May 18 Plane carrying 110 passengers crashes after takeoff in Cuba By Joshua Barajas An airplane carrying 104 passengers crashed during takeoff Friday from the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuban media reported. Continue reading
Jan 09 Rex Tillerson unconvinced that ‘deliberate attacks’ in Cuba are over By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Rex Tillerson said he’s not convinced that what he calls the “deliberate attacks” are over. Continue reading
Sep 29 AP report: U.S. urges no travel to Cuba, cuts embassy staff By Josh Lederman and Matthew Lee, Associated Press Senior U.S. officials say the United States is pulling roughly 60 percent of its staff out of Cuba and warning American travelers not to visit due to "specific attacks" that have harmed U.S. diplomats. Continue reading
Sep 01 U.S. diplomats union: Attacks in Cuba caused mild brain injury By Josh Lederman, Associated Press American diplomats who served in Cuba have been diagnosed with mild traumatic brain injury following mysterious, unexplained attacks on their health, the union that represents U.S. diplomats said Friday. Continue reading
Jun 17 Republicans divided as Trump reverses some Obama Cuba policy By Richard Lardner, Associated Press While anti-Castro conservatives hailed Trump's partial roll-back of President Barack Obama's detente, a number of other GOP lawmakers, particularly from farm states, criticized the change as misguided and isolationist. Continue reading
Nov 28 Watch 10:15 How Fidel Castro’s death marks a new era for Cuba By PBS News Hour A 21-gun salute launched Cuba’s week of mourning for Fidel Castro, who passed away Friday night at 90. But in Miami, it was a day of celebration for the many who see the former leader’s death as the conclusion of… Continue watching
Jul 07 U.S. tentatively approves flights to Cuba from 10 cities By Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press The U.S. government tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as 90 miles. Continue reading
Jun 22 Colombian government and FARC rebels announce historic cease-fire By Daniel Moritz-Rabson After more than three years of negotiations in Havana, the Colombian government and leftist FARC group announced Wednesday they had reached a bilateral ceasefire. Continue reading
Jun 10 U.S. airlines to start scheduled flights to Cuba By Scott Mayerowitz and Joan Lowy, Associated Press The Obama administration has granted permission for the first U.S. airlines to start the first scheduled flights to Cuba in more than five decades. Continue reading
Mar 22 Watch 3:03 With all Cuba watching, Obama offers hopeful possibilities in speech By PBS News Hour In a speech broadcast into homes across Cuba, President Obama declared he had come to bury the rivalries of the Cold War and urged Congress to end the 54-year trade embargo, while calling on the Castro government to improve commercial… Continue watching