Pricey but worth it: Cubans finally surf the Web Cuban teacher Nancy Garcia would love to surf the Web at home. But since that is restricted in this communist country, she now logs on from new hotspots -- at a price few can afford.
Cuba says talks with US on renewing mail 'fruitful' Cuba described its dialogue with the United States on resuming postal service "fruitful" but warned there would likely be little progress if the US embargo on Cuba stays in place.
20 June 2013
Bolivian paper releases unknown Che documents Che Guevara's personal letters and a slew of unpublished photographs were published by a Bolivian newspaper Monday, nearly half a century after the Argentine-born Cuban revolution hero's death.
19 June 2013
Online, at a price: Cubans get public Internet spots Cubans barred from logging onto the Internet at home on Tuesday flocked to newly opened public access spots to surf an uncensored World Wide Web -- if they could afford the high prices.
05 June 2013
US accuses Iran of surge in 'terrorism' The United States on Thursday accused Iran of sponsoring "terrorism" at a level unseen in decades and said that the separate threat from Al-Qaeda has been significantly degraded.
New Fidel Castro biography planned Former president Fidel Castro will be the subject of a new volume of memoirs about his life as a Cuban revolutionary, the country's larger-than-life leader and a longtime nemesis of the United States.
26 April 2013
Beyonce, Jay-Z's Cuba trip was legal: US Treasury Pop diva Beyonce and hip-hop star Jay-Z's controversial trip to Cuba was part of a cultural exchange and did not violate the economic embargo imposed on the island by the US.
Cuba in mourning, says Chavez a 'true son' to Fidel Cuba declared three days of national mourning after the death on Tuesday of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, the Communist nation's closest regional ally and main economic support.
06 March 2013
Top Cuban dissidents launch opposition coalition Top Cuban dissidents Guillermo Farinas and Jose Daniel Ferrer joined forces Wednesday to create a more powerful opposition as Raul Castro celebrates his re-election to lead the Communist-run island.
28 February 2013
Chavez congratulates Castro for re-election Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, who is convalescing in a Caracas hospital, issued a statement Monday congratulating President Raul Castro for his re-election to a final five-year term.
26 February 2013
Castro picks 'young' new heir to take regime into future Cuban President Raul Castro won re-election Sunday to what he pledged will be his last term, and finally unveiled a 52-year-old political heir to bring the regime into the future.
25 February 2013
Medvedev in Cuba for trade, energy talks Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev met with Cuban President Raul Castro for trade and energy talks as he kicked off a three-day visit to the communist island.
22 February 2013
Boris Becker to headline Cuba cigar festival Retired German tennis great Boris Becker will headline the XV Habanos Festival, an event in Cuba designed to promote cigars and tobacco use.