Cuba urges US to lift economic, trade blockade
Cuba has renewed its call on the US Congress to end the economic and trade embargo held against the island for over 55 years, as a sign of a new era in ties between the two nations.
Oct 22, 2016, 08:58 AM IST
Lifting sanctions more beneficial for US: Cuba
In its first reaction to the US decision to further lift sanctions on Cuba to facilitate trade as well as scientific and humanitarian exchanges between the two countries the island nation said the measures are more beneficial for Washington than Havana.
Oct 15, 2016, 13:25 PM IST
Obama names first ambassador to Cuba in five decades
Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro announced a thaw in relations in December 2014.
Sep 28, 2016, 04:12 AM IST
Donald Trump courts Hispanic vote in Miami`s Little Havana
Hillary Clinton holds a commanding lead over Donald Trump among Hispanic voters.
Sep 28, 2016, 04:10 AM IST
Cuba says US embargo has cost it $4.7 bn since thaw
Cuba said the United States's 54-year-old trade embargo has cost the island $4.7 billion since April 2015 despite the former Cold War enemies' historic rapprochement.
Sep 10, 2016, 05:48 AM IST
Cubans salsa into Fidel Castro's 90th birthday
Cuba has gone into overdrive this month honoring Fidel Castro who led its 1959 revolution and built a Communist-run state on the doorstep of the United States.
Aug 13, 2016, 11:51 AM IST
US, Cuba hold migration talks in Havana; no new agreements
US And Cuban officials held another round of talks on migration issues in Havana to further discussions last held in December, but no new agreements were announced to advance the diplomatic thaw begun a year and a half ago by presidents Barack Obama and Raul Castro.
Jul 15, 2016, 11:10 AM IST
Cuba, US hold talks on collaboration against terrorism
he meeting was a part of the steps being taken by the two countries since December 2014 in order to normalise bilateral ties.
Jun 10, 2016, 08:49 AM IST
Colombian government, rebel group agree on peace deal
The "special agreement" is based on the Geneva Conventions and will be incorporated into domestic law through a legislative act.
May 13, 2016, 12:21 PM IST
More than 3 dozen Cuban migrants caught at sea
Nearly 40 Cuban migrants are being repatriated to Cuba after being caught at sea by US Coast Guard officials.
Apr 17, 2016, 07:39 AM IST
Cubans embrace the English language as Cold War enmity fades
Gilberto Gonzalez learned Russian at a school in Havana at the height of the Cold War when the Soviet Union was Cuba`s closest ally, but 30 years later he`s rusty and remembers little more than, `da,` and `nyet.`
Apr 11, 2016, 22:58 PM IST
Barack Obama says Cuba visit designed to `bury last remnant` of Cold War
US President Barack Obama on Tuesday told Cubans that he had made a landmark trip to Havana to "bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas."
Mar 22, 2016, 20:21 PM IST
Obama spars with Cuba's Castro over human rights in historic visit
U.S. President Barack Obama pushed Cuba to improve human rights during his historic visit to the Communist-led island on Monday, publicly sparring with President Raul Castro who showed flashes of anger and hit back at U.S. "double standards".
Mar 22, 2016, 09:26 AM IST
Obama, Castro hold groundbreaking Cuba talks
Obama, meeting Castro for only the third time for formal talks, was the first US president in Cuba since 1928.
Mar 21, 2016, 21:38 PM IST
Obama heads for historic visit as Cuba rolls out red carpet
The three-day trip, the first by a U.S. president in 88 years, is the culmination of a diplomatic opening announced by Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro in December 2014.
Mar 20, 2016, 23:41 PM IST
Obama looks to seal Cuba engagement on landmark trip
Barack Obama touches down in Havana on Sunday to cap a long-unimaginable rapprochement with Cuba and burnish a presidential legacy dulled by Middle East quagmires and partisan sniping.
Mar 18, 2016, 11:36 AM IST
Mail links between US, Cuba restored
The mail links between the US and Cuba were restored with the arrival of the first mail flight in Havana.
Mar 17, 2016, 04:23 AM IST
Cuba sending 9,000 soldiers to fight Zika virus
Cuban President Raul Castro announced today that he is dispatching 9,000 soldiers to help keep the Zika virus out of Cuba, calling on the entire country to help kill the mosquito that carries the disease.
Feb 23, 2016, 03:48 AM IST
US restores regular flights to Cuba
The United States and Cuba signed an agreement Tuesday authorizing daily US commercial flights to the communist-ruled island for the first time in more than 50 years.
Feb 17, 2016, 02:13 AM IST
US, Cuba to 'resume' regular flights
Cuba and the United States reached an agreement on Wednesday night that will allow U.S. commercial airlines to begin operating flights to the island for the first time in decades, according to U.S. officials with knowledge of the discussion.
Dec 17, 2015, 23:41 PM IST
