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Cuban agent who renounced U.S. citizenship now just a 'Cuban patriot' Fri, May 10, 2013By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - A Cuban agent who served 13 years behind bars in the United States for his role in an espionage ring showed off a certificate More »
Cuban blogger says underground networks changing society Thu, May 2, 2013By Stephanie Nebehay GENEVA (Reuters) - A thriving underground social media network is challenging the Communist government's grip on power and information in Cuba More »
Venezuelan president wraps up Cuba trip Mon, Apr 29, 2013Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro wrapped up a two-day visit to Cuba late Sunday in which the two allies reaffirmed their strategic alliance, signing $1 billion More »
Venezuelan president reaffirms alliance with Cuba Sun, Apr 28, 2013Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has renewed a strategic alliance with Cuba, signing $1 billion in cooperation agreements two weeks after his election to replace More »
Latin American presidents love Twitter - maybe too much Sun, Apr 28, 2013By Brian Winter BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - When a million angry Argentines flooded the streets earlier this month to protest her government, President Cristina More »
Venezuela's Maduro pledges continued alliance with Cuba Sun, Apr 28, 2013HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba and Venezuela signed cooperation accords on Saturday for 51 projects as Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, on his first trip to the island More »
Venezuela's Maduro visits Cuba to strengthen ties Sun, Apr 28, 2013Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro met with former Cuban President Fidel Castro during a visit to strengthen the "strategic alliance" between the two leftist More »
New Fidel Castro biography planned Fri, Apr 26, 2013Former president Fidel Castro will be the subject of a new volume of memoirs about his life as a Cuban revolutionary, the country's larger-than-life leader and a More »
Venezuela's Maduro sends conciliatory message to U.S Wed, Apr 24, 2013By Pablo Garibian CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro named a new acting head of its U.S. diplomatic mission in Washington on Tuesday and sent More »
Fidel Castro appears near tears over Chavez in Cuban TV report Thu, Apr 11, 2013By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro looked downcast and near tears as he listened to a song about his friend and ally, the late More »
Venezuela's opposition denies it would scrap Chavez welfare aid Thu, Apr 11, 2013By Andrew Cawthorne and Mario Naranjo CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuelan opposition candidate Henrique Capriles denied on Wednesday accusations from acting President More »
North Korea asks embassies to consider moving diplomats out Fri, Apr 5, 2013By Guy Faulconbridge and Ronald Popeski LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea warned on Friday it could not guarantee the safety of diplomats after next Wednesday More »
- Fidel Castro advises friend North Korea against war Fri, Apr 5, 2013
By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro warned ally North Korea against war on Friday and described the current tensions on the Korean More »
Cuban national ballet defectors in Miami seeking to advance careers Fri, Apr 5, 2013By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Six dancers who defected last month from the National Ballet of Cuba, one of the country's proudest and most prestigious More »
Cuban national ballet defectors in Miami seeking to "grow artistically" Thu, Apr 4, 2013By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Six dancers who defected last month from the National Ballet of Cuba, one of the communist-led country's proudest and most More »
Dissident Cuban blogger gets warm reception from Miami exiles Tue, Apr 2, 2013By David Adams MIAMI (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, journalist Yoani Sanchez, received a hero's welcome on Monday from the Cuban-American exile community More »
Cuba Makes Video Game Based On Revolution Sat, Mar 30, 2013A video game based around the exploits of Che Guevara and Fidel Castro has been developed by Cuban programmers. More »
Trailblazing TV journalist Barbara Walters to retire in 2014 Thu, Mar 28, 2013(Reuters) - Pioneering journalist Barbara Walters, the first woman to co-anchor a U.S. evening news program, plans to retire in May 2014 after more than five More »
Cubans on the move as new real estate market grows Wed, Mar 20, 2013By Jeff Franks HAVANA (Reuters) - At an informal housing market on Havana's historic Paseo del Prado, Renaldo Belen puts the hard sell on a prospective buyer under More »
Venezuelan leader Maduro has big poll lead over Capriles Mon, Mar 18, 2013By Brian Ellsworth CARACAS (Reuters) - Venezuela's acting president, Nicolas Maduro, has a commanding 14-percentage point lead over opposition candidate Henrique More »
- Venezuela's Maduro - from bus driver to Chavez's successor Mon, Mar 11, 2013
By Daniel Wallis CARACAS (Reuters) - Former bus driver and union leader Nicolas Maduro followed a simple strategy when he began filling in for cancer-stricken More »
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