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Tag: Cuba

  • Tuesday, July 21st 2015 - 04:43 UTC

    Cuba and US on a 'new beginning', but 'profound differences' persist

    Kerry said the ”interests of both countries are better served by engagement than by estrangement,'' after meeting with Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez

    U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry on Monday called the restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba a “new beginning” but said many differences remain between the two nations and warned that the full normalization of ties will be a long process. He spoke hours after ceremonies were held in Havana and Washington to mark the restoration of ties after more than five decades of hostility.

  • Thursday, July 9th 2015 - 02:55 UTC

    Italy's MSC Cruises with 'Opera' becomes first major line to homeport in Cuba

    The first MSC cruise will depart from Havana following MSC Opera’s Grand Voyage from Genoa to Cuba.

    Italian owned MSC Cruises will be the first major cruise line to homeport in Cuba, with the 2,120-passenger MSC Opera embarking on week-long cruises from Havana starting December 22, reports Travel Weekly.

  • Wednesday, July 8th 2015 - 08:30 UTC

    Carnival cruises to Cuba expected for next May; waiting for Havana green light

    Under the initiative, some 37,000 travelers a year will either volunteer or be immersed in educational and cultural exchanges in local communities

    Carnival Corporation, the world's biggest travel and leisure firm, plans to launch cruises to Cuba in May, following the historic thaw between the Castro brothers nation and the United States. US Treasury Department and Commerce Department granted the company approval for the plans, Carnival announced Tuesday, though it has yet to receive Cuban authorization.

  • Friday, July 3rd 2015 - 07:45 UTC

    Republicans anticipate they will not approve a US ambassador to Cuba

    Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell described Cuba as “a police state”, “a thuggish regime” and “a haven for criminals” wanted in the U.S.

    United States Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said on Thursday that his chamber is unlikely to approve a US ambassador to Cuba, sending a quick rebuff to President Barack Obama and his drive to normalize relations with the U.S. neighbor and longtime Cold War foe.

  • Thursday, July 2nd 2015 - 05:17 UTC

    US embassy will be opened on July 20; Kerry will raise the flag in Havana

    “This is a historic step forward in our efforts to normalize relations with the Cuban government and people” Obama said.

    President Obama formally announced on Wednesday that the United States and Cuba have both agreed to open embassies in each other’s capitals following more than a half-century of hostilities between the two nations.

  • Wednesday, July 1st 2015 - 03:51 UTC

    US and Cuba ready to announce embassies opening in Havana and Washington

    The White House announced that Obama would deliver a statement, presumably the formal announcement, in the Rose Garden on Wednesday.

    President Obama will announce on Wednesday that the U.S. and Cuba have reached an agreement to open embassies in Havana and Washington, an administration official has confirmed. The announcement marks a major step in ending hostilities between the longtime foes and an opportunity to re-establish formal diplomatic relations and apparently will be simultaneous from Havana.

  • Thursday, June 11th 2015 - 08:37 UTC

    Cuban novelist receives highest award of the Spanish language

    Padura was born in Havana and is best known in the English speaking world for his quartet of detective novels: The Four Seasons with lieutenant Mario Conde.

    The Princess of Asturias Award for Literature has gone to the Cuban novelist and journalist Leonardo Padura. There were 27 nominations from around the world for the prestigious award which has been won in the past by people of the stature of writer John Banville, Leonard Cohen and dramatist Arthur Miller.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:58 UTC

    Spain's Iberia resumed flights to Cuba after a two-year absence

    As recently reported by the airline, that route will now have five direct weekly flights (Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Saturday and Sunday).

    After two years of absence, the Spanish airline Iberia on Monday resumed flights to Havana. The Cuban tourism ministry confirmed last Friday that on June first, the flight marking the resumption of operations between Madrid and Havana would arrive at the Jose Marti International Airport.

  • Tuesday, June 2nd 2015 - 05:39 UTC

    Jacobson nominated as new ambassador to Mexico, announced the White House

    Jacobson will replace Anthony Wayne, who has been the U.S. envoy since 2011, if she is confirmed by the Senate

    U.S. President Barack Obama on Monday announced his intention to nominate Roberta Jacobson, the assistant secretary of state for Latin America and the chief U.S. negotiator at the talks to resume diplomatic relations with Cuba, as the new ambassador to Mexico, the White House announced in a communiqué.

  • Saturday, May 30th 2015 - 00:48 UTC

    One step closer: US drops Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

    On April 8, 2015, Kerry completed the review and recommended President Obama that Cuba no longer be designated as a State Sponsor of Terrorism.

    The United States on Friday formally dropped Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism, the US State Department said in a statement. The removal of Cuba from the US terrorism list eliminates an obstacle toward restoring diplomatic ties between the United States and the communist-led Caribbean island state after 54 years.