Sep 17 U.S., Cuba to resume mail service this year By Bradley Klapper, Associated Press The United States and Cuba should be able to transform their new diplomatic relationship into a deeper commercial partnership before the end of the year, with direct postal service to begin and an agreement on regularly scheduled commercial flights between… Continue reading
Sep 11 Cuba to pardon 3,500 ahead of Pope visit By Jaclyn Diaz Cuba has declared it will pardon over 3,500 prisoners in the next 72 hours as a humanitarian gesture ahead of Pope Francis’s visit to Cuba next week. Continue reading
Aug 23 A summer of political wins propels Obama to a busy fall By Julie Pace, Associated Press After a string of sunny seasons gripped by controversy, crises and plummeting popularity, the summer of 2015 has been among the most productive stretches of Obama's presidency. Continue reading
Aug 21 Attorney: Hunger-striking detainee at Guantanamo 'shockingly thin and frail' By Phil Hirschkorn The lawyer representing Tariq Ba Odah, a detainee at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who began a hunger strike in 2007, said Friday that his client had lost more than half of his body weight and appears "shockingly… Continue reading
Aug 15 Watch 5:37 U.S. blocks release of hunger-striking Guantanamo Bay detainee By PBS News Hour The U.S. government is opposing the release of Guantanamo Bay detainee Tariq Ba Odah, who has been on a hunger strike for eight years and is among the 52 who have been cleared for release from the prison. On Friday,… Continue watching
Aug 15 Defense Department looking at alternatives to Guantanamo Bay By Lolita C. Baldor, Associated Press The Defense Department is taking another look at the military prison in Kansas and the Navy Brig in South Carolina as it evaluates potential U.S. facilities to house detainees from the prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, part of the Obama… Continue reading
Aug 15 After ceremonial flag raising, real talk of diplomacy begins in Cuba By Bradley Klapper, Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press A jubilant flag-raising at the reopened U.S. Embassy in Havana is giving way to serious talk about the road ahead in improving relations between the United States and Cuba. Continue reading
Aug 14 Watch 6:29 U.S. restores embassy while pushing for changes in Cuba By Ariel Min The U.S. Embassy has reopened in Cuba after 54 years. U.S. Marines raised the American flag and Secretary of State John Kerry called for change in a country where the Communist Party continues to rule unchallenged. Hari Sreenivasan talks to… Continue watching
Aug 14 Rubio slams Obama's outreach to Iran and Cuba By Associated Press As a U.S. flag flies over the American embassy in Havana for the first time since 1961, Republican presidential candidate Marco Rubio is vowing to roll back the administration's new Cuba policy on his first day in office. Continue reading
Aug 14 Flag flies over U.S. Embassy in Cuba – now what? By Larisa Epatko The American flag unfurled at the U.S. Embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years on Friday. But what about the unresolved issues of the trade embargo, the future of Guantanamo Bay and the decades of mistrust?… Continue reading