Aug 25 Watch 4:38 Peace accord between Colombia and FARC would end world’s longest conflict By PBS News Hour Colombia’s president delivered a historic peace deal with FARC rebels on Wednesday. The agreement outlines a timetable for the leftist group to disarm and re-enter society -- thus concluding one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, which resulted in some 220,000… Continue watching
Jul 16 Cuba’s Elian Gonzalez now a college graduate By Associated Press Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban boy at the center of a tense 2000 international custody battle that raised tensions on both sides of the Florida Straits, is a college graduate. Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. tentatively approves flights to Cuba from 10 cities By Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press The U.S. government tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as 90 miles. Continue reading
Jun 22 Colombian government and FARC rebels announce historic cease-fire By Daniel Moritz-Rabson After more than three years of negotiations in Havana, the Colombian government and leftist FARC group announced Wednesday they had reached a bilateral ceasefire. Continue reading
Jun 10 U.S. airlines to start scheduled flights to Cuba By Scott Mayerowitz and Joan Lowy, Associated Press The Obama administration has granted permission for the first U.S. airlines to start the first scheduled flights to Cuba in more than five decades. Continue reading
Mar 28 Fidel Castro criticized Obama’s ‘sweetened words’ to Cuban people By Erik Andersen Former Cuban president Fidel Castro publicly criticized President Barack Obama’s recent Cuban trip in a letter published Monday, his first official response to Obama’s historic visit. Continue reading
Mar 26 Obama’s visit stirs call for change in Cuba — but will it last? By Josh Lederman, Associated Press For a few short days, President Barack Obama was America's man in Havana, his challenges to President Raul Castro stunning Cuban citizens who mused openly in the streets about the possibility of political change. Continue reading
Mar 23 In Buenos Aires, Obama aims to boost Argentina’s new leader By Josh Lederman, Associated Press BUENOS AIRES, Argentina — After years of anti-American posturing by its leader, Argentina has a new president whose outstretched hand has been eagerly accepted by the United States. President Barack Obama on Wednesday rewarded the South American nation with a… Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:03 With all Cuba watching, Obama offers hopeful possibilities in speech By PBS News Hour In a speech broadcast into homes across Cuba, President Obama declared he had come to bury the rivalries of the Cold War and urged Congress to end the 54-year trade embargo, while calling on the Castro government to improve commercial… Continue watching
Mar 22 Is today’s historic baseball game in Cuba mostly a symbolic moment? By Murrey Jacobson Major League Baseball may be making new inroads into Cuba this week, but an expert who's long watched the Cuban game tells Jeffrey Brown that any changes between the U.S. and Cuba are the start of "a long, slow process."… Continue reading