By FRANCES ROBLES and AZAM AHMED Paying homage to Fidel Castro at Plaza de la Revolucion in Havana in 2016. Credit Tomas Munita for The New York Times As the departing Cuban president, Raúl Castro, tells it, […]
Raul Castro Remembers Muhammad Ali
At a Caribbean summit, Raul Castro formally recognizes Muhammed Ali’s life & contributions, especially to Black America and world peace, followed by widespread applause by the other delegates. CBS 60 Minutes on […]
NYT: Obama Plans Visit to Cuba, as Talks on Expanding Trade Begin
By JULIE HIRSCHFELD DAVIS | FEB. 17, 2016 WASHINGTON — President Obama will travel to Cuba within weeks, a senior administration official said on Wednesday, making a historic visit as part of an […]
Feds approve first U.S. factory in Cuba since 1959 revolution
Originally published February 15, 2016 at 7:04 pm By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN The Associated Press HAVANA — The Obama administration has approved the first U.S. factory in Cuba in more than half a […]
US, Cuba to Sign Agreement on Restarting Commercial Flights
By Michael Weissenstein, Associated Press – Havana February 12, 2016 The United States and Cuba will sign an agreement next week to resume commercial air traffic for the first time in five […]
WHY THREE POPES IN 20 YEARS?
A brief historical analysis from a veteran of the Cuban revolution, which parallels the analysis that Jeremy Scahill did for the Catholic Worker, over a decade ago. WHY THREE POPES IN 20 […]
U.S. – Cuba relations have always been far from ‘normal’
Online Athens – Aug 23 By Louis A. Perez Jr. / Tribune News Service U.S.-Cuba relations are still far from normal — and may never be. Secretary of State John Kerry has […]
Cuba Removed From US Terror List
By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS MAY 29, 2015, 2:34 P.M. E.D.T. HAVANA — The Obama administration on Friday formally removed Cuba from a U.S. terrorism blacklist, a decision hailed in Cuba as the […]
Cuba’s Coming Out Party at the Summit of the Americas
For the small island of Cuba, the VII Summit of the Americas in Panama marked a kind of “coming out” party. Banned from the for-capitalists-only gatherings from the time they began in […]
ABC: Why Cuba’s Removal from US terrorist list is going to be a big deal
April 9, 2015 The State Department has completed its review of Cuba‘s status as a state sponsor of international terrorism, President Obama announced today from Jamaica, bringing the U.S. one step closer […]
Wisconsin Coalition to Normalize Relations with Cuba 
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