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This week, the White House announced President Obama and the First Lady will visit Cuba.The trip will include meetings with a Castro as well as with Cuban…
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For half a century, only charter flights have been allowed to ferry people from the U.S. into Cuba.But today, the two cold-war foes will agree to let…
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Has President Obama’s policy of engaging Cuba succeeded or failed? It’s probably much too early to say – but the fundraising efforts of groups on both…
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“The year 2015 has seen more firsts than in 50 years,” says Tom Hudson, WLRN’s Florida Roundup host. He spoke with WLRN’s Tim Padgett and Fusion’s Latin…
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The U.S. and Cuba may have embassies in each other’s countries, but relations are far from normal. Human rights, basic freedoms and an open economy…
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The first three days of Pope Francis' whirlwind binational trip took him to the home of a world famous communist leader and through the streets of a…
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Pope Francis' arrival in Cuba was met at Havana's Plaza de la Revolución by 300,000 spectators who braved the heat Sunday morning to hear the Holy Father…
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When Cuba opened its Washington D.C. embassy yesterday, the moment wasn’t just historic.It also felt really ironic.Historic, of course, because Cuba was…
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Cuban President Raúl Castro was the longest speaker at last weekend’s Summit of the Americas in Panama. At age 83, he was also the oldest.And that matters…
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Imagine a U.S. President came to the Summit of the Americas and, while criticizing the government of a certain oil-rich South American nation, remarked…
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Guennady Rodriguez may be a Cuban émigré, but his musical tastes aren’t exactly counter-revolutionary.Inside his apartment near Miami International…
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Talks between the U.S. and Cuba on human rights started Tuesday in Washington as part of the effort to restore diplomatic relations. And while they won’t…