May 30 Watch 4:08 How will financial ties with Cuba change now that it's off the terrorism list? By PBS News Hour The State Department on Friday officially lifted its designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, in one of the many recent steps by the Obama administration to reestablish diplomatic ties between Cuba and the U.S. Carla Robbins of… Continue watching
May 29 Cuba removed from U.S. terror list By Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — The Obama administration on Friday formally removed Cuba from a U.S. terrorism blacklist as part of the process of normalizing relations between the Cold War foes. Continue reading
May 22 Progress but still no deal in latest round of U.S.-Cuba talks By Margaret Warner The fourth round of negotiations between the U.S. and Cuba ended today still with no agreement on what it will take to reopen embassies in their respective countries. The talks were conducted in a "respectful and professional climate," said the… Continue reading
May 21 Watch 7:52 Is Cuba ready for the big business, tourism that U.S. will bring? By PBS News Hour U.S. and Cuban diplomats resumed talks to iron out details of normalizing relations after decades of hostility. Judy Woodruff learns more from senior correspondent Jeffrey Brown, reporting from Cuba, and chief foreign correspondent Margaret Warner, who has been following the… Continue watching
May 15 Dozens of Cubans stranded at sea aboard Coast Guard vessel By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press WASHINGTON -- Thirty-eight Cuban migrants caught trying to sail to the U.S. are stranded aboard a U.S. Coast Guard vessel, waiting for permission from the Cuban government to return home, The Associated Press has learned. The would-be immigrants had tourist… Continue reading
Apr 14 Watch 5:17 News Wrap: Obama to take Cuba off state sponsor of terror list By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Apr 11 Watch 3:28 Staying power? How durable are improved relations with Cuba? By PBS News Hour President Obama's and Cuban President Raul Castro's meeting Saturday is being heralded as a new era of diplomatic relations between the two countries. But many obstacles still remain until the two can reach normalized ties. Carla Robbins, an Adjunct Senior… Continue watching
Apr 11 In historic meeting, Obama and Castro vow to turn page on relations By Jim Kuhnhenn, Josh Lederman, Associated Press The leaders of the United States and Cuba held their first formal meeting in more than half a century on Saturday, clearing the way for a normalization of relations that had seemed unthinkable to both Cubans and Americans for generations. Continue reading
Apr 11 Obama, Castro vow to pursue new future for US and Cuba By Josh Lederman, Jim Kuhnhenn, Associated Press Cuban President Raul Castro, in a speech to the Summit of the Americas, ran through an exhaustive history of perceived Cuban grievances against the U.S. dating back more than a century. Continue reading
Apr 10 Stage being set for historic Obama-Castro meeting Saturday By Jim Kuhnhenn, Josh Lederman, Associated Press PANAMA CITY -- President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro moved toward a groundbreaking meeting on the sidelines of the Summit of the Americas Friday in what would be a remarkable display of reconciliation between two nations with the… Continue reading