MiamiHerald.com: Cuba

State Department confirms resumption of migration talks with Havana

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00 EDT

The talks, first reported by El Nuevo, will be held July 17 in Washington.

Coast Guard: South Florida relatives fueling Haitian migrant smuggling

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:40 EDT

Family members in South Florida are possibly behind a dangerous new trend in the Caribbean: the smuggling of undocumented Haitian immigrants from the Dominican Republic to Puerto Rico, a senior Coast Guard official said Wednesday.

Cuba sentences Canadian businessman to nine years in prison

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 18:35 EDT

Sarkis Yacoubian expected a shorter sentence because he confessed and named others. His family now will work to get him to serve his sentence in Canada.

Bahamas claims that video of Cubans being kicked is fraudulent

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 18:50 EDT

An official in Nassau has denied that a guard stomped on detained Cuban migrants.

Cuba cites drop in U.S., European arrivals as tourism sags

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:19 EDT

A new government report in Cuba suggests initial enthusiasm for travel to Cuba has fallen flat.

Cuba, US discuss resuming direct mail; migration talks to be held next month

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 20:07 EDT

Talks began Tuesday on resuming direct mail service between the two countries and sources say bilateral talks on migration will be held in July.

AP source: U.S., Cuba to resume talks on direct mail

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 18:28 EDT

The United States and Cuba will resume talks this week on restarting direct mail service despite a deadlock between Washington and Havana over detainees that has largely stalled most rapprochement efforts, a U.S. official said Monday.

Dissidents say they are returning to Cuba reenergized

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 22:12 EDT

Cuban dissidents say their trips abroad are giving them more energy and ambitions, as well as more supporters and contacts globally.

Cuban ex-CIA agent Posada returns to Miami

Thu, 14 Apr 2011 08:07 EDT

After being acquitted in a trial for perjury in federal court in El Paso, former CIA-agent Luis Posada Carriles plans to make his first public appearance in Miami on Wednesday during a press conference and then he will dinner at the Big Club Five of Miami.

TWO INDEPENDENT JOURNALISTS ARRESTED COVERING ANTI-GOVERNMENT PROTEST

Thu, 24 Jun 2010 12:30 EDT

Two independent are being held by police following their arrest while covering an anti-government demonstration.

4-year sentence for living in Havana without permission

Mon, 07 Jun 2010 13:50 EDT

Dissident Duartes Miguel Lara Rodríguez has been sentenced to four years in prison on charges of being a “danger” to society because he was living illegally in Havana.

Man arrested for stealing his own pressure cooker

Thu, 06 May 2010 16:23 EDT

Leonardo Díaz says he taken to the police station in handcuffs on Tuesday because he didn't have proof of purchase of a pressure cooker he was taking to a repair shop.

Police captain under investigation for abuse of power

Tue, 27 Apr 2010 10:13 EDT

A captain in the National Revolutionary Police force has been accused of selling pedicabs he confiscated from unlicensed owners.

Whereabouts of detained independent journalist unknown

Mon, 26 Apr 2010 13:15 EDT

Independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hernández was arrested over the weekend by two State Security agents and his whereabouts are unknown, according to his wife.

Anti-government slogans appear in Havana

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 16:52 EDT

Anti-government slogans were written on Tuesday on the walls next to Havana's Mariano theater and near a police station, according to witnesses who said they saw the writing before police painted it over.

Dissident's daughter jailed on charge of prostitution

Thu, 22 Apr 2010 16:48 EDT

Dissident Carmen Bermúdez Arrieta says her 25-year-old daughter has been sentenced to two years in an internment camp on a trumped up charge of prostitution.

Independent librarian fired from government job

Tue, 23 Mar 2010 12:20 EDT

José Ignacio Oropesa Almora says he was fired from his job as a truck driver for the state oil company because he’s an independent librarian

Protesters force police to return sack of rice

Wed, 24 Feb 2010 12:32 EST

More than 60 passengers on a bus protested the seizure of a 20-pound sack of rice and forced the police to return it to the owner.

Police try to stop sellers of bread

Mon, 11 Jan 2010 15:31 EST

Since the beginning of the New Year, police in Santa Clara have been pursuing private sellers of bread, which is considered a crime.

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 17:16 EDT

They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room.

