Trump administration bans cruises to Cuba in clampdown on U.S. travel
The Trump administration on Tuesday imposed heavy new restrictions on U.S. travel to Cuba, including a ban on cruises, in a further bid to pressure
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Cuba to ration more products due to economic crisis, U.S. sanctions
Communist-run Cuba said on Friday it would control more the sales of certain foodstuff and hygiene products, including adding some back to the ration card, due to
Anastasiades sends condolences to Cuba after deadly plane crash
President Nicos Anastasiades has sent a message of condolences to the President of the Councils of State and Ministers of the Republic of Cuba Miguel
Cuba swears in Miguel Diaz-Canel to replace Castro as president (Update)
Cuban Communist Party stalwart Miguel Diaz-Canel replaced Raul Castro as president on Thursday, a new chapter for the island after nearly sixty years of rule
New ambassadors promote stronger ties with Cyprus
Three new ambassadors to Cyprus were accredited on Wednesday to represent India, Cuba and the United Arab Emirates (UAE), all pledging to boost ties with
Fidel Castro’s eldest son ‘Fidelito’ commits suicide
The eldest son of late Cuban revolutionary leader Fidel Castro, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, committed suicide on Thursday aged 68 after being treated for months for
Hurricane Irma rips through Cuba as it heads for Florida
Hurricane Irma pounded Cuba’s northern coast on Saturday as it headed for Florida, where millions of residents were told to evacuate after the storm killed
Guevara’s daughter still fighting for ‘perfect socialism’
While former US President Barack Obama may have been smarter than other American presidents, Donald Trump is certainly more loutish, Aleida Guevara, daughter of Marxist
Cuba returning Castro’s ashes to birthplace of the Revolution
A procession carrying Fidel Castro‘s ashes prepared to set out from Havana on Wednesday on a long trek to a final resting place in Santiago
Leftist allies fly in to pay tribute to Cuba’s Castro at mass rally
Leaders of Cuba‘s leftist allies and other developing countries arrive in Havana on Tuesday for a mass rally commemorating Fidel Castro, the rebel who seized
‘Viva Fidel!’: tens of thousands pay last respects to Cuba’s Castro
Tens of thousands of Cubans, some wrapped in red, white and blue national flags, paid final respects in Havana on Monday to Fidel Castro, who
Trump vows to end US-Cuba ‘deal’ unless Havana makes better one
US President-elect Donald Trump said in a tweet on Monday he would end the United States’ “deal” with Cuba unless a better one was made,
Cubans to throng Revolution Square in mourning for Fidel Castro
Cubans will begin massing on Havana’s Revolution Square from Monday for a week-long commemoration of Fidel Castro, the communist guerrilla leader who led a revolution
Hurricane Matthew kills at least 17, takes aim at Bahamas, US
Hurricane Matthew, the fiercest Caribbean storm in almost a decade, powered toward the Bahamas and Florida’s eastern coast early on Wednesday after battering Haiti and
Haitians flee homes as Hurricane Matthew hits
By Makini Brice Haitians living in vulnerable coastal shacks frantically sought safe shelter as the strongest Caribbean storm in nine years, Hurricane Matthew, closed in
Haiti on red alert for direct hit from fierce Hurricane Matthew
By Makini Brice Haiti issued a red alert and evacuated families from tiny outlying islands as Hurricane Matthew, the strongest storm to cross the Caribbean
Powerful Hurricane Matthew barrels towards Jamaica, Cuba
Hurricane Matthew weakened slightly on Saturday as it headed towards Jamaica and Cuba, but with winds reaching 145 miles per hour (230 kph), islanders braced
Trump goes on offensive against former beauty queen, Clinton calls him ‘unhinged’
By Doina Chiacu Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump increased his attacks on a former beauty queen with a vague and unsubstantiated allegation about a sex
Clinton says Trump may have violated US law on Cuba
US Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton said on Thursday that Republican opponent Donald Trump may have violated US law, following a news report that one
Cuba volleyball players found guilty of aggravated rape in Finland
Five volleyball players from the Cuban national team were found guilty on Tuesday of aggravated rape of a woman while they were in Finland in