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
Jun 15 Reporting from Cuba, a place frozen in time yet full of potential By Jeffrey Brown Deciding to go to Cuba was the easy part, for all the obvious reasons: the history, the politics, the culture, the place, the fact of it being — the cliché is true — so close and yet so far away. Continue reading
Jun 15 Cuban writer and son of revolutionary Che Guevara reads his poem, 'The Concept' By artsdesk Omar Pérez is a Cuban poet, translator, essayist, editor, ordained Zen Buddhist monk and the son of revolutionary Ernesto “Che” Guevara. He graduated from the University of Havana in 1987 with a degree in English and then went on to… Continue reading