Jul 07 Watch 4:57 Che Guevara’s son on Cuba’s coming identity crisis By PBS News Hour When Omar Perez was 25, he found out his father was the revolutionary Che Guevara. For Perez -- a poet, artist and musician -- the revelation didn’t much change his outlook on life, or on Cuba. Jeffrey Brown talks to… Continue watching
Jul 01 Watch 5:34 News Wrap: Justice Department investigating major airlines By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, the Department of Justice has launched an investigation into whether major airlines have been colluding to keep fares high. Also, the U.S. and Cuba will be reopening embassies in each other’s countries for the first… Continue watching
Jul 01 U.S., Cuba agree to open embassies in each other’s capitals By Julie Pace, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba have agreed to open embassies in each other's capitals, the biggest tangible step in the countries' historic bid to restore ties after more than a half-century of hostilities. Continue reading
Jun 19 Watch 6:14 What Cuba can teach America about organic farming By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 18 Watch 6:59 Is Cuban art inhibited by censorship? By PBS News Hour In the latest installment of our series “Cuban Evolution,” Jeffrey Brown explores the world of art in the country. He takes a look at the booming and vibrant art market that exists, as well as the limits on free expression… Continue watching
Jun 17 Watch 8:14 Will better relations with U.S. mean an easing of censorship in Cuba? By PBS News Hour Cuba has one of the lowest rates of Internet connectivity in the Western Hemisphere. In this installment of our continuing series “Cuban Evolution,” Jeffrey Brown looks at Cuban access to the Internet, the effect it has on people’s lives and… Continue watching
Jun 17 The Fixer’s Tour Guide to Havana By Frank Carlson Cuba is a place where it helps to "know a guy," and for journalists, that guy is your fixer. Our fixer Josue Lopez seemed to know someone in just about every place we went. So on our last evening in… Continue reading
Jun 16 Watch 7:29 Will development help or hurt Cuba’s iconic architecture? By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Jun 16 Photos: In Havana, beauty and decay coexist By Frank Carlson You see it as soon as your plane touches down in Havana -- in the decades of texture worn into a pastel wall, in a brightly colored car parked on a quiet city street, in an elderly woman with flowers… Continue reading
Jun 15 Watch 8:18 For better or for worse — what would an end to the embargo mean for Cuba? By PBS News Hour As the relationship between Cuba and America improves, what will a potential end to the embargo mean for the two countries? Reporting from Havana, Jeffrey Brown looks at how closer ties to America could change Cuba, and the Cuban way… Continue watching