Latin America

Rep. Sires Pushes Back Against Obama's Cuba Plans

12:31pm December 18, 2014

President Obama's action to begin normalizing relations with Cuba has drawn harsh criticism from members of Congress in both parties. One of those critics is Rep. Albio Sires, who was born in Cuba.

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Mixed Reactions In Miami On Diplomatic Overtures To Cuba

12:31pm December 18, 2014

by Greg Allen

When he announced the release of Alan Gross and plans to resume diplomatic ties with Cuba, Obama also referenced Miami. Some Cuban Americans welcome the changes, others see the action as a betrayal.

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World News

Cubans React To U.S. Moves To Normalize Relations With Cuba

12:31pm December 18, 2014

President Obama announced the most significant change in U.S. policy toward Cuba in more than 50 years. Renee Montagne talks to journalist Marc Frank in Havana for Cuban reaction to the announcement.

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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.

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.

Some Cuban-Americans Angry With Release Of Spies

9:21pm December 17, 2014

by Greg Allen

We hear reaction from Miami's Cuban-American community on announced changes to U.S. policy toward the island.

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Alan Gross Release Paves Way For New Chapter In U.S.-Cuba Relations

9:11pm December 17, 2014

by Mara Liasson

President Obama announced an historic shift in U.S.-Cuban relations, drawing bipartisan support and criticism.

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Shift In U.S.-Cuba Relationship Comes After 55 Years Of Tension

9:07pm December 17, 2014

We look back over the more than 50 years the U.S. has had an antagonistic relationship with the Cuban government.

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From White House's Perspective, Cuban Embargo Hasn't Worked

9:07pm December 17, 2014

by Michele Kelemen

The U.S. broke off relations with Cuba the year President Obama was born. Now, he's trying a different approach having resolved one issue — the jailing of a U.S. aid worker.

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Rep. Van Hollen: Alan Gross' Release A 'Miraculous' Moment

9:07pm December 17, 2014

Melissa Block talks to Democratic Congressman Chris Van Hollen of Maryland about the release of Alan Gross. Van Hollen is one of the lawmakers who flew to Cuba to bring Gross back to the U.S.

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