Cuba

Administration Won't Rule Out Raul Castro Visit To White House

7:54am December 19, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

The remarks come a day after President Obama announced the U.S. and Cuba would begin talks to normalize relations and open embassies following more than five decades of hostility.

A tourist takes a cab ride in a classic American car as the driver takes him past the Capitolio in Havana, Cuba on Thursday.

What's Next For Cuba? The Headlines That Tell The Story

7:10am December 19, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

The State Department says a delegation of diplomats will visit the island next month. The formal restoration of diplomatic ties is expected to be as easy as the two countries writing each other notes.

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President Obama speaks with President Raul Castro of Cuba from the Oval Office on Tuesday. A day later, both men announced plans to normalize relations between the Cold War-era foes.

5 Defining Moments In The U.S.-Cuba Relationship

7:32pm December 18, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

President Obama says the U.S. and Cuba will normalize relations, which were severed in 1961. Here are images that highlight the decades of tense relations.

President Obama announces changes to U.S. policy on Cuba, including relaxing restrictions on U.S. banking in the country, in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.

Opportunity, Caution Seen For U.S. Banks As Cuba Rules Ease

6:32pm December 18, 2014

by Jim Zarroli

President Obama eased restrictions on Cuba this week, including a relaxation of rules barring U.S. banks from doing business there. But banks are awaiting details and are likely to proceed cautiously.

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Anti-Castro protester Lazaro Lozano (left) argues with an unidentified pro-Obama supporter in the Little Havana area of Miami on Wednesday.

New Era For Cuba? Voices From Miami And Havana

12:22pm December 18, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

In Miami, home of the largest Cuban diaspora, two generations faced off on the streets. In Havana, demonstrators spoke of hope.

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Alan Gross and his wife, Judy, in Washington on Wednesday after his release from a Cuban prison.

Alan Gross' Release: How It Went Down

9:44am December 18, 2014

by Krishnadev Calamur

American Alan Gross had spent more than five years in a Cuban prison, where he suffered ill health. Then, on Tuesday, his lawyer, Scott Gilbert, told him in a phone call that he was going home.

President Obama speaks with President Raul Castro of Cuba from the Oval Office on Tuesday.

PHOTO: The Meaning In A Phone Call

8:25am December 18, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

A conversation between Presidents Obama and Castro preceded a plan to normalize diplomatic relations between historical foes.

Fidel Castro looks up at the Jefferson Memorial on April 16, 1959. The Cuban leader visited Washington several months after seizing power. But U.S.-Cuban relations quickly frayed, and the U.S. imposed an embargo of the island in 1960.

The U.S. And Cuba: A Brief History Of A Complicated Relationship

10:49pm December 17, 2014

by Greg Myre

The stalemate has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents, a failed invasion, a nuclear crisis and countless boatloads of Cuban asylum seekers. All that changed on Wednesday.

Men play chess at the Maximo Gomez Domino park in Little Havana in Miami, where political opinions are shifting.

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Polls Show Cuban-American Views On U.S.-Cuba Relations Are Nuanced

6:49pm December 17, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

For years, Cuban-Americans in Miami supported punitive policies against Cuba. But since Obama's election, that view has moderated.

New Cuba Policy Is Met With Cheers And Jeers On Both Sides Of The Aisle

3:46pm December 17, 2014

by Eyder Peralta

Sen. Marco Rubio and other prominent Cuban-American lawmakers issued blistering rebukes of plans to normalize diplomatic relations with Cuba.