Boeing 737 Crashes in Cuba With 104 Passengers Aboard
A Boeing 737 operated by the state-owned Cubana airline crashed on takeoff from Jose Marti International Airport in Havana on Friday with 104 people on board.
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Diaz-Canel Replaces Raul Castro as Cuba’s President
A 57-year-old bureaucrat replaced Raul Castro as the president of Cuba on Thursday, launching a new political era as a government led by a single family for six decades tries to ensure the long-term survival of one of the world’s last communist states.
Read moreCuban State Media Say New President to Be Elected Wednesday
Cuba’s National Assembly will elect a new president on Wednesday and announce the replacement for Raul Castro the next day, an unusual two-day process that will install someone from outside the Castro family in the country’s highest government office for the first time in nearly six decades.
Read moreCuba to Start Historic Transition a Day Early
A legislative session that will see a historic political transition in Cuba is going to start one day earlier than expected.
Read moreCuba’s Likely Next President Pledges More Responsive Gov’t
Cuba on Sunday took the final political step before a promised transition from the founders of the Communist state to a younger generation of officials.
Read moreUS Makes Cuba Embassy Cuts Permanent After ‘Health Attacks’
Citing mysterious “health attacks” in Havana, the United States said Friday it is making permanent its withdrawal of 60 percent of its diplomats from Cuba, extending an action that has hurt the island nation’s economy and cramped Cubans’ ability to visit the U.S.
Read moreFidel Castro’s Son Has Killed Himself, Cuban Media Report
The oldest son of late Cuban leader Fidel Castro killed himself on Thursday after months of treatment for depression, state media reported. He was 68.
Read moreUS Says ‘Viral Attack’ Among the Theories in Cuba Illnesses
The United States is investigating a range of possibilities beyond “sonic attacks” for the cause of U.S. diplomats’ mysterious illnesses in Cuba, the Trump administration told Congress on Tuesday, including the possibility of a viral attack.
Read moreCuba Says Current Leadership to Remain Through April
Cuba announced Thursday that its current leadership would stay in power until April 2018, a clear signal that Raul Castro will remain as president two months longer than expected.
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US Tightens Travel Rules to Cuba, Blacklists Many Businesses
Americans seeking to visit Cuba must navigate a complicated maze of travel, commerce and financial restrictions unveiled Wednesday by the Trump administration, part of a new policy to further isolate the island’s communist government.
Read moreUS Votes Against UN Resolution Condemning US Embargo on Cuba
The United States voted against a U.N. resolution condemning America’s economic embargo against Cuba on Wednesday, reversing last year’s abstention by the Obama administration and reflecting worsening U.S.-Cuban relations.
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As US Warns of Cuba Attacks, Tourists Ask ‘Were We Hit, Too?’
Chris Allen’s phone started buzzing as word broke that invisible attacks in Cuba had hit a U.S. government worker at Havana’s Hotel Capri. Allen’s friends and family had heard an eerily similar story from him before.
Read moreCuba ‘Is Responsible’ for Attacks on US Personnel, Trump Says
President Donald Trump said Monday that he believes Cuba is responsible for unexplained attacks in Cuba that the U.S. says have injured at least 22 American government workers.
Read moreWhite House Says Cuba Could Stop Attacks on Americans
White House chief of staff John Kelly says the United States believes that Cuban President Raul Castro’s government could stop attacks on U.S. diplomats.
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Ties Threatened: US to Tell Cuba to Remove Most Diplomats
Only days ago, the United States and Cuba maintained dozens of diplomats in newly re-opened embassies in Havana and Washington, powerful symbols of a warming relationship between longtime foes. Now both countries are poised to cut their embassies by more than half, as uncanny, unexplained attacks threaten delicate ties between the Cold War rivals.
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US Slashes Cuba Embassy Staff, Warns Americans Not to Visit
The United States on Friday abruptly warned Americans not to visit Cuba and ordered more than half its Havana embassy personnel to leave the island in a dramatic response to mysterious recent “specific attacks” harming the health of U.S. diplomats.
Read moreTillerson to Meet Cuba Official Amid Probe Into ‘Attacks’
U.S. officials say Secretary of State Rex Tillerson is to meet with Cuba’s foreign minister amid an ongoing probe into mysterious “attacks” on American diplomats in Havana.
Read moreCuban and Caribbean Leaders Condemn Trump’s UN Speech
Cuba’s foreign minister recoiled Friday at what he called President Donald Trump’s “disrespectful, offensive and interventionist” speech to the United Nations as debt-ridden member states grapple with back-to-back hurricanes.
Read moreIn UN Address, Trump Threatens to ‘Totally Destroy’ North Korea
Audible gasps coursed through the United Nations General Assembly on Tuesday as President Donald Trump used his first address before the international peacekeeping body to threaten North Korea with annihilation.
Read moreRaul Castro’s Surprising Response to Harmed US Diplomats
Raul Castro seemed rattled. The Cuban president sent for the top American envoy in the country to address grave concerns about a spate of U.S. diplomats harmed in Havana. There was talk of futuristic “sonic attacks” and the subtle threat of repercussions by the United States, until recently Cuba’s sworn enemy.
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