Cuba seeks more trade with Canada

Cuba's trade minister says the Caribbean nation is seeking more business with Canada to bolster his country's economy during the global economic crisis.

EU to donate up to $38.7 million to Cuba in '09

The European Union on Wednesday agreed to donate up to $38.7 million to Cuba next year for hurricane relief and improvements in food production.

Officials: 17 Cuban migrants reach SW Florida

Authorities say 17 Cuban migrants have landed ashore in Boca Grande in southwest Florida.

Raul Castro to Sean Penn: He'd meet Obama at Gitmo

Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral ground" - and he suggested the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Atlantic hurricane season blows away records

The 2008 Atlantic hurricane season, which ends Sunday, appears to have attained Olympian heights, setting at least five weather records in the United States and Cuba.

Raul Castro to Sean Penn: he'd meet Obama at Gitmo

Cuban President Raul Castro said in an interview released Wednesday that he would like to meet President-elect Barack Obama on "neutral ground" - and he suggested the American naval base at Guantanamo Bay.

Audit: Cuba democracy program still risks misuse

The U.S. program that spends millions of dollars each year promoting democracy and human rights in communist Cuba is improving controls on grants, but still faces a risk that money could be misused, according to a federal audit released Monday.

Official: Russians want to search for oil off Cuba

Russian oil companies could soon begin searching for oil in deep Gulf of Mexico waters off Cuba, a top diplomat said just days before Russian President Dmitry Medvedev visits the island.

China's Hu extends credit, donations to Cuba

Chinese President Hu Jintao has promised Cuba at least $78 million in donations, credit and hurricane relief to one of the few communist allies China has left.

Nearly 20,000 evacuated in Cuba flooding

Heavy rains caused a river in eastern Cuba to overflow its banks, flooding highways and more than 2,000 homes, and leading authorities to evacuate nearly 20,000 people, state media said Wednesday.

Cuban president to make first visit to Venezuela

Raul Castro's first official trip abroad since assuming Cuba's presidency will be to Venezuela.

Cuban doctors: children kept from leaving island

The children of more than a dozen Cuban doctors and medical professionals who defected from the communist island nation are not being allowed to travel to the United States even though they have visas, their parents said Tuesday.

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Castro book criticizes Colombia's FARC rebels

In his latest book titled "La Paz en Colombia,"' (Peace in Colombia) former Cuban leader Fidel Castro criticizes the Colombian guerrilla organization FARC, denies that Cuba ever furnished money or weapons to another guerrilla organization, M-19, and harshly condemns Colombian president Julio Cesar Turbay Ayala.

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Cuba trade worth $32 million to Virginia farmers

In just six years, trade between Cuba and Virginia farmers has grown from less than $1 million to more than $32 million.

Cubans return to Paloma-ravaged homes

SANTA CRUZ DEL SUR, Cuba -- Thousands of Cubans returned to homes demolished by Hurricane Paloma even as the once-powerful storm dissipated off the coast on Monday.

Mexican navy detains 15 Cuban migrants

The Mexican Navy says it has detained a speedboat off the Caribbean coast carrying 15 undocumented Cuban migrants.

Cuban Americans face off in Miami-area races

Cuba lies just 90 miles off the coast of Florida, and four Cuban-Americans' political fate Tuesday may depend on how large a shadow the communist island casts over each candidate's campaign.

Cuba opens annual international trade fair

Cuba opened its top annual trade fair Monday, welcoming thousands of business leaders from 56 countries who are interested in selling everything from lumber to lollipops, cars to construction materials on the island.

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Deserta oftalmólogo cubano en Uruguay

El oftalmólogo cubano Vladimir Villamil decidió abandonar un programa de cooperación oficial de su país para permanecer radicado en Uruguay, informó la prensa local el sábado.

Dominica gives top honor to Fidel Castro

The Caribbean nation of Dominica is awarding its highest honor to former Cuban President Fidel Castro. Government spokesman Sean Douglas says Castro is being recognized for university scholarships, hurricane relief and other aid Cuba has provided over the years to one of the region's poorest islands.

Cuba says economy grew 6 percent in first half

Cuba's economy grew by 6 percent in the first half of 2008, but won't maintain that pace because of damage caused by Hurricanes Gustav and Ike, official media reported Saturday.

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VIDEO | Cuba after Castro

VPRO Television, a public broadcasting company in the Netherlands, has broadcast a 54-minute documentary on Cuba's future.

Cubans arrive to Honduras in makeshift boat

Thirteen Cuban migrants are in Honduras after spending two weeks at sea in a homemade boat. Immigration officials say the 11 men and two women arrived in Puerto Cortes on Honduras' Atlantic coast, one of Central America's principal ports. They left Cuba on Sept. 25 and arrived Saturday.

Cuba names new vice president of cabinet

An official with decades of experience in international commerce has been named a vice president of Cuba's Cabinet to oversee the foreign trade and foreign investment ministries.