28 Feb 2013

 Top Cuban dissidents Guillermo Farinas and Jose Daniel Ferrer joined forces on Wednesday to create a more powerful opposition as Raul Castro celebrates his re-election to lead the Communist-run...

2:38PM
15 Jan 2013

They didn’t jump for joy, but they didn’t exactly pooh-pooh it, either. On Monday Cubans got their first taste of a reform letting them travel abroad without a reviled and costly exit visa.

2:51PM
29 Aug 2012

The 24-year-old daughter of Cuban vice-president Marino Murillo defected earlier this month and is now living in Tampa, Florida, sources said.

Glenda Murillo Diaz crossed the Mexican border...

3:42AM
6 Jul 2012

China agreed to support Cuba's health system and economic development yesterday as the two countries signed eight deals designed to boost co-operation.

The signing of the deals was...

7:23PM
13 Aug 2006

First came the celebrations, the nightly parades through Little Havana as Miami's Cuban exile community greeted the news of Fidel Castro's sickness and the apparent end of 47 years of tyrannical...

1:54AM

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