Aug 08 Watch Cubans in Miami Prepare for a Post-Castro Cuba Neither Fidel Castro nor his brother Raul has been seen in public since the temporary transfer of power more than a week ago. As the possibility of the end of Castro's regime approaches, some Cubans in Miami are optimistic while… Continue watching
Aug 01 Watch Reaction Mixed to Castro's Turnover of Power Cuban President Fidel Castro took ill and temporarily relinquished power to his brother Monday. A Time magazine correspondent talks about what the power shift may mean for the communist country. Continue watching
Aug 01 Cuban Leader Castro Temporarily Transfers Power to Brother By PBS News Hour In a surprise announcement Monday night, Cuban President Fidel Castro handed power to his younger brother Raul while he undergoes intestinal surgery. Continue reading
Jun 12 Watch Guantanamo Suicides Stir Criticism of U.S. Policy Over the weekend, news of three suicides at the Guantanamo detention facility in Cuba raised new questions about the manner in which the United States is treating terror suspects. Continue watching
May 19 Watch U.N. Panel Urges Closure of Guantanamo Detention Center A United Nations panel on torture called on the United States Friday to close the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba and expressed concern over reports of secret prisons. Continue watching
Jul 17 U.S. Accuses Cuba of Jamming Broadcasts to Iran The U.S. government and corporate officials have accused Cuba of jamming U.S.-based satellite broadcasts of news and other information into Iran. Continue reading
Apr 11 Cuba Executes Three for Ferry Hijacking; Crackdown on Dissidents Continues Cuba's Supreme Tribunal and the Council of State upheld the death sentences, and, according to the televised statement, "at dawn the sanctions were applied."… Continue reading
Oct 01 U.S. Companies Make Millions At Cuba Business Fair Nearly 300 U.S. agribusinesses, farmers and farm state lawmakers visited Cuba over the weekend for the first U.S. trade show on the Caribbean island in four decades, racking up sales of at least $66 million in cash, Cuba's food import… Continue reading
Jul 18 Watch Cuba and U.S. Relations: Blaming the Blockade By PBS News Hour Paul Solman explores Cuba's market reforms and the effect of the U.S. trade embargo. Continue watching
Jul 17 Watch Capitalism in Cuba By PBS News Hour Paul Solman reports from Cuba on the growing role of capitalism in the country's socialist system. Continue watching