Congressional Hawks Vow to Block Normalization of Cuba Ties

12-18-2014 • http://news.antiwar.com-Jason Ditz

Polls Show Americans Support Normal Relations.

U.S., Cuba restore ties after 50 years

12-17-2014 • http://www.reuters.com- DANIEL TROTTA AND STEVE H.

The United States and Cuba agreed on Wednesday to restore diplomatic ties that Washington severed more than 50 years ago, and President Barack Obama called for an end to the long economic embargo against its old Cold War enemy.

Let go of grudges against Cuba, Iran

10-14-2014 • Boston Globe

It is a truism that nations should not have permanent enemies, but the United States seems to have two: Cuba and Iran. We have been in a state of controlled rage against both of them for as long as most Americans can remember.

Records: Kissinger made plans to attack Cuba

10-02-2014 • http://hosted.ap.org, By ALEXANDRA OLSON

U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger ordered contingency plans drawn up nearly 40 years ago to attack Cuba, incensed over the small island's deployment of troops to Angola, according to declassified government documents posted online Wednesday.

Obama Secretly Sent Young Latin Americans To Cuba To Gin Up Rebellion

08-05-2014 • Associated Press

An Obama administration program secretly dispatched young Latin Americans to Cuba using the cover of health and civic programs to provoke political change, a clandestine operation that put those foreigners in danger

USAID Caught Using Tweets to Try and Overthrow a Government

04-06-2014 • Counterpunch

Starting in 2010, the US Agency for International Development ran a social networking service — similar to Twitter — for the Cuban people. Its long-term objective was to foment popular revolt against the government and de-stabilize the country.

USAID duped 40,000 Cubans with fake ‘Twitter’ to undermine communist government

04-04-2014 • Reuters

A US agency created a “Cuban Twitter” to undermine Cuba’s communist government and get around its strict Internet prohibitions, using secret shell companies financed through foreign banks. The two-year project drew 40,000 users who

Cuba is Venezuela's biggest loser

03-19-2014 • CNBC

For the last decade, Venezuela's oil has helped fuel Cuba's economy, providing 60 percent of the communist-ruled island's demands. In exchange, Cuba sends about 30,000 doctors to Venezuela, according to an analysis by Pavel Vidal, a former official

Obama Silent on Russian Spy Vessel in Cuba

02-28-2014 • Next News Network

HAVANA | Is Vladimir Putin invoking Nikita Khrushchev? In 1963, during the heart of the cold war a stand off between Russia and the US had both nations on the brink of Thermo-nuclear war. Those 13 days in world history came to be known as the Cuban M

Raul Castro issues stern warning to entrepreneurs

12-23-2013 • By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN and ANDREA RODRIGUEZ

President Raul Castro issued a stern warning to entrepreneurs pushing the boundaries of Cuba's economic reform, telling parliament on Saturday that "those pressuring us to move faster are moving us toward failure."

Cuba opens up sale of new, used vehicles

12-20-2013 • Auto News

For the first time since the 1959 revolution, Cubans will have the right to buy new and used vehicles from the state without government permission, official media announced on Thursday, another step toward greater economic freedom on the communist-le

Cuba suspends consular services in U.S., blames embargo

11-26-2013 • Reuters

Cuba is shutting down nearly all of its consular services in the United States until further notice after it said no bank would handle its business, the government announced, blaming the situation on the longstanding US economic embargo.

Cuba's DIY Inventions from 30 Years of Isolation

11-25-2013 • youtube

In 1991, Cuba's economy began to implode. "The Special Period in the Time of Peace" was the government's euphemism for what was a culmination of 30 years worth of isolation.

History Will Absolve Me: Fidel Castro, Sixty Years Later

10-16-2013 • http://www.globalresearch.ca, By Maximilian Forte

Today marks the 60th anniversary of Fidel Castro’s famous “History Will Absolve Me” speech, given in his defense during his trial following the unsuccessful guerrilla attack on the Moncada barracks on July 26 of that year.

Cuba will let athletes sign with foreign leagues

09-28-2013 • AP

It will be up to the U.S. government to decide whether a new wave of Cuban baseball players can quickly make their way to the major leagues. Cuba said athletes from all sports will soon be able to sign contracts with foreign leagues,

American Express agrees to Cuba travel settlement

07-22-2013 • AP

The Treasury Department found that foreign branch offices and subsidiaries of American Express issued about 14,487 tickets for travel to and from the island between December 2005 and November 2011.

Ron Paul's Straight Talk 4/15/13: Why Can't We All Travel To Cuba?

04-16-2013 • http://www.youtube.com, minnesotachris

Earlier this month, entertainers Jay-Z and Beyoncé were given a license by the US government to travel to Cuba.

Ron Paul: Why Can’t We All Travel To Cuba?

04-14-2013 • Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk

Earlier this month, entertainers Jay-Z and Beyoncé were given a license by the US government to travel to Cuba. Because it is not otherwise legal for Americans to travel to Cuba, this trip was only permitted as a "cultural exchange"

Fidel Castro attends school ribbon-cutting in Cuba

04-11-2013 • The RawStory.com

Leaders inaugurating public works projects is a staple of Cuba, and a surprisingly spry-looking 86-year-old Fidel Castro has done it for the first time since stepping aside as president in 2006, media here reported on Thursday.

Cuba to turn over Florida couple and children

04-09-2013 • AP

Cuba said it will turn over to the United States a Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their own children from the mother's parents and fled by boat to Havana, ending days of drama that evoked memories of the Elian Gonzalez custody battle of more

‘Obama must be thinking he has better things to do than tend to 166 Arabs stuck in Gitmo’

04-01-2013 • RT.com

Obama, the one person with the authority to shut down Guantanamo, lacks the political will to put the issue at the top of his priorities, Thomas Wilner, an attorney representing Gitmo inmates, told RT.

US says hunger strike grows to 21 at Guantanamo

03-19-2013 • ap.juneauempire.com

A hunger strike at the Guantanamo Bay prison has grown and now involves at least 21 men, a U.S. military official said Monday while denying reports trickling out from prisoners through lawyers that there is a more widespread protest and lives are in

7 Things You Never Knew About Guantanamo Bay

03-13-2013 • Business Insider

Most Americans never get to go to Cuba, let alone the U.S. Naval Base in Guantanamo Bay.

Report: Meteor Crash In Cuba -BREAKING

02-15-2013 • Daily Paul.com

Cuba, 15.02.2013 Residents of a locality ‘in the central region of Cuba said they had seen an object that fell from the sky and exploded with a great noise, which shook the houses of the place: it is learned from testimonies collected by local televi

Amid domestic change, Cubans march to the polls

02-03-2013 • Reuters

Cubans went to the polls on Sunday to elect a Communist Party-selected slate of 612 deputies to the National Assembly at a time of change in how they live and work but not in how they vote.