Dec 17 Watch 7:26 How does diplomatic reconciliation affect Cuban-Americans? - Part 3 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 8:18 Is it in America's interest to have closer Cuban connection? - Part 2 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 4:48 U.S. and Cuba restore diplomatic ties, swap prisoners - Part 1 By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 Watch 14:51 Obama: U.S. to establish 'new course' with Cuba, end isolation By PBS News Hour Continue watching
Dec 17 After release from Cuba, Alan Gross voices support for new diplomatic relations By Jessica Gresko, Associated Press Alan Gross emerged Wednesday from five years of captivity in Cuba praising the Cuban people and offering a lesson he said he learned: Freedom is not free. Continue reading
Dec 17 Obama's plan to open relations with Cuba in 13 points By Larisa Epatko President Barack Obama said Wednesday that the U.S. is making historic changes in its dealings with Cuba, because decades of U.S. isolation of the communist nation have had little effect. Continue reading
Dec 17 Cuba releases U.S. prisoner Alan Gross By Julie Pace, Matthew Lee, Associated Press WASHINGTON — American Alan Gross has been released from a Cuban prison after five years, as part of an agreement that also includes the release of three Cubans jailed in the United States, senior U.S. officials said Wednesday. Continue reading
Dec 13 Watch 3:17 Behind USAID's failed attempt to infiltrate Cuban hip-hop By PBS News Hour This week the Associated Press revealed that the U.S. government attempted and failed to co-opt the hip-hop scene in Cuba to "spark a youth movement against the government." Trish Wilson of the Associated Press joins Hari Sreenivasan from Washington, D.C… Continue watching
Dec 03 U.S. calls on Cuba to release American contractor By Associated Press WASHINGTON — The White House is calling on Cuba to release American government contractor Alan Gross on the fifth anniversary of his imprisonment. Continue reading
Jun 28 Suspect in Benghazi attacks in federal custody By Associated Press A Libyan militant charged in the 2012 Benghazi attacks was in federal law enforcement custody, the U.S. attorney's office said Saturday. Security at the capital's federal courthouse was heightened in anticipation of a possible court appearance by the suspect later… Continue reading