Faced with the promises of a future that never takes shape, I lean toward the prospects that begin today, toward the dreams that materialize on this day.
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.20.2009 | World
The golden advertisements that show a Cuba of mulattas, rum, music and dancing will not be able to hide the panorama of collapsing buildings, frustration and inertia. .
The National Interest | Posted 02.07.2009 | World
The policymaking guard is changing in Washington, but the newcomers are anything but new. Unfortunately, that will encourage policy continuity. One ar...
AFP | Posted 02.02.2009 | World
President Raul Castro has warned that the US "enemy will never stop being aggressive, dominant and treacherous" on the 50th anniversary of Cuba's Comm...
miamiherald.com | By MIMI WHITEFIELD | Posted 01.24.2009 | World
Three weeks after Cuban revolutionaries claimed victory, Fidel Castro declared that the island wanted not only political freedom but also freedom from...
Reuters | Posted 01.17.2009 | World
Latin American leaders meeting in Brazil this week couldn't resist poking fun at U.S. President George W. Bush over his recent shoe-throwing incident ...
Jake Colvin | Posted 01.09.2009 | World
Next January will mark the first time in eight years where there is a chance that the next U.S. President could loosen restrictions on Cuba. A number of groups are watching closely.
Guardian | Posted 12.29.2008 | World
President Dmitry Medvedev was due to hold talks with Fidel Castro tonight to rebuild Russia's relations with Cuba almost a decade after they ended in ...
AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 12.28.2008 | Entertainment
HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral...
AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 12.27.2008 | World
HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral...
David Paul Appell | Posted 12.13.2008 | World
Since Fidel Castro stepped aside last February, there has in fact been real change afoot down in Cuba. The nation's development is more than cosmetic: it's a matter of survival for the ruling class.
David Paul Appell | Posted 07.02.2008 | Politics
The U.S. doesn't have to embrace Cuba at this time, but we do need to engage, because if we don't evolve too, history won't absolve us. Obama understands this.
Robert L. Borosage | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
John McCain seems intent on embracing every failed policy of the Bush administration. Iraq, check; top end tax cuts, check. Privatization of Social Security, check. Unraveling employer based health care, check. And this weekend, McCain boldly informed the remnants of the Miami Cuban expatriots that he will sustain the most egregiously failed US policy of them all -- the Cuban embargo.
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 05.11.2008 | Politics
HAVANA — Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, endi...
AP | WILL WEISSERT | Posted 04.05.2008 | Politics
HAVANA — First microwaves, now cell phones. Is this the new Cuba? Raul Castro is revolutionizing his brother's island in small but significant w...
HuffingtonPost.com | Sam Stein | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Without directly mentioning his name, President Bush took a broad swipe at Sen. Barack Obama during his news conference on Thursday, equating Obama's ...
AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
HAVANA — Cuba's parliament named Raul Castro president on Sunday, ending nearly 50 years of rule by his brother Fidel but leaving the island's c...
Reuters | Jason Szep | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Republican presidential front-runner John McCain suggested on Friday that he hoped retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro would die soon and said Castro's ...
Huffington Post | Rachel Sklar | Posted 03.28.2008 | Media
The big news, frankly, was that there was a Castro announcement that didn't involve him being dead.
236.com | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
Cuban leader Fidel Castro, who ranks as the third longest-serving world leader (with the number one most unkempt beard), announced today that he will ...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says the United States will not soon lift its embargo on Cuba despite Fidel Castro's resi...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says the United States will not soon lift its embargo on Cuba despite Fidel Castro's resi...
AP | BEN FELLER | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte says the United States will not soon lift its embargo on Cuba despite Fidel Castro's resi...
AP | ANITA SNOW | Posted 03.28.2008 | Politics
An ailing, 81-year-old Fidel Castro resigned as Cuba's president Tuesday after nearly a half-century in power, saying he will not accept a new term wh...
Yoani Sanchez | Posted 02.22.2009 | World