Tag: Cuba

• 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.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 06:53 UTC

  Fidel Castro in “good health and feels great admiration for Pope Francis”

  

  Fidel Castro is in good health and feels “deep admiration” for Pope Francis, Brazilian intellectual Frei Betto said on Wednesday a day after meeting with Cuba's former president. He and Fidel discussed a wide range of subjects and the 88-year-old leader of the Cuban Revolution remains “very optimistic,” Betto told reporters in Havana.

• Thursday, January 29th 2015 - 06:32 UTC

  Raul Castro demands the return of Guantanamo and compensation for US trade embargo

  

  Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on Cuba and compensate his country for damages before the two nations re-establish normal relations.

• Saturday, January 24th 2015 - 05:50 UTC

  Cuba/US: catching a glimpse of the possible future

  

  By Leonardo Padura Fuentes (*) - All Cubans, on either side of the Florida Straits, but also in places like Spain, France or Greenland – where there must be a couple of Cubans – as well felt it was a historic moment that included each and every one of us, when U.S. President Barack Obama announced on Dec. 17 the normalization of relations after half a century of hostility.

• Friday, January 23rd 2015 - 07:04 UTC

  US and Cuba agree to continue disagreeing but want to advance

  

  The United States and Cuba fell short of setting dates to reopen embassies but agreed to meet again to overcome deep rifts after they wrapped up historic talks aimed at normalizing relations.

• Thursday, January 22nd 2015 - 06:26 UTC

  US/Cuba talks take off and are described as “productive and constructive”

  

  US and Cuban officials launched historic talks to shed their Cold War-era hostility on Wednesday, complimenting each other on the first day's progress despite persistent differences over migration policy.

• Wednesday, January 21st 2015 - 08:03 UTC

  Obama pledged 'middle-class economics' but faces a Republican congress

  

  US President Barack Obama has declared an end to the financial crisis and pledged economic policies to benefit all Americans, in his annual State of the Union address to Congress. In a speech devised to appeal to working families, Mr Obama outlined his strategy for “middle-class economics”.