http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/index.html http://media.miamiherald.com/images/logos/rss_sitelogo.gif http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/index.html 140 25 News, sports and entertainment from MiamiHerald.com en-us Copyright 2009 MiamiHerald.com Cuba 60 Mon, 13 Jul 2009 23:32:40 EDT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss McClatchy Interactive's PubSys miamifeedback@miamiherald.com http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1138860.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1138860.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:00 EDT Paul Haven has been appointed The Associated Press chief of bureau in Havana, Cuba, following three years of leading the cooperative's news operations in Spain and Portugal as Madrid bureau chief. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134440.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134440.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 13:38 EDT Cuba and a consortium of foreign oil companies have once again postponed plans to drill for oil in the island's still-untapped fields in the Gulf of Mexico, diplomatic and industry sources said this week. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134462.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134462.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:23 EDT About 29 thousands Cubans are members of more than 300 Masonic lodges in various cities of the country and at the same time are actively involved in public work, humanitarian and charitable projects. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134479.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1134479.html Thu, 09 Jul 2009 14:23 EDT http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1140020.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1140020.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 18:36 EDT The Obama administration will resume long-suspended migration talks with Cuba Tuesday, members of Congress said. The State Department would not confirm resumption of the talks but said in May that it hoped to 'use the renewal of talks to reaffirm both sides' commitment to safe, legal and orderly migration.'' http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/653899.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1329/story/653899.html Thu, 28 Aug 2008 13:36 EDT <!--#include virtual="/static/blog_includes/cuban_colada.html" --> http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1131904.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1131904.html Wed, 08 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT Miami Lakes resident Norma Flores still can't make sense of the unexpected death of her sister, Marisel Gutiérrez, who was satisfactorily recovering from a cancer operation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1126600.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1126600.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 01:24 EDT In what may well be a first, a Catholic archbishop worshipped with U.S. troops at the U.S. Navy base at Guantánamo then turned up across the minefield separating the base from Cuba a day later to offer a Mass for Cuban worshipers in Guantánamo province. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1128798.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1128798.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A bus full of medical and school supplies headed to Cuba will depart from Miami at noon Monday, continuing its decades-long battle against the U.S.-imposed embargo on the island nation. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1125987.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1125987.html Sun, 05 Jul 2009 21:23 EDT A Cuban pitcher considered by many baseball scouts to be the No. 1 left-handed prospect in the world left his hotel and vanished before the first ball was thrown at a tournament in the Netherlands, leaving his whereabouts a mystery, a spokesman for the Dutch team said Friday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1124605.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1124605.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:24 EDT A few weeks ago, Normando Hernandez Gonzalez got the kind of news that usually prompts cheers and emotion-filled toasts. The Cuban journalist and poet had been awarded the annual Freedom of Expression award by the Norwegian Writers’ Union. A delegation traveled from Oslo to the island nation to present the award, which included a prize of 100,000 kroner (about $15,775). http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1123891.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1123891.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 14:25 EDT On June 24, five Cuban dissidents received the annual Democracy Award given by the National Endowment for Democracy. José Daniel Ferrer, Iván Hernández and Librado Linares are serving long prison terms for their peaceful opposition. Imprisoned for 17 years, Jorge Luis García, known as Antúnez, was released in 2007. He and wife Iris Tamara Pérez, a fellow awardee, are under virtual house arrest. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121934.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121934.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT A peek inside the apartment of husband-and-wife spy suspects reveals a shortwave radio, a sailing guide to Cuban waters -- and now a copy of The Spy's Bedside Book, according to new court documents in the case. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121636.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121636.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:43 EDT A charter company has started offering non-stop flights between Los Angeles and Havana after the Obama administration lifted travel restrictions on Cuban-Americans. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121115.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1121115.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 07:42 EDT Cuba is letting workers hold multiple government jobs for the first time under an overhaul of the island's labor system. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1116582.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1116582.html Sat, 27 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT Cuba's tourism industry will have enough capacity for the surge of American travelers expected should U.S. lawmakers lift restrictions on visits to the island, said Miguel Figueras, an advisor at Cuba's tourism ministry. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1112787.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/story/1112787.html Thu, 25 Jun 2009 03:01 EDT When the National Endowment for Democracy handed out its annual Democracy Award on Wednesday in Washington, all five recipients were Cuban, a first. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139950.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:37 EDT A second Spanish priest in five months has been found dead near the capital, Cuba's Roman Catholic Church said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139480.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:27 EDT Bacardi International's president and CEO Michael Brennan will be watching with keen interest to see whether the US lifts its trade embargo with Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139432.