Tag: Cuba

• Wednesday, May 6th 2015 - 05:49 UTC

  US approves licenses for passenger ferry service with Cuba

  

  The US Treasury Department has approved licenses for passenger ferry service between the United States and Cuba, a Treasury Department official announced. One of the licenses was issued to Baja Ferries, part of a major shipping group with passengers and cargo operations, including on Mexico's west coast, according to a lawyer who handled the license application.

• Thursday, April 23rd 2015 - 09:34 UTC

  Vatican confirms Pope visit to Cuba on his trip to United States

  

  Leaders of Cuba's Catholic Church expressed joy Wednesday on learning that Pope Francis will visit the island in September amid the budding Vatican-mediated rapprochement between Havana and Washington. Francis will stop in Cuba before his Sept. 23 meeting in the United States with President Barack Obama.

• Tuesday, April 21st 2015 - 07:12 UTC

  New York governor and a large business delegation land in Havana

  

  Governor of New York Andrew Cuomo arrived in the Cuban capital on Monday heading a large delegation of business people interested in learning firsthand the Cuban reality and making contacts for future business endeavors. Cuomo was welcomed at the José Martí International Airport by Josefina Vidal, head of the USA desk at the Cuban Foreign Ministry.

• Wednesday, April 15th 2015 - 07:28 UTC

  Cuba to be removed from terror sponsors' list, announced President Obama

  

  The White House announced on Tuesday that President Obama intends to remove Cuba from the US government's list of nations that sponsor terrorism, eliminating a major obstacle to the restoration of diplomatic relations after decades of hostilities. The decision to remove Cuba from the list represents a crucial step in Obama’s effort to turn the page on a Cold War-era dispute.

• Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 10:55 UTC

  Castro and Obama make history: 'we have agreed we can disagree with respect and civility'

  

  President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro sat down together on Saturday in the first formal meeting of the two country's leaders in over a half-century, pledging to reach for the kind of peaceful relationship that has eluded their nations for generations.

• Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 08:55 UTC

  Obama praised the 'new beginning' in the bilateral relation with Cuba

  

  United States President Barack Obama addressed American leaders in the meeting currently taking place in the City of Panama praising the diplomatic rapprochement between Washington and Cuba which he called “a new beginning” in the bilateral relation.

• Sunday, April 12th 2015 - 08:46 UTC

  Castro calls for a 'civilized relationship'; apologizes to Obama and condemns ten previous US presidents

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro was received with a standing ovation as he readied to address the VII Summit of the Americas, held in Panama City, in a historic presentation. The Caribbean leader stressed the importance of the rapprochement with the United States but questioned the US policy towards Venezuela.

• Monday, March 30th 2015 - 06:20 UTC

  Cruise lines are preparing for the Cuban rush of US tourists

  

  Although U.S. tourists are still technically banned from visiting the Caribbean country, one of the world's last remaining authoritarian regimes, the process of normalizing relations between the U.S. and Cuba has the cruise industry ready to pounce, according to Maritime Link.

• Monday, March 16th 2015 - 10:16 UTC

  EU also interested in close relations with Cuba; top European official expected in Havana

  

  European Union foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini has announced she will visit Cuba later this month. Ms Mogherini said Cuba was facing a very interesting period and the EU wanted to build on the momentum to “take the relationship forward”.

• Wednesday, February 11th 2015 - 06:29 UTC

  Netflix offers internet video service in Havana, but very few Cubans can afford 8 dollars

  

  Netflix began selling its Internet video service in Cuba on Monday in what appears to be a largely symbolic move driven by the recent loosening of US restrictions on doing business with the Communist-run Island.