China and Cuba, two traditional friends sharing a lot of visions and beliefs, are seeking closer ties as Havana moves to update its economy under the shadow of a half-century-old US embargo. Chinese ...
Since ousting the Batista government in January 1959, Fidel Castro’s Cuba has outlasted 10 U.S. presidents. However, given Castro’s age and illness, his transfer of power to his younger brother Raúl, ...
HAVANA — All around Havana, local Cuban entrepreneurs refer to the day President Trump unveiled his new policy toward the country simply as “June 16.” It’s easy to see why the date would be seared ...
Waking up without Fidel: Around 12 million Cubans have just spent their first day without the Máximo Líder. The morning after the news of Fidel Castro's death, Cuba's best-known blogger, Yoani Sánchez ...
CARTAGENA, ColombiaCARTAGENA, Colombia — Though physically absent, Cuba cast a big shadow over this Caribbean port at a summit of 30 Western Hemisphere leaders that ended Sunday. Leftist Latin ...
As a set-piece of propaganda, the unveiling of the bronze statue of José Martí that evoked Cuba’s greatest independence hero at the moment of his death was a flop. But as a mournful scene from the ...
While Cuba's relationship with the US is cooling down, it is moving closer to its former protector and partner Russia. But Vladimir Putin is not just interested in boosting the economy of the island ...
Jet Blue and American flights loaded with tourists, businessmen, academics and journalists fly in and out of Cuba every day, perhaps the most dramatic and visible sign of the thaw in Washington-Havana ...
We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest Organization of American States news every morning. As a set-piece of propaganda, the unveiling of the bronze statue of José Martí that ...
Cuba: escaping Castro's shadow Fidel’s reign is over, but his presence is palpable everywhere – from the faded revolutionary slogans to the magnificent utopian failure of the National School of Arts.