Cuban migrants in Mexico demand freedom after 3 months in a lockup

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00 EDT

As seven Cubans held in Mexico demand their freedom, another 19 boat people have landed on the Yucatan Peninsula.

Toronto man convicted of tourist sex crimes in Cuba

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 16:57 EDT

An elderly Toronto man became the first Canadian convicted of sex crimes committed against children in Cuba after he pleaded guilty Friday to six counts, including little-used child sex tourism charges.

Radio/TV Marti’s new ways of disseminating information

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 17:50 EDT

USB drives that can be easily hidden and texts that can be sent to large groups are among new methods Radio/TV Marti is using to get information inside Cuba.

Remittances from Cubans abroad drive the island’s economy

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 20:32 EDT

Remittances to Cuba have increased to almost $1 billion during the last four years of the Obama administration, which relaxed policies to allow Cubans to send more money to the island.

Jellyfish ends Australian's Cuba-US swim attempt

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 18:32 EDT

Five tries. Five failures.

Swimmer sets sights on record for crossing the Florida Straits

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 22:18 EDT

An Australian swimmer is set to launch a historic attempt to cross the Florida Straits on Wednesday.

Payá family to settle in South Florida like other Cubans, not seeking asylum

Mon, 10 Jun 2013 16:24 EDT

Relatives of the late Oswaldo Payá say they will settle in South Florida like other Cubans but have no plans to seek asylum.

Floods wallop western Cuba

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 16:55 EDT

Officials urge residents to boil or chlorinate water after the latest storm slammed into western Cuba.

Cuba’s new Internet locales remain conditioned

Fri, 07 Jun 2013 19:00 EDT

Users must sign agreement that they will not harm “public security” before they can they can access the World Wide Web.

Cayman Islands prepare for more Cuban migrants

Thu, 06 Jun 2013 18:14 EDT

More Cubans may or may not be arriving in the British territory, but authorities are getting ready.

US and Cuba agree to resume migration talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23 EDT

The United States and Cuba have agreed to resume bilateral talks on migration issues next month, a State Department official said Wednesday, the latest evidence of a thaw in chilly relations between the Cold War enemies.

US and Cuba agree to resume migration talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:54 EDT

Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53 EDT

One of several Cuban dissidents recently allowed to visit Europe and the U.S. after Cuba changed its travel laws said Tuesday she decided to seek refuge in Miami after facing continued repression on the island.

Dissident's family to discuss leaving Cuba

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:11 EDT

The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash says her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression on the island.

Expansion of KU's bioscience incubator starts

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:40 EDT

Construction is underway on a $10 million addition to the Bioscience and Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas.

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 12:07 EDT

Defected Cuban dancers adjust to U.S., seek work

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 11:31 EDT

They practice in the back of a dance studio next to a Wendy's restaurant in a strip mall in Miami. Six ballet dancers leap across the floor, hidden from view from the mothers watching their daughters in pink leotards in a front room.

Coast Guard repatriates 38 Cuban migrants

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 03:09 EDT

The U.S. Coast Guard has repatriated 38 Cuban migrants who were stopped south of the Florida Keys trying to make it to U.S. shores.

Failed Cuba-to-Florida swimmer won't try again

Thu, 13 Jun 2013 11:50 EDT

The Australian who gave up her quest to swim from Cuba to Florida because of painful jellyfish stings said Thursday that she will not make another attempt.

Jellyfish ends Australian's Cuba-US swim attempt

Wed, 12 Jun 2013 10:42 EDT

Five tries. Five failures.

Family of late Cuban dissident flies to Miami

Tue, 11 Jun 2013 17:20 EDT

Relatives of the late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya are settling in Miami as "political refugees."

US and Cuba agree to resume migration talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 17:23 EDT

US and Cuba agree to resume migration talks

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 13:54 EDT

Cuban dissident: Repression forced family to flee

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 16:53 EDT

Dissident's family to discuss leaving Cuba

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 03:11 EDT

The daughter of a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash says her family decided to seek refuge in the U.S. after facing continued repression on the island.

Expansion of KU's bioscience incubator starts

Sun, 16 Jun 2013 12:40 EDT

Construction is underway on a $10 million addition to the Bioscience and Technology Business Center at the University of Kansas.