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Cuban Americans talk about normalizing Cuba relations

March 25, 2014 By Joshua Leclair

In a city known for its hostility toward Cuba's socialist government, Cuban Americans met March 15 to talk about normalizing U.S. relations with the island. It was a noteworthy development.

“Giant” Fernando Gonzalez, Cuban Five prisoner, is home

March 3, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

At the airport, Gonzalez' wife Rosa Aurora, mother Magali Llort, and two sisters were the first to greet him. Cuban Five prisoner Rene Gonzalez, in Cuba since 2013, was also there.

Powerful interests mobilize to end U.S. anti-Cuban blockade

February 19, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The U.S. economic blockade of Cuba, cruel and reviled across the globe, has persisted for as long as the period between the U.S. Civil War and World War I.

CELAC summit in Cuba reflects region’s altered power dynamics

February 6, 2014 By W. T. Whitney Jr.

The 33 heads of states on hand represented all Western Hemisphere nations south of the Rio Grande River, the region Marti called "Our America."

Infant mortality in Cuba hits new low

January 31, 2014 By Emile Schepers

The Cuban ministry of health released new statistics that show that the country's infant mortality rate has hit a record low, placing it far ahead of the U.S.