Cuban government
Cuba lowers tourism target 15 percent after US cruise ban
That is around 15% down on forecasts of 5.1 million tourists in 2019 and around 10% lower than the number of visitors in 2018.
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Cuban police break up unauthorised LGBT rights march in Havana
The colourful parade, or "conga," used to kick off activities educating people about homophobia and transphobia that are nevertheless taking place.
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Cuba begins public debate on modernising Cold War-era constitution
The Communist Party-proposed overhaul will be discussed in 35,000 workplaces and community meetings across the Caribbean island scheduled to stretch into November.
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Cuba's new president names cabinet resembling Castro's
All except one of the former vice presidents on the council of ministers - Marino Murillo, the head of the Communist Party’s reform commission - will remain in place.
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US trade embargo has cost Cuba $130bn, UN says
The UN has adopted a non-binding resolution calling for an end to the embargo with overwhelming support every year since 1992.
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Cuban cigar sales hit record as China demand surges
Habanos SA said sales in China, its third export market after Spain and France, jumped 33 percent in value in 2017
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Cuba delays historic handover from Castro to new president
Castro, 86, was originally set to step down in February after two consecutive terms, ending nearly 60 years of Castro brothers’ rule.
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In slow dance with capitalism, Cuba's Communists turn to future
Cuba is preparing for a future without the leaders who guided the country from a 1959 revolution.
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Obama challenges Communist-led Cuba with call for democracy
Obama said he was in Cuba to extend a hand of friendship and bury the last remnant of the Cold War.
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Obama cheered in Havana at start of state visit to Cuba
The three-day trip is the culmination of a diplomatic opening announced by Obama & Raul Castro in 2014.
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Castro: US can do more to normalise relations
Raul Castro spoke to top government and party leaders in an address broadcast on state TV.
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Pope tells US & Cuba to push detente further
Pope used his arrival speech at Havana airport to praise this year’s normalisation of diplomatic relations.
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US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting in more than 50 years
The closed-door meeting took place at a Panama City hotel on the eve of a Western Hemisphere summit.
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US, Cuba hold first formal talks on human rights
The two countries seeking to restore diplomatic ties met to discuss the thorny issue of human rights.
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Insight: How Obama outmanoeuvred hardliners & cut a Cuba deal
Senior officials and others also revealed how both countries sidelined their foreign policy bureaucracies.
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US & Cuba to meet on 27 Feb for round 2
Historic negotiations were held in Havana last month. The second round of talks will take place in Washington.
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CARTOON: Smoke & make up...
CARTOON: Smoke & make up...
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Cuba's Castro hails new era of 'living together' with US
Castro praised Obama for agreeing to the prisoner exchange & pushing for a new relationship with Cuba.
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US/Cuba plan restored relations after 50 years of hostility
While travel restrictions will be eased the door will not yet be open for broad US tourism in Cuba.