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139432.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:37 EDT Maggie Rodriguez, the daughter of Cuban refugees, was a Miami anchor when she was offered the break of a lifetime: a chance to be the Saturday co-host of CBS's "Early Show." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139313.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:43 EDT Tough diagnosis and partial prescriptions in Raul Castro’s economic Policies http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139304.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139304.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:38 EDT A Senate committee has struck $15 million from the budget for TV Marti, after Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan said the signal was jammed by the Communist government so no one there could see it. Differences between the House and Senate versions of a budget bill will have to be resolved before it can become law http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139219.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 07:20 EDT Our trip to Cuba was sponsored by the United Jewish Communities as an outreach to the Jewish community there. We visited three congregations in Havana and a small community in Santa Clara, about a four-hour ride from Havana. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138864.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138864.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 21:04 EDT Un anónimo provocó los seguimientos de la seguridad cubana al representante de los intereses vascos en La Habana, en paradero desconocido desde su arresto en febrero http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138833.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138833.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 20:42 EDT The Royal Ballet of London is making its first ever appearance in Cuba for a tribute to Cuba's National Ballet and its founder, renowned ballerina Alicia Alonso. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138624.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1138624.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 16:24 EDT Prospects for Cuban performances by the New York Philharmonic look promising following a tour of concert halls and meetings with music officials on the island, orchestra president Zarin Mehta said Sunday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1135866.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1135866.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:02 EDT Brazil said on Thursday it would give Cuba up to $300 million in credits to start rebuilding the island's port of Mariel, better known as the site of a 1980 Cuban exodus to the United States http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1135849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1135849.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 10:53 EDT Cuba has acknowledged the desertion of baseball pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1135702.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1135702.html Fri, 10 Jul 2009 08:32 EDT Dissidents in Banes in Holguín province congregated in front of the headquarters of the National Revolutionary Police after one of their human rights colleagues, Ezequiel Morales, was arrested. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1130809.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1130809.html Tue, 07 Jul 2009 11:12 EDT Prisoner of conscience Alfredo Dominguez says the room provided for the last conjugal visit by his wife to the Las Tunas provincial prison was unsanitary. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1122849.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1122849.html Wed, 01 Jul 2009 13:41 EDT HAVANA, Cuba, July 1 (Ana Aguililla / www.cubanet.org) – Police went to the homes of several prominent dissidents and removed anti-government signs. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1120927.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1120927.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:01 EDT Authorities at the Quivicán Prision in Havana province are x-raying and taking blood samples of prisoners after several cases of tuberculosis were discovered, according to activist Ramón Balsinde. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1119317.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1119317.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 10:32 EDT Isabel Ramos continues her hunger strike in support of her son, Arturo Suárez, a political prisoner who started a hunger strike June 10. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1092544.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1092544.html Thu, 11 Jun 2009 13:15 EDT Ariel Sigler Amaya, a designated prisoner of conscience who was one of the 75 dissidents arrested and imprisoned in 2003, was hospitalized June 5, according to his wife. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1090446.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1090446.html Wed, 10 Jun 2009 08:06 EDT Border guards and national police carried out a roundup last Saturday of fishermen, boaters and divers off the Malecón. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1088786.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1088786.html Tue, 09 Jun 2009 08:19 EDT The dissident Foundation for Freedom of Expression (Fundación por la Libertad de Expresión) yas announced the winners of its 2009 awards http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1079136.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1079136.html Wed, 03 Jun 2009 08:09 EDT Human rights activist Osmany Fuentes and four other prisoners at the Kilo 8 prison in Camagüey started a hunger strike May 20, according to a report from the prison. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1077372.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1077372.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 07:56 EDT The National Police Force staged a series of raids last week in the capital, arresting dozens of youths, among them homosexuals and prostitutes. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1071401.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1071401.html Fri, 29 May 2009 07:36 EDT Two independent journalists were detained separately by State Security agents after attending a workshop last week at the U.S. Interests Section. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1140219.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1140219.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 21:17 EDT Jorge García Más recuerda el día en que se reunió en un barrio de La Habana con Jesús Martínez, el capitán del barco que embistió el remolcador "13 de Marzo'', causando la muerte a 37 personas. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139993.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139993.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:57 EDT Las largamente suspendidas conversaciones entre Estados Unidos y Cuba se reanudarán el martes, la señal más reciente del gobierno del presidente Barack Obama para revivir las relaciones entre ambos países. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139725.