A European Union commissioner Monday told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Europe's policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now.
A metaphorical timeout has been in place between the United States and Cuba for nearly 50 years. But that could all be changing with the help of sports.
Cuban dissidents holed up in a Havana house for 36 days started a liquids-only fast this week that led a doctor to order one of them to go home for health reasons, one of the protesters told CNN on Friday.
Richard Waltzer has a pitch for Cuba: Miller beer and Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesday.
A man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was arrested Sunday, federal officials said.
A senior American diplomat had high-level talks with the Cuban government in Havana, the State Department said Tuesday.
A man named Ernesto pressed an old-fashioned radio to his ear, listening to a baseball game roughly 5,000 miles away.
Thousands gathered in the Cuban capital on Sunday to pay their respects to one of Cuba's few remaining original revolutionaries, Juan Almeida, who according to state media died of a heart attack Friday evening.
European diplomats visited the family of a jailed Cuban dissident Thursday over concern the government has arrested him on criminal charges in a bid to block his political activities.
A European Union commissioner Monday told CNN's Christiane Amanpour that Europe's policy toward Cuba in the future will place less emphasis on human rights in the island nation than now.
A metaphorical timeout has been in place between the United States and Cuba for nearly 50 years. But that could all be changing with the help of sports.
Cuban dissidents holed up in a Havana house for 36 days started a liquids-only fast this week that led a doctor to order one of them to go home for health reasons, one of the protesters told CNN on Friday.
Richard Waltzer has a pitch for Cuba: Miller beer and Häagen-Dazs ice cream.
A Cuban blogger who has criticized her government has been denied permission to travel to New York to pick up a prestigious journalism award Wednesday.
A man accused of playing a role in the 1968 hijacking of a Pan Am flight from New York to Puerto Rico was arrested Sunday, federal officials said.
A senior American diplomat had high-level talks with the Cuban government in Havana, the State Department said Tuesday.
A man named Ernesto pressed an old-fashioned radio to his ear, listening to a baseball game roughly 5,000 miles away.
Thousands gathered in the Cuban capital on Sunday to pay their respects to one of Cuba's few remaining original revolutionaries, Juan Almeida, who according to state media died of a heart attack Friday evening.
European diplomats visited the family of a jailed Cuban dissident Thursday over concern the government has arrested him on criminal charges in a bid to block his political activities.
It was the U.S. government's version of the ticker in New York's Times Square, blasting Havana's main seaside strip with anti-Cuba slogans in 5-foot high crimson letters. It symbolized the tit-for-tat diplomatic row between Washington and Havana.
Sharp jabs and crushing body blows echo across a boxing gym in downtown Havana.
Sultry voices floated across a leafy park in Havana during an afternoon jam session, punctuated by trumpet blasts and the rhythmic pounding of timbales.
Cuba has a new political leader but the Buena Vista Social Club lives on, thanks to 12 brilliant musicians, including four from the group made famous in the Wim Wenders' documentary featuring American guitarist Ry Cooder as he delved into Havana's pre-Castro musical past.
My City_My Life has followed celebrities around Moscow, Johannesburg, Havana, Mumbai, Malmo, Miami, Seattle, Tokyo, Copenhagen, London, Berlin, Paris and Florence.
Traditional May Day celebrations to recognize the achievements of organized labor turned violent in some cities Friday, as workers decried government efforts to deal with the economic downturn.
They used to call him "No-Drama Obama," but not so much anymore.
The thing everyone keeps saying about Angels pitcher Nick Adenhart was how far he had come, and how fast.
An exhibition of American artworks has just opened in Havana -- the first major American group show in Cuba for over 20 years.
Part of Havana's charm is that it plays by its own rules -- these tips will help you play along.
Waiting for news about my flight, I started to read the fascinating autobiography of Carlos Acosta, the man I was trying to meet half way round the world.
Carlos Acosta has gone from breakdancing in the backstreets of Havana to principal dancer with the biggest ballet companies in the world. Now based in London, he takes CNN on a tour of the Cuban capital and talks about his enduring love for the city.
Carlos Acosta is the ballet dancer who breaks all the rules. Perhaps the most famous dancer of his generation, his is a career that wasn't meant to be -- a tough kid from the backstreets of Havana who was forced to study ballet and became a reluctant star.
The seductive port of Havana is an unlikely accident of geography and history, a rum-tinged cocktail of Caribbean exotica, colonial Spanish elegance and Cold War-era politics.
Circles Robinson is a 55-year-old American who has lived in Havana with his family since 2001. He works revising English translations for official Cuban media online publications and in his spare time he writes his own blog and manages the Havana Times Web site.
Havana has a thriving cultural scene and is the setting for world-class ballet and film festivals. But it's also a city of music, sunshine and rum, and Havana knows how to throw a damn fine party. Here are some of the city's biggest and best annual events.
"Che" the movie met Che the myth in Cuba this weekend, and the lengthy biopic of the Argentinean revolutionary won acclaim from among those who know his story best.
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro says he is open to the idea of meeting with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
Brazil, Spain and China are rushing to explore and drill on the impoverished communist nation. Will the yanquis come around too?
Many Cubans thought they'd left behind forever the grim, hungry days that were the norm just after the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, with it, the loss of billions of dollars in subsidies for the Communist state.
The 77-year-old Raul Castro has not addressed the nation or appeared in public during the past three weeks -- even though a tropical storm and two monster hurricanes have battered the island over the same period
When the U.S. takes on Trinidad and Tobago on Wednesday at Toyota Park in Bridgeview, Ill. (8 p.m. ET, ESPN2, Galavision), all eyes will be on Eddie Johnson -- whether he takes the field or not.
