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Nearly 50 years after a botched US-directed invasion of Cuba, the communist nation said Saturday it is holding a military exercise next week to boost preparedness against any future US attack.
WASHINGTON -- A retired State Department worker and his wife, a former Aberdeen resident, accused of a decades--long plot to spy for Cuba pleaded guilty Friday in a deal that will leave him behind bars for the rest of his life, but gives her a chance at freedom in six years....
Obama Should Replace Failed Embargo With Effective Multilateral Policy By José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - Raúl Castro's government...
According to court filings, a retired State Department worker and his wife are prepared to plead guilty of spying for Cuba.
Obama answers top Cuban dissident blogger, says Cuban gov't must change to improve relations
Cuban leader Raul Castro has maintained an abusive system that his brother put in place to repress dissent, according to Human Rights Watch. The report also calls for a change in U.S. policy, lifting the longtime trade embargo in favor of more targeted sanctions.
(RTTNews) - Human Rights Watch, a New York-based rights group, on Wednesday accused the present Cuban administration under Raul Castro of serious human rights violations in the communist country.
WASHINGTON (AP) - The government says an accused spy for Cuba has agreed to plead guilty. Retired State Department official Walter Kendall Myers, 72, and wife Gwendolyn were caught in an undercover FBI sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.
Any goodwill Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba's new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll indicating that more than four out of five Cubans surveyed inside the country are unhappy with its direction.
THOMSON — Democratic senators and representatives from Illinois and Iowa toured the state prison here today in a show of support for President Barack Obama’s plan to close the military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and move about 100 al-Qaida and Taliban terrorism suspects to the northwest Illinois maximum-security facility. OPINIONS Our View: It makes sense for Thomson to house Gitmo ...
President Barack Obama has answered questions submitted by a celebrated Cuban blogger, saying he isn't interested in "talking for the sake of talking" with Raul Castro.
The title of the latest Human Rights Watch report on Cuba succinctly describes the dismal state of civil liberties on the island since Raúl Castro took over for his ailing brother in July of 2006: ``New Castro, Same Cuba.''
The retired State Department worker and his wife, both in their 70s, were caught in an undercover F.B.I. sting operation, arrested in June and held without bail.
THOMSON, Ill. — The prospect of Thomson Correctional Center being turned into a federal prison that would house some detainees from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, earned the full support of Quad-City congressional leaders on both sides of the Mississippi River Saturday.
HAVANA - Softball has been a passion for Michael Eizenberg since he was a child, but the 63-year-old has never been as excited about a game as the one played Monday on a...
A hunger strike by a Cuban dissident has been a hot story for Miami-based Spanish-language media, and concern about her health even reached the halls of the U.S. Congress, where an anti-Castro lawmaker warned that she was...
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