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April 16, 2021 at 9:04 pm

Era ends as Raul Castro steps down as Communist Party chief VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — Raul Castro said he is stepping down as Cuban Communist Party leader, leaving the island without a Castro guiding affairs for the...

Nation & World

April 16, 2021 at 2:31 pm

Raul Castro, long a sidekick, finally the face of his nation VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — For most of his life, Raul Castro played second-string to his brother Fidel — first as a guerrilla commander, later as a...

Raul Castro, first secretary of the Communist Party and former president, attends the VIII Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba’s opening session, at the Convention Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, April 16, 2021. (Ariel Ley Royero/ACN via AP) XRE102 XRE102

April 16, 2021 at 11:51 am

Raul Castro resigns as Communist chief, ending era in Cuba VIEW

Raul Castro's departure will end an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution.

April 14, 2021 at 9:01 pm

A retiring Castro to bring younger face to Cuba’s communists

HAVANA (AP) — This week's Communist Party congress could be the last with a Castro at the helm of Cuba's all-powerful political institution. Six years...

Nation & World

March 29, 2021 at 7:30 am

A Soviet-era legacy, Lada cars awaken passions for Cubans VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — Uncomfortable, wasteful, tough, rustic. All are descriptions heard about the old Russian-built Lada cars cruising the roads in Cuba, where it is...

IvÃ³n Deulofeu, right, whose father owns the Cubao CampiÃ±a Hostel, stands on the balcony of a room in ViÃ±ales, Cuba, March 1, 2021. Both U.S. sanctions meant to punish the government and a COVID-19 pandemic have squashed tourism almost everywhere, making some Cubans hope that new U.S. President Joe Biden will reverse at least some of the restrictions implemented by his predecessor. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa) XRE307 XRE307

March 5, 2021 at 9:31 am

Cuba’s struggling entrepreneurs look to Biden with hope VIEW

Tourism got a huge boost at the end of 2014 when then President Barack Obama announced a historic thaw of relations with Cuba, paving the...

January 14, 2021 at 7:17 am

Cuba tweaks socialist model to encourage work amid crisis VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — For more than 60 years, Cuba supplied at least some rice, milk, beans, sugar, chicken, electrical power and even cigarettes to its...

Business

January 12, 2021 at 2:12 pm

Cuba condemns new US sanctions, hopes for better with Biden

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba is convinced that U.S. President-elect Joe Biden does not believe the Caribbean island nation sponsors terrorism, a senior Cuban diplomat said...

November 28, 2020 at 1:02 pm

Artists say Cuba government agrees to dialogue, tolerance VIEW

HAVANA (AP) — A group of Cuban artists and intellectuals say they won an unusual government vow of greater tolerance for independent art on Saturday...

Entertainment

November 23, 2020 at 3:14 pm

Cubans receive last of remittances via Western Union

HAVANA (AP) — Western Union closed its 407 locations across Cuba on Monday, a sanctions-driven move that will leave thousands bereft of remittances on an...