Hurricane Ike barreled across the warm, energizing waters of the Gulf of Mexico Wednesday on its way toward the Texas coast after crashing through Cuba's tobacco country
Hurricane Ike's winds and massive storm surge ripped apart houses and toppled trees as the deadly storm roared across Cuba
On Thursday evening, the U.S. national team arrived at the Hotel Melia Cohiba, two blocks from Havana's charming Malecón, the four-mile waterfront walkway. Before heading for the team dinner, coach Bob Bradley discussed the significance of Saturday's Cuba-U.S. game (8 p.m. ET, ESPN Classic and Galavision), which will most likely be one of the U.S.' 18 games in 2010 World Cup qualifying.
It was pushing midnight on Saturday when U.S. forward Landon Donovan and I arrived at Cuban Revolution, a kitschy hipster hangout in downtown Providence, R.I., with huge pop-art murals on the walls -- Castro, JFK, Che -- and the lefty singer Manu Chao blasting on the stereo.
The Cuban boy at the center of an international custody battle eight years ago has joined Cuba's Young Communist Union
The two meet for ongoing guidance session in Beverly Hills
Cuban officials on Monday accused the top U.S. diplomat in Havana of delivering private funds from American groups opposed to Fidel Castro to dissidents in Cuba.
President Bush said Wednesday that Cuba's post-Fidel Castro leadership has made only "empty gestures at reform"
Cuba will allow its citizens to stay in hotels previously reserved for foreigners, the latest in a series of decisions to lift bans on goods and services that the average Cuban can't afford.
The Pope's Secretary of State is the first important figure to visit Cuba, part of the Catholic Church's attempt to mediate a post-Fidel transition
Before disappearing from public life in 2006 and officially stepping down as Cuba's president Tuesday, Fidel Castro ruled the country with an iron fist, despite numerous attempts by his enemies to do away with him.
Now that Fidel has resigned, expect a freer economy, a more pragmatic agenda and perhaps other reforms as well
Cuban state security agents followed anti-government protesters into a Catholic Church this week, detaining about a dozen dissidents after hitting and kicking some of them, according to witnesses.
I've been in Havana for more than a week and what's evident is that life here isn't focused on material wealth.
This month, Art of Life is in Cuba, a country brimming with character. We explore the riches of the country which, behind the crumbling facades, lie in the spirit of its people.
Tiempo Libre named their new CD "What You've Been Waiting For/Lo Que Esperabas." And this week, the guesswork is easy: The seven members of Tiempo Libre are waiting for their Grammy.
A Spanish surgeon has traveled to Havana to consider what steps should be taken to halt the deterioration of Cuban President Fidel Castro's health, a Spanish newspaper reported Sunday.
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With a streetwise swagger, David Bailey burst onto the London scene to inspire and document the Swinging Sixties with his iconic black and white photographs.
Nowadays both Lenin and Lennon are commemorated in statue in Havana. It's perhaps not surprising; after all, music and politics are synonymous with Cuba and its famous capital. Cuba may be one of the last bastions of Communism, but Castro's twilight years have seen the Caribbean island adopt a more friendly face after its long, lonely years as a Cold War warrior. The country that once almost pitched the world into atomic conflict is now happy to accept tourist dollars. These days Che Guevara, the poster boy of the Revolution, is as much a photogenic salesman for Caribbean beach holidays and Havana city breaks as countercultural icon. Ever since "Buena Vista Social Club" and its spinoffs launched Cuban artists into the mainstream, the island has also reaped the rewards of its rich musical heritage with groups such as Buena Fe among its most successful exports. Narrowly separated from the mainland U.S. by the Florida Straits, Cuba was an American obsession long before the 1959 Revolution. Theodore Roosevelt
I arrive in Cuba via Nassau from Miami. This is a much more complex process than you would have thought.
Buena Fe are Cuba's most popular group, fusing the island's traditional musical styles such as trova (ballads) and salsa with a more contemporary pop sound.
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"My mother taught me you don't need to be rich to share your wealth." She came to the U.S. from Havana in 1961 and worked odd jobs--as a seamstress, a tarot card reader--but she always managed to s...
"My mother taught me you don't need to be rich to share your wealth."
In what organizers called an unprecedented event, dissidents from groups opposed to Fidel Castro's communist regime gathered publicly Friday and chanted "Down with Fidel."
Cuban President Fidel Castro added his name Monday to the long list of Cubans who have signed a condolence book at the Vatican Embassy in Havana after the death of Pope John Paul II.
The International Olympic Committee will announce on Tuesday the shortlist of candidates to host the 2012 Olympic Games.
The nine cities hoping to stage the 2012 Olympic Games face a cull this week as Olympic chiefs meet to draw up a shortlist of candidates.
Film can be a powerful medium -- but sometimes its power is overwhelmed by hype.
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As the '90s come to a close, here's a look back at some of the decade's finest music. (Part one in a series.)
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History lesson: Preservationists who delight in the past are often portrayed as woefully ignorant of today's free-enterprise realities. But historic preservation, it turns out, is an awesome econom...
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Since our government's nostalgic embargo keeps most of us away from Cuba, finding a plateful of honest-to-god ropa vieja is like finding a Foggy Bottom bureaucrat with a mind of his own. But a few ...
Good rum has never gotten the consideration it deserves. In the U.S. we drink more rum than we do Scotch--about half a liter a year, per capita. But much of that is in hideous concoctions with frui...
THE FEUD that has trapped the U.S. and Cuba in a time warp for a whole generation is living its last days. On one side of the Gulf Stream sits the 32-year-old regime of Fidel Castro still pretendin...
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