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Novel Highlights The Shocks Facing First-Generation College Students

5:33pm August 08, 2015

by NPR Staff

Jennine Capó Crucet, author of Make Your Home Among Strangers, was inspired by her experiences as the daughter of Cuban immigrants and the first person in her family to attend college.

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Captives separated by a fence conduct communal evening prayers at the Camp 6 prison building at the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

New Gitmo Plan Would Relocate Some Detainees To U.S.

1:59am July 30, 2015

by David Welna

President Obama's top counterterrorism adviser recently floated a plan to empty Guantanamo's detention camps and relocate "enemy combatants." The president promised in 2009 to shut down the facility.

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Daily traffic in Havana resembles a vintage car rally, even if it does share the city streets these days Hyundais and Peugeots and rattletrap Russian Ladas.

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Nostalgic Cars: Sour Automotive Fruit Of Cuban Embargo Gets New Life

1:06pm July 28, 2015

by Robert Siegel

In Havana, Cuba, the old cars that crowd the streets used to symbolize a stagnant nation. Now enterprising Cubans have begun renting cars out to tourists who are hungry for the cars of their youth.

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Cubans gather in Santiago de Cuba to celebrate this year's Revolution Day, the 62nd anniversary of Fidel Castro's first open assault on the forces of President Fulgencio Batista, who would eventually be overthrown by the rebels.

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A Day Of Triumph In A Time Of Change: Cuba's High Holiday Explained

2:29pm July 27, 2015

by NPR Staff

It's been 62 years since Fidel Castro launched the attack that began the Cuban revolution, and the country still marks the date. As tensions cool with the U.S., what does July 26 mean to Cubans today?

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A supporter waves a Cuban flag in front of the country's embassy after it reopened for the first time in 54 years on July 20 in Washington, D.C. The embassy was closed in 1961 when U.S. President Dwight Eisenhower severed diplomatic ties with the island n

Republicans Stand Against Cuba Change Despite Public Opinion Shift

11:51am July 27, 2015

by Lauren Leatherby

When it comes to normalizing relations between the two nations, Cuban-Americans aren't as opposed as they used to be. That's partly because of the community's changing demographics.

American tourists, like these visitors taking a guided tour in May, still have to provide one of 12 authorized reasons â such as visiting family or engaging in humanitarian work â for travel to Cuba.

U.S.-Cuba Ties Are Restored, But Most American Tourists Will Have To Wait

5:36pm July 22, 2015

by Michele Kelemen

Now that Cuba and the United States have restored full diplomatic ties, what will it take to lift sanctions impeding business and travel?

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Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep at the State Department. Kerry said if Congress or a future president reverses a nuclear control agreement with Iran, U.S. credibility will suffer.

U.S. Will Lose 'All Credibility' If Congress Rejects Nuclear Deal, Kerry Says

2:40pm July 22, 2015

by Sam Sanders

Secretary of State John Kerry tells NPR that Iran would use the deal's failure as an excuse to enrich uranium. He also says efforts to thwart warming diplomatic relations with Cuba would hurt the U.S.

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Sec. State John Kerry spoke with NPR's Steve Inskeep at the State Department.

Transcript: Secretary Of State John Kerry On Cuba, Nuclear Deal With Iran

1:38pm July 21, 2015

In an interview, Kerry says that he was prepared to — and did — walk away from nuclear negotiations with Iran, but that Congress rejecting the eventual agreement would cost the U.S. all credibility.

The Cuban flag is raised over their new embassy in Washington, on Monday. Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country's embassy in Washington in a symbolic move signaling the start of a new, post-Cold War era in U.S.-Cuba rel

After 54 Years, The U.S. And Cuba Formally Restore Ties

4:18pm July 20, 2015

by Eyder Peralta

Cuba and the U.S. now have embassies in Washington and Havana. The Cuban flag now flies in D.C.; Secretary of State John Kerry will travel to Havana later this summer to raise the American flag there.

Carnival Expects to Begin Cruising To Cuba Next Year

7:36am July 08, 2015

by Sam Sanders

The corporation has U.S. approval, and ships could head for Cuba beginning in May 2016. But travelers can't be just tourists. They have to fit into one of 12 government-established categories.

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