Cuba

Obama's Cuba Visit Raises The Question Of Guantanamo Bay's Future

3:06pm March 21, 2016

by David Welna

The Americans have had it for more than a century, longer than any other U.S. military base abroad. Obama wants to close down the detention facility. So what are the plans for the military base?

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Margarita Engle is a Cuban-American poet and novelist.

'A Song Of Gratitude': Cuban-American Poet Hopeful Of Improved Relations

9:04pm March 20, 2016

by Tracy Wahl

Cuban-American poet and author Margarita Engle praises President Obama's "courage to make peace" with Cuba. Her book Enchanted Air tells of being separated from her Cuban family members.

Alejandro Gonzalez Raga and his wife, Bertha Bueno Fuentes, visit the U.N. Council of Human Rights in Geneva in 2013. After Gonzalez was imprisoned in Cuba for five years, the Catholic Church and Spanish government helped negotiate his release, into exile

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Pressing For Change In Cuba, From Exile In Spain

5:00pm March 20, 2016

by Lauren Frayer

Back in 2003, Cuba jailed 75 journalists and activists for having contact with the United States. They've been freed into exile in Spain, where they're still pushing for democracy in Cuba, from afar.

Members of Danza Contemporánea de Cuba prepare for class in Havana in November 2015.

Dance, Dance, Revolution: When An American Fell In Love With Castro's Spy Chief

7:15pm March 18, 2016

by Anastasia Tsioulcas

A fairy-tale romance between a dancer from Connecticut and a young Cuban studying at Columbia turned into a political thriller — and resulted in the unlikely birth of a new art form in Cuba.

Publishing Heavyweights Petition White House, Congress To End Cuba Book Embargo

8:24pm March 10, 2016

by Laura Wagner

The petition, which comes just before President Obama's historic visit to the island nation, says the embargo is "harmful to book culture" and "counter to American ideals of free expression."

Los Angeles Dodgers star Yasiel Puig shakes hands with fans Dec. 16 at the Latin American Stadium in Havana during a Major League Baseball goodwill tour. Puig and fellow Cuban national Jose Abreu of the Chicago White Sox returned home Tuesday for the firs

MLB Hopes New Openness Will Ease Players' Path From Cuba To The Majors

9:50am March 05, 2016

by Brian Naylor

The league's plan, which needs approval from the players' union and both governments, would allow direct pickups of Cuban players — no defections — in exchange for cash support for the sport there.

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On His Visit To Cuba, President Obama Will Watch Exhibition Ball Game

10:57am March 02, 2016

by Eyder Peralta

The Tampa Bay Rays are scheduled to play the Cuban National Team in Havana. It will the first time a Major League Baseball franchise has played on the island since 1999.

Mick Jagger of the Rolling Stones performs live on stage at Morumbi Stadium last month in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Rolling Stones Announce Landmark Concert In Cuba

5:00pm March 01, 2016

by Merrit Kennedy

The open-air show on March 25 will be free. The concert is scheduled just three days after President Obama is set to visit Cuba.

Shown here in the 1980s, Horace Clemmons (left) and Saul Berenthal have been business partners for decades. They are now pairing up to build the first U.S. factory in Cuba since the 1960 embargo.

First U.S. Factory OK'd For Cuba Aims To Plow A Path Into 21st Century

6:40pm February 22, 2016

by Melissa Block

Two businessmen — one of whom was born in Cuba — have been granted permission to build the first U.S. factory on the island nation since 1960. They plan to produce small tractors for Cuban farmers.

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Obama To Visit Cuba Next Month

7:07am February 18, 2016

by Mark Katkov

The visit would be the first by a sitting U.S. president since Calvin Coolidge visited the island in 1928.