POPE NAMES 19 NEW CARDINALS, FOCUSING ON THE POOR
By FRANCES D’EMILIO FILE – In this Nov. 30, 2013 file photo Vatican Secretary of State Archbishop Pietro Parolin waves to faithful prior to the start of Pope Francis’s Vespers…
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FIDEL CASTRO HAS 1ST PUBLIC APPEARANCE IN 9 MONTHS
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,…
DEMOCRATS BREAKING GOP’S LONG LOCK ON CUBAN VOTE
By MICHAEL J. MISHAK FILE – In this Oct. 23, 2103 file photo, Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla. speaks during a news conference on Capitol Hill in Washington. For more than…
‘GREAT TRAIN ROBBER’ RONNIE BIGGS LAID TO REST
By JILL LAWLESS A band leads the coffin of great train robber Ronnie Biggs into Golders Green Crematorium in London, Friday, Jan. 3, 2014. The world renowned robber Biggs who…
CUBAN SANTERIA PRIESTS: DISEASE, CONFLICT IN 2014
By ANNE-MARIE GARCIA Hector Sala, an Babalawo Afro-Cuban Santeria priest, arrives for a press conference about the annual “Letter of the Year” that lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for…
HONDURAS POLICE SAY HEIRESS/SPA OWNER SLAIN
By FREDDY CUEVAS In this Aug. 31, 2013 photo, Lenin Roberto Arana, whose stage name is Canario, plays a traditional Garifuna drum during a concert in Roatan, Honduras. Arana was…
LACK OF CUSTOMERS DOOMS MANY CUBAN BUSINESSES
By ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and ANNE-MARIE GARCIA People talk as they stand in a street blocked by a broken down classic car in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 26, 2013. The Associated…
ARMY HELPS FLOOD VICTIMS IN SOUTHEASTERN BRAZIL
Aerial view of Santa Leopoldina municipality, flooded after heavy rains, in Espirito Santo state, Brazil, Wednesday, Dec. 25, 2013. Civil defense officials say the death toll in the floods and…