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139725.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 14:42 EDT El sacerdote español Mariano Arroyo Murillo fue asesinado en Regla, pueblo de las afueras de La Habana, confirmaron fuentes diplomáticas y religiosas, en el segundo caso de un sacerdote ibérico asesinado este año en Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139532.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1139532.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 12:24 EDT Cuba reportó 144 casos de gripe porcina en la isla y no se han registrado decesos a raíz del virus. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138667.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138667.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT CAPO, Manuel, de 83 años, natural de Cuba. Misa hoy a las 10:30 a.m. en la parroquia St. Michael, seguida de su entierro, en el cementerio Woodlawn Park North. Funeraria Caballero Rivero Woodlawn, Westchester. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138683.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138683.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:28 EDT ''Estoy muy satisfecho de esta visita como de la que efectúe hace algunos meses a Argel'', dijo el gobernante cubano en declaraciones a los periodistas y añadió que ha "trabajado mucho'' con Buteflika durante los dos últimos días en torno a las relaciones bilaterales y la situación internacional. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138673.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138673.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:25 EDT El creador del Instituto Cubano de Cine (ICAIC), Alfredo Guevara, abogó este domingo por "renovar'' el discurso y estudiar los problemas que aquejan a la juventud cubana, parte de la cual está "entre vacía y banalizada'' y la otra "plena de inquietudes e insatisfacciones''. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138657.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138657.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 00:32 EDT En una casita rodeada de corrales Idalmis García cría animales en la hectárea que le otorgó en usufructo el Gobierno de Raúl Castro. Ella es uno de los 78,113 cubanos beneficiados hasta junio con una nueva ley que busca incentivar la producción de alimentos, en un país con más del 60 por ciento de las áreas cultivables subutilizadas y que importa el 80 por ciento de sus comestibles... http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138682.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138682.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 17:44 EDT BADIA, Andrea, de 98 años, natural de Cuba. Entierro hoy a las 11 a.m. en Woodlawn Park North. Funeraria Caballero Rivero Woodlawn, Miami. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138052.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1138052.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 03:01 EDT El Royal Ballet de Londres ya está en La Habana para presentar la próxima semana sus primeras funciones en Cuba, un acontecimiento ''excepcional'' que en los últimos meses ha movilizado a los miembros de la compañía inglesa y a las autoridades culturales de la isla. http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1137897.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1137897.html Sun, 12 Jul 2009 00:39 EDT Muchos de sus integrantes se sienten abandonados... http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1119455.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1119455.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 12:15 EDT If one person's freedom fighter is another's terrorist, the case of the Cuban Five illustrates the chasm that remains between Havana and Washington, despite recent overtures that are gradually easing tensions left over from the Cold War. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087239.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087239.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:29 EDT Tell friends you have just been to Cuba, and depending on the circles in which you travel, you may be rewarded with a lot of envy. Cuba is hot, and we're not talking about the tropical weather. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087217.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1087217.html Mon, 08 Jun 2009 08:10 EDT Come July, there will be another sign of Cuba’s New Labour-style accommodation of the capitalist 21st century: wealthy foreigners will be able to buy luxury holiday homes on the island. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1082905.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1082905.html Fri, 05 Jun 2009 07:52 EDT For a few hours this week, the Organization of American States appeared about to splinter: Leftist Latin American governments squared off against the United States over whether Cuba should be allowed to rejoin the main forum for political cooperation in the hemisphere. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1077392.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1077392.html Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:12 EDT Latin American leaders usually have few qualms about lecturing the U.S. on what they regard as the folly of its Cuba policy, especially of late. Reintegrating Cuba has become a priority issue for many if not most of the region's governments, who see it as a way to break with the Cold War politics and U.S. hegemony that burdened the region in the 20th century. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1071388.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1071388.html Fri, 29 May 2009 07:29 EDT The U.S. government is fighting an effort to allow Cuba to return to the Organization of American States after a 47-year suspension. But the resistance is putting it at odds with much of Latin America as the Obama administration is trying to improve relations in the hemisphere. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1065807.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1065807.html Tue, 26 May 2009 08:04 EDT Meet the Forrest Gump of Cuban communism, Óscar Espinosa Chepe. Like the character played by Tom Hanks in the 1994 film, Chepe has spent the past half-century having the good (as well as the bad) fortune of being wherever the action is. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1059166.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1059166.html Thu, 21 May 2009 11:56 EDT Emilio Izquierdo Jr. survived Cuba's gulag and came to America in 1980. His struggle instilled in him a love of liberty that would drive him to become a thriving businessman. It would also drive him to fight Castro's propaganda by forming the UMAP Political Prisoners Association. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057141.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057141.html Wed, 20 May 2009 09:31 EDT Lawrence Journal-World photographer Richard Gwin recently attended the 50th anniversary of the Cuban Revolution in Havana. During the May Day celebration, the streets began to fill at 6 a.m. as more than 1 million Cubans joined to march for the Revolution. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057140.