By ALAN FRAM Loud but hardly universal catcalls from Republicans underscored the obstacles and opportunities ahead as U.S. and Cuban leaders announced an opening of embassies in Havana and Washington…
By JAVIER CORDOBA and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN Cuban President Raul Castro demanded on Wednesday that the United States return the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay, lift the half-century trade embargo on…
By BRADLEY KLAPPER and MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN The highest-level U.S. delegation to Cuba in decades kicked off two days of negotiations Wednesday after grand promises by President Barack Obama about change…
By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ Cuba’s point person on U.S. relations says anything is up for discussion as the two countries move to re-establish diplomatic ties, from anti-drug cooperation…
By JULIE PACE and MATTHEW LEE President Barack Obama’s decision to pursue new relations with Cuba was driven in part by a stinging realization: Longstanding U.S. policies aimed at isolating…
The United States and Cuba will start talks on normalizing full diplomatic relations, marking the most significant shift in U.S. policy toward the communist island in decades, American officials said…
By DESMOND BUTLER, MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN, LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ In early 2009, a U.S. government contractor sent a Serbian music promoter to Cuba with these covert marching orders: Recruit…
In this photo released by Cubadebate, Cuba’s former President Fidel Castro, bottom, back to camera, attends the inauguration of the cultural center, Studio Kcho Romerillo, Laboratory for Art, in Havana,…
