
Canada businessman's corruption trial on in Cuba
A Canadian businessman caught up in a corruption probe in Cuba apparently went on trial Thursday, nearly two years after he was detained and his ...
US keeps Cuba on state sponsors of terrorism list
A State Department spokesman said Wednesday that Washington has no plans to remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism that also includes ...
Cuban dissidents pick up EU prize, 8 years later
Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after securing ...

Cuba's 'Ladies' to pick up EU prize 8 years later
Members of Cuba's Ladies in White opposition group will finally pick up Europe's top human rights prize from 2005 in person next week in Belgium, the ...

Cuba turning over Florida couple and children
Cuba on Tuesday said it will hand over to the United States a Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their two young sons from the mother's parents ...
Cuba culture official demoted after NY Times op-ed
A leading Cuban cultural official said Friday that he has been demoted nearly two weeks after he published an opinion piece in the New York Times that ...
Cuba cleric: Francis criticized church at conclave
Pope Francis issued a strong critique of the church before the College of Cardinals just hours before it selected him as the new pontiff, according ...

Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes dies in Sweden at age 94
Renowned Cuban pianist Bebo Valdes, a composer and bandleader who recorded with Nat "King" Cole, was musical director at Havana's legendary Tropicana ...

Colombia's ex-pres faces blowback over peace talks
Alvaro Uribe did more as president than any Colombian leader to weaken the South American nation's main leftist rebel group and he has been among the ...

Fidel Castro laments loss of 'best friend,' Chavez
Retired leader Fidel Castro broke nearly a week of silence since the death of friend and ally Hugo Chavez, saying Monday that Cuba has lost its "best ...

Chavez death echoes with leftists worldwide
Reactions to the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez were as mixed, polemical and outsized as the leader was in life, with some saying his ...

Cuba looks to curb deadly scourge of jaywalking
Teenagers dash across a six-lane thoroughfare and launch themselves into the balmy waters of the Straits of Florida. A couple skips the sidewalk and ...

Tobacco cuisine on display at Cuba Cigar Festival
Tobacco: It's what's for dinner. A team of Croatian chefs whipped up a pungent meal Thursday, infusing the flavor of the tobacco leaf synonymous with ...

Castro's 2018 retirement looms for Cuba, Miami
It's been more than 54 years since someone not named "Castro" led Cuba, and it will likely be five more. But now islanders and exiles alike have ...

Cuba's Raul Castro announces retirement in 5 years
Raul Castro announced Sunday that he will step down as Cuba's president in 2018 following a final five-year term, for the first time putting a date ...

Cuba's Diaz-Canel rose gradually to No. 2 post
The man tapped as the likely heir-apparent to Raul Castro is largely unknown off the island, but his rise to the country's No. 2 job was anything but ...

Cuba's Raul Castro raises possibility of retiring
Cuban President Raul Castro has unexpectedly raised the possibility of leaving his post, saying Friday that he is old and has a right to retire.

US Lawmakers meet with jailed American in Cuba
U.S. lawmakers confirmed on Wednesday that they visited an American man whose detention and long sentence in Cuba has hampered efforts to improve ties ...

Photos of Hugo Chavez shown after 2-month absence
The world got its first glimpse of Hugo Chavez since he underwent a fourth cancer-related surgery in Cuba more than two months ago, with photos ...

VP: Chavez getting 'complex and tough' treatments
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is undergoing "extremely complex and tough" treatments following cancer surgery, his vice president said Wednesday.
Correction: Cuba-Television story
In a story Feb. 10 about the network Telesur in Cuba, The Associated Press misspelled the name of the Committee to Protect Journalists. A corrected ...

Climbing 'Spider-Man' puts on show for Cuba kids
The French "Spider-Man" continues to dazzle Havana with his unassisted, death-defying climbs. Alain Robert already climbed the 413-foot (216-meter) ...
French daredevil climbs Havana hotel without net
A French daredevil who has scaled some of the world's tallest buildings conquered Cuba's famous Habana Libre hotel on Monday without ropes or a safety ...

Cuba dissidents approved, denied for passports
Two Cuban dissidents who applied for passports to go overseas under recently enacted travel reform reported mixed results Wednesday, as one former ...

Venezuela VP: plot against Chavez allies revealed
Venezuela's vice president said Wednesday that the government has uncovered a plot to attack him or another senior leader of President Hugo Chavez's ...