Cuba
Attacked in bed, safe a few feet away: Cuba mystery deepens
World
September 14, 2017
Attacked in bed, safe a few feet away: Cuba mystery deepens
The blaring, grinding noise jolted the American diplomat from his bed in a Havana hotel. He moved just a few…
Cuba surveys toppled houses, flooded cities in wake of Irma
World
September 10, 2017
Cuba surveys toppled houses, flooded cities in wake of Irma
Hurricane Irma ripped roofs off houses and flooded hundreds of miles of coastline as it raked Cuba’s northern coast after…
Hurricane Irma slams Turks and Caicos on path to Florida
World
September 8, 2017
Hurricane Irma slams Turks and Caicos on path to Florida
Hurricane Irma battered the Turks and Caicos Islands early Friday and Cuba evacuated tourists from beachside resorts as the fearsome…
Cuba struggling to keep professionals from leaving
World
August 16, 2017
Cuba struggling to keep professionals from leaving
Calle Marti is a modest half-mile boulevard split by a simple winding flagstone path that’s bracketed by green grass, pine…
U.S. Cuba tour operators gird for Trump travel crackdown
World
July 23, 2017
U.S. Cuba tour operators gird for Trump travel crackdown
US tour operators that send Americans to Cuba are banding together to try to limit damage to business from tighter…
Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister
World
July 15, 2017
Cuba bounces back from recession in first half of year: minister
Cuba’s economy bounced back from recession and expanded an estimated 1.1 percent in the first half of this year, driven…
Trump to clamp down Obama’s detente with Cuba
World
June 16, 2017
Trump to clamp down Obama’s detente with Cuba
President Donald Trump on Friday will announce plans to tighten restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and clamp down on…
White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all
World
January 18, 2017
White House concedes it won’t close Guantanamo after all
The White House said Tuesday that the Guantanamo Bay detention center in Cuba will still be open when President Barack…
Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans
World
January 13, 2017
Obama administration ends special immigration policy for Cubans
The Obama administration on Thursday repealed a measure granting automatic residency to virtually every Cuban who arrived in the United…
EU, Cuba normalise ties after decades-long rift
World
December 12, 2016
EU, Cuba normalise ties after decades-long rift
The European Union and Cuba on Monday signed a deal to normalise ties that had been blocked for decades by…