Today’s talks focused on migration issues, an area in which both the US and Cuba brought out their differences despite the current political thaw. High-ranking delegations from both countries met today at the Havana Convention Center for the start of a two-day dialogue that seeks to draw up a roadmap for the restoration of diplomatic relations, broken off by the US in 1961.
Read MoreThe chair of the Caribbean Professional Baseball Federation, Dominican-born Juan Puello Herrera, made official today that a Cuban team may participate in the Caribbean Professional Baseball Series to be held in Puerto Rico next month.
Read MoreThere are unusual images to be seen these days in Havana. US flags flying on balconies in the heart of the Cuban capital, for example, or the arrival of many US visitors and journalists to cover a historic negotiation between the governments of Washington and Havana that opens today.
Read MorePresident Barack Obama asked the US Congress tonight, in his State of the Union address, to begin working “this year” to end the embargo on Cuba in place for over half a century, reported dpa news. “In Cuba we are ending a policy that had long since reached its expiration date. When what you’ve been doing for 50 years doesn’t work, it’s time to try something different,” said Obama.
Read MoreOn the eve of a major speech on the state of the nation and the start of high-level talks in Havana, over 70 prominent individuals from the United States wrote to President Barack Obama asking him to deepen the changes in favor of the normalization of relations with Cuba.
Read MoreAlan Gross, a USAID subcontractor freed by Cuba under the thawing of relations between the two countries, will be tomorrow a guest of President Obama at the State of the Union address.
Read MoreThis is the official announcement for the HT Made in Cuba Photo Contest 2015. It is our seventh contest, one for each year of the online publication. The categories for submissions this year are: Friendship, Bicycles, Portraits, Workshops/Studios, Textures and Street Vendors.
Read MoreEach Sunday members of the Cuban opposition group known as the Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) march along Fifth Avenue in the more affluent Miramar District of Havana. Last Sunday, December 11, HT was on hand to capture a few pictures of the women and some of their followers. (7 photos)
Read MoreSixty-three percent of the US population supports the decision by President Barack Obama to restore diplomatic relations with Cuba, after half a century of rupture. Sixty-six perccent also favor the lifting of the trade embargo on the island.
Read MoreThe ball is moving quickly in the new relationship between the governments of the United States and Cuba. High level delegations will hold important talks in Havana starting Wednesday, first on migration issues, and then, on Thursday, negotiations open to resume diplomatic ties.
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