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057140.html Wed, 20 May 2009 09:28 EDT The Deena Stryker Photographs collection contains photographs and related materials generated by the journalist, then known as Deena Boyer, during two trips to Cuba between July 1963 and July 1964. http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057027.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1322/story/1057027.html Wed, 20 May 2009 07:41 EDT The crowd of Cuban-Americans pressing against the airport ticket counter scorned those on the other side. Only a handful of American charter companies have landing rights in Cuba, and with the new White House policy letting Cuban-Americans visit relatives there as often as they want, ticket prices have become political. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1128794.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1128794.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:25 EDT Judging by the letters I received in response to my last column, Miamians are divided into two camps: those who believe Cubans have made Miami a world-class city, and those who believe Cubans have ruined this once-fine town. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1128739.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1128739.html Mon, 06 Jul 2009 09:20 EDT Despite mounting economic difficulties, the Cuban government is not likely to open up Cuba's economy or to offer meaningful concessions for normalization of relations with the United States. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1123891.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1123891.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:26 EDT On June 24, five Cuban dissidents received the annual Democracy Award given by the National Endowment for Democracy. José Daniel Ferrer, Iván Hernández and Librado Linares are serving long prison terms for their peaceful opposition. Imprisoned for 17 years, Jorge Luis García, known as Antúnez, was released in 2007. He and wife Iris Tamara Pérez, a fellow awardee, are under virtual house arrest. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1124605.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1124605.html Thu, 02 Jul 2009 13:24 EDT A few weeks ago, Normando Hernandez Gonzalez got the kind of news that usually prompts cheers and emotion-filled toasts. The Cuban journalist and poet had been awarded the annual Freedom of Expression award by the Norwegian Writers’ Union. A delegation traveled from Oslo to the island nation to present the award, which included a prize of 100,000 kroner (about $15,775). http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1121630.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1121630.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:43 EDT Why doesn't President Obama have time for Cuba's pro-democracy opposition? http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1109984.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1109984.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 17:33 EDT The Obama administration has made an excellent first step to eliminate some restrictions on travel to the island, to loosen constraints on remittances and to re-engage in migration talks. Positive, multiple lines of engagement are clearly the way forward. Broader contact and leverage with Cuba through additional commercial and people-to-people contacts will in time help promote a more pluralistic, less impoverished, and more open society. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1120948.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1120948.html Tue, 30 Jun 2009 11:06 EDT Latin America's leaders are right to condemn the coup in Honduras -- but wrong to give Havana a pass on democracy. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119431.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119431.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 11:59 EDT Most Latin American leaders slammed the 47-year-old U.S. embargo of Cuba at the mid-April Summit of the Americas in Trinidad. Fidel Castro hadn’t been invited, so he ranted about the “blockade”—and President Obama—from Havana. This all sounds familiar, but there is an important new twist today. The Obama team, and shifts in Cuban American opinion, give hope that we may finally move toward eliminating the embargo—if we can jettison unrealistic demands and expectations. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119238.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119238.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:29 EDT After nearly 50 years, America's cold war embargo against Cuba appears to be thawing at last. Earlier this spring, the Obama administration relaxed controls on travel and remittances to the communist island by Cuban Americans, and last week it agreed to open the door for Cuba's re-entry to the Organisation of American States. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119210.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119210.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:08 EDT Bill Clinton and George W. Bush recently had a face-to-face debate in Canada to discuss current affairs. The only Latin American nation mentioned in their conversation? Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119208.html http://www.miamiherald.com/1044/story/1119208.html Mon, 29 Jun 2009 09:04 EDT The Obama administration has made an excellent first step to eliminate some restrictions on travel to Cuba, to loosen constraints on remittances, and to re-engage in migration talks. Positive, multiple lines of engagement are clearly the way forward. Broader contact and leverage with Cuba through additional commercial and people-to-people contacts will in time help promote a more pluralistic, less impoverished, and more open society. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139950.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139950.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 17:37 EDT A second Spanish priest in five months has been found dead near the capital, Cuba's Roman Catholic Church said Monday. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139480.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139480.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 11:27 EDT Bacardi International's president and CEO Michael Brennan will be watching with keen interest to see whether the US lifts its trade embargo with Cuba. http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139432.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139432.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 10:37 EDT Maggie Rodriguez, the daughter of Cuban refugees, was a Miami anchor when she was offered the break of a lifetime: a chance to be the Saturday co-host of CBS's "Early Show." http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139313.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139313.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:43 EDT Tough diagnosis and partial prescriptions in Raul Castro’s economic Policies http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139304.html http://www.miamiherald.com/news/americas/cuba/more/story/1139304.html Mon, 13 Jul 2009 08:38 EDT A Senate committee has struck $15 million from the budget for TV Marti, after Democratic Senator Byron Dorgan said the signal was jammed by the Communist government so no one there could see it. Differences between the House and Senate versions of a budget bill will have to be resolved before it can become law