Obama will be the first US president to visit Cuba in 88 years. The last US president to travel to the island was Republican Calvin Coolidge in January 1928 on the occasion of the Sixth International Conference of American States.
Read MoreFidel Castro met with the Russian Ortholdox patriarch Kirill over the weekend and today published as the lead item in the official Cuban press a brief statement on the need to promote peace in a world marred by conflicts.
Read MoreRussian Orthodox Church Leader, Patriarch Kirill, paid a private visit on Saturday afternoon to the house of Fidel Castro in Havana.
Read MoreAfter resolving personal tribulations that led to a police report last October, the supersonic left-handed Cuban pitcher Aroldis Chapman managed Friday to close a one-year contract with the New York Yankees for $11.3 million.
Read MoreThe Cuban government confirmed Saturday the return to the United States of a air-to-ground missile that was used by NATO during maneuvers in Europe and ended up by mistake on the island.
Read MoreFrancis and Kirill made a joint call to defend Christians from the persecution and violence unleashed by current world conflicts. The meeting held in Havana was the first meeting between the leaders of the two churches since a rupture occurred nearly a thousand years ago.
Read MoreSeveral US airlines will begin offering direct commercial flights between the US and Cuba starting this fall, after more than half a century without service, announced the Obama administration on Friday
Read MoreThe United States and Cuba will hold next week a second round of its regulatory dialogue, with the participation of US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker and Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Rodrigo Malmierca.
Read MoreAs of February 4, 2015 and until April this year, art enthusiasts can enjoy an exhibition titled Vista hace fe…We are going digital (“Seeing is Believing…We Are Going Digital”) at Havana’s Norwegian Embassy, located on 21st Street. (12 photos)
Read MoreThe top story today in Cuba’s official newspaper Granma is that Segundo Frente, a community in eastern Cuba, elected Raul Castro as one of their representatives to attend the VII Communist Party this coming April.
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