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Cuban Dissidents To Obama: Press Harder For Improved Human Rights

7:27am March 21, 2016

by Carrie Kahn

Just before President Obama began his history-making visit to Cuba Sunday, police rounded up dissidents, fueling criticism that he has failed to win needed concessions from the Castro regime.

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Obama To Meet With Cuban President Raul Castro

5:15am March 21, 2016

President Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro will meet on Monday, to discuss trade restrictions and human rights, among other things.

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.

U.S. President Barack Obama and Michelle Obama arrive at Jose Marti International Airport on Airforce One for a 48-hour visit on March 20, 2016 in Havana, Cuba.

President Obama Touches Down In Cuba, Commencing A Historic Visit

7:07pm March 20, 2016

by Scott Horsley

When he landed Sunday in Havana, Obama became the first U.S. president to visit Cuban soil since 1928. During his brief trip he'll be meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro and political dissidents.

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

World News

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.

President Obama Arrives In Cuba With His Family

5:00pm March 20, 2016

The visit marks the first time a sitting U.S. president has stood on Cuban soil since 1928. It comes just months after the two nations normalized relations.

A Hope To Normalize Cuban Relations Ahead Of Obama's Landmark Visit

8:23am March 20, 2016

President Obama will be the first sitting U.S. president to visit Cuba since 1928. Rachel Martin talks with White House Correspondent Scott Horsley about the trip.

National

When Asylum-Seeking Women And Children Immigrants Are Welcomed Like Criminals

8:00am March 20, 2016

by NPR Staff

Immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border, often fleeing violence, are put in detention centers. That was the best way to handle the influx at the time, says one Homeland official. Now, rules are changing.

World News

An Assaulted Woman Takes Her Case Public — And Gets Threatened For It

5:57pm March 19, 2016

Journalist Andrea Noel was assaulted on the streets of Mexico City, an incident caught on a local security camera. She tells NPR's Michel Martin about it — and the threats she received afterward.

A woman participates in the demonstration "Ni una menos" (Not One Less) against violence against women in Buenos Aires, on June 3, 2015.

What Did You Expect? The Question That Women Are Sick Of Hearing

12:01pm March 19, 2016

by Jasmine Garsd

The murder of two young Argentines and the sexual harassment of a journalist in Mexico City have gone viral — and drawn attention to violence against women in Latin America.