A Fort Lauderdale company is still awaiting government approval to run a ferry between Port Everglades and Cuba.
A lawyer for five Cuban agents sentenced to long jail terms for spying in the United States said Wednesday he is preparing a last-ditch appeal, arguing that one of the men received bad counsel and that the jury for all five was prejudiced because the U.S. paid several journalists who covered the trial.
Washington's 50-year-old economic embargo of Cuba, which the island's leaders refer to as a "blockade," has its supporters and detractors. Here's what some people have said about it:
When it started, American teenagers were doing "The Twist." The United States had yet to put a man into orbit around the Earth. And a first-class U.S. postage stamp cost 4 cents.
Fidel Castro spent six hours presenting a two-volume memoir to an audience at a Havana convention center, state media said Saturday. It was a rare appearance for the retired and increasingly reclusive former Cuban leader.
Cuban President Raul Castro flew to Caracas on Friday to attend a meeting with other allies of Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez, who was at the airport for the arrival.
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says she has been denied permission attend a film festival in Brazil.
Cuban authorities are summoning bureaucrats and Communist Party members to watch a video about corruption investigations, a person who has seen the video said Thursday, as President Raul Castro's government sends a stern warning that it's serious about cracking down on graft.
Orlando International Airport has received permission to offer air service to Cuba.
In a Jan. 30 story on Cuba's efforts to drill for oil off its coast, The Associated Press erroneously described the type of documents the U.S. Coast Guard and private response teams have received to work with Cuba and its partners to clean up any potential spill. They received licenses from the U.S. government, not visas.
Cuba's Communist Party Sunday cleared the way for a long-term renovation of its Central Committee that might hint at the island's future leaders, while Raúl Castro issued a strong call for openness within the party and mass media — but only up to a point.
Dilma Rousseff arrives in Cuba on Monday on her first visit there as Brazil's president, and she's facing pressure to take a stronger and more public stance on human rights violations that continue under the Cuban government.
A U.S. government subcontractor serving a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba slipped three satellite phones, three laptops and 13 Blackberry phones into the island, a court document in his case showed.
A Cuban political prisoner is in a coma and near death from pneumonia he picked up when he refused to wear a prison uniform and went on a hunger strike, his wife said Monday.
It is an uncanny thing when you are in Cuba. With no cameras around, most Cubans on the street will speak freely about their frustrations and complaints after more than 50 years of socialist revolution. If the camera goes on, however, almost everyone demurs.
The establishment of Cuba as an Nearshore services base for US corporations is not as outrageous as we might have thought only a year ago.
There are just three cities in the U.S. that have flights departing for Havana, Cuba, and Key West would like to be the fourth -- or at least the fifth
Whether at the beach, poolside, or on a city rooftop, summer is a great chance to grab a cool drink and relax with a good book. That's why throughout the hottest months Tell Me More has been recommending great reads. This week we speak to Cuban American author Achy Obejas. Obejas' latest book, Ruins, is an insightful look at Cuba in the mid-90's.
For a communist country, Cuba has marketed itself pretty well over the years. It's almost impossible to hear the island's name without thinking of white rum, cigars, salsa, Ernest Hemingway and streets lined with battered 1950s American cars.
Aleida Guevara talks about having to share her 'Papi' with the world – and her dislike of the commercialisation of his image
Bacardi Limited, the largest privately held spirits company in the world, today announced the Supreme Court of Spain has decided to hear its appeal in the case involving trademark rights to the Havana Club rum brand. The decision by the Spanish Supreme Court is a critically important and successful step in the case, as the Court is highly selective in what cases it reviews.
"Yo quería derribar a Castro y desgraciadamente derribé al presidente que nos estaba ayudando, a Richard Nixon". Eugenio Rolando Martínez se define a sí mismo como un frustrado. A sus 86 años no se arrepiente de su pasado como 'fontanero' del 'Watergate' pero lamenta haber perdido esa y otras muchas batallas.
Miles de estudiantes están a punto de ser universitarios, gracias a la 'ahudasia ingreible y marabillosa' del sistema educacional
Cuando la falta de liquidez obliga al gobierno a posponer el pago de sus deudas a corto plazo, Cuba no puede darse esta vez el lujo de importar el 80 por ciento de los alimentos que consume, como lo hizo el pasado año.
Five members of Britain's Royal Ballet came down with the H1N1 swine flu virus during their just-ended visit to Cuba, but all have recovered, a spokeswoman for the dance company said on Monday.
RSS|
My Yahoo|
Newsletters|
Mobile|
Alerts|
Twitter
Terms of Service| Privacy Policy| About our ads| Copyright| About The Miami Herald| About the McClatchy Company| Corrections| Contact Us| Advertise| Work for Us
Partners: El Nuevo Herald| Newspaper in Education| WLRN | Miami Herald News| CBS4 WFOR-TV| More
Copyright 2012 Miami Herald Media Co. All rights reserved
