Cuba and the U.S. announced last week direct mail service would restart after a 52-year interruption.

PARIS—Cuba has reached a landmark agreement with foreign creditors over billions of dollars in unpaid debt dating back 25 years.

On another occasion, he was bitten and nearly killed by a shark while performing in Cuba. By the early 1900s, Oldrieve had perfected his skill, walking both forward and backward. He even learned to spin in a circle after years of practice.

Rubio's comments followed Trump’s statements from the day prior, when he said he’ll have the “honor of taking Cuba.” “I do believe I'll be having the honor of taking Cuba.

Obama arrived at Jose Marti International Airport in Cuba on March 20 for a three-day visit, the first time a United States president has set foot in Cuba in 88 years.

Department of Homeland Security sent five criminal illegal immigrants—originally from Cuba, Jamaica, Laos, Vietnam, and Yemen—to Eswatini after their home countries refused to take them.

But there has been virtually no progress on business ties, a major part of Obama's new policy on Cuba.

Ileana Ros-Lehtinen (R-Fla.) asked Special Envoy Bernard Aronson—who had just returned from Cuba—about a Cuba-bound Chinese ship loaded with weapons that was intercepted by the Colombian navy.

The Obama administration says it is normalizing ties with Cuba after more than 50 years of hostility failed to shake the communist state's hold on power.

What does it mean in Cuba, Venezuela, and other countries—and how do recent developments in the Middle East fit into the picture?

(Pete Souza/White House)   President Obama and President Castro of Cuba during a press conference they held. (Pete Souza/White House)   The Beast rolling through the streets of Havana, Cuba, while people wave.

Since then, Obama has moved aggressively to ease U.S restrictions on Cuba, and Castro has moved ahead with broad-based economic and social reforms. Yet the Obama administration is unsatisfied by the pace of change in Cuba.

Our hope is that they think it's natural that a U.S. president should be visiting Cuba.— President Barack Obama Obama opened the first presidential visit to Cuba in nearly 90 years on Sunday when Air Force One touched down in Havana.

On Tuesday, Santos dispatched his negotiating team to Cuba ahead of the next round of talks and then further fueled speculation of an imminent deal. 3/8Some people on both sides will be unhappy.

Cuba has gradually expanded its private sector in recent years.

Mann cared deeply for her sister Mary at the time that she traveled to Cuba in 1835. According to Josephine E.

World's Smallest Frog—While deforestation continues to be an issue for animals in Cuba, they continue to have some protection.

Ferrer left Cuba in October and now lives in the United States. The nonprofit Prisoners Defenders said that, as of February 2026, there were still 1,214 political prisoners in Cuba.

For more than 50 years, Cuba was an unimaginable destination for a U.S. president, as well as most American citizens.

Its upgrade comes a week after the U.S. and Cuba formally restored diplomatic relations after a half-century of estrangement. The U.S. also removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism in late May.

We want to extend our sincere appreciation to Cuba and to our team who worked so hard to help make this happen," he added. People watch Carnival's Adonia cruise ship arrive from Miami, in Havana, Cuba, Monday, May 2, 2016.

President Barack Obama pledged this month that easing the embargo on Cuba and normalizing diplomatic relations would be a better way of supporting Cuban civil society.

International Trade Commission by Cuba expert Jorge R. Piñon.

The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by three people from Venezuela, Cuba, and Haiti, as well as the advocacy group Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, who argued that the Trump administration's action constituted an abrupt, unlawful move

Cuba is a far smaller country than Venezuela, with fewer people and mountains. Cuba has a population of 11 million compared with Venezuela’s 29 million. It already has a U.S. military base at Guantanamo Bay.

Obama and Castro spoke by telephone again earlier this month before Pope Francis visited Cuba and the United States. Francis was a go-between for the U.S. and Cuba during their secret talks.

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t object to other countries, including Russia, sending oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions.

He also predicted the demise of Cuba, noting that the communist-controlled island nation depends heavily on Venezuelan oil. “Cuba is ready to fall. Cuba looks like it’s ready to fall. I don’t know if they’re going to hold out,” Trump also said.

Now traditionally Cuba has been excluded from that, throughout the Cold War that was mostly a forum for pro-United States nations to meet and discuss topics of regional importance, and Cuba was largely excluded from this.

Apart from our fraternal care and solidarity with the Cuban people, it must be clear that a prolonged crisis in Cuba will not remain confined to Cuba," Holness said Feb. 24.