016

Sport

Havana Grand Prix 2016: Cuban judokas strike gold on final day of home event

The first two days of the Havana Judo Grand Prix were disappointing for the Cuban contingent to say the least.

25/01/2016

Cuba

Cubans mark Revolution anniversary, as world celebrates new year

As the world celebrates the start of a new year, Cubans are also marking the 57th anniversary of the Revolution. The past twelve months have been

01/01/2016

Costa Rica

Cuban migrants still stranded in Costa Rica

Four thousand Cuban migrants did their best to celebrate Christmas despite being stranded in Costa Rica for months. On Christmas Eve, they cooked

26/12/2015

Cuba

Postal flights between US and Cuba receive stamp of approval

Today (December 17) marks one year since the United States and Cuba decided to normalise relations. That was nearly two years after Cuban President

17/12/2015

Sport

Cuban baseball stars return home for goodwill tour

A group of Major League Baseball players and executives took advantage of improving diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba to visit the island

16/12/2015

World News

Direct mail service to resume between US and Cuba

Cuba and the US have agreed to restore a direct postal service. It is one of the first bilateral deals since the former Cold War foes re-established

12/12/2015

Cuba

UN Human Rights Day sees protests, detentions in Cuba

Police made at least six arrests in Havana and dissidents claimed at least 100 nationwide in Cuba. The capital saw scuffles but little more on the

11/12/2015

Sport

Penn State begin historic baseball tour in Cuba

To help mark the thaw in relations between Cuba and the United States the Pennsylvania State University baseball team embarked on a four-game

25/11/2015

USA

Amer Shaker released from Guantanamo Bay

Amer Shaker, the last British resident to be held in Guantanamo Bay US military prison, has been released according to the UK home secretary. Amer

30/10/2015

Culture news

Gloria's life: On Your Feet!

On Your Feet is a new Broadway musical about the lives of Cuban-American singer Gloria Estefan and her husband, Emilio. Ana Villafane plays Gloria

29/10/2015

Cuba

UN fails for 24th time to get unanimous rejection of America's Cuban embargo

There has been some surprise that despite the warming in US-Cuban relations, the annual Cuban attempt to get the US sanctions on the island condemned

28/10/2015

Cuba

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

27/10/2015

World News

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

11/10/2015

Culture news

US painting duo seeks inspiration in Cuba

US artists Kurtis Ceppetelli and Matthew Malone are a creative duo who have been painting together since 2009. They recently travelled to Cuba to

05/10/2015

USA

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

29/09/2015

Cuba

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

22/09/2015