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Cuba accuses UK of being anti-capitalist over plain packaging plans

 

Communist state Cuba has complained that Britain is threatening free trade with plans to introduce plain packaging for cigarettes and cigars

29 Apr 2014

Cuba to welcome 'major' foreign investment

 

Outside investment no longer would merely "complement" Cuba's state-run economy but "would occupy a major role" under the proposed law

18 Jan 2014

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Castro calls on US to establish civilized relations

 

Weeks after shaking hands with Barack Obama at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela, the Cuban president says he is ready to talk, but will not give up on socialist ideals

22 Dec 2013

Cuba lifts 50-year-old car import ban

 

End of the road for 1950s vintage cars as restrictions are lifted in Cuba

19 Dec 2013

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Obama shakes hands with Castro

 

Video As if to underscore the spirit of reconciliation that Nelson Mandela's life embodied, Barack Obama shakes hands with Cuban president Raul Castro at a memorial for the former South African leader

10 Dec 2013

From The Clash to Britney Spears - the pop songs used in torture

Rock music has long prided itself as an anti-establishment sound, but it has its uses in the military world too

26 Nov 2013

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CIA turned al-Qaeda double agents at Guantanamo base called 'Penny Lane'

'Penny Lane' was a row of comfortable eight cottages complete with private kitchens, showers, and pornography, on Guantanamo Bay where al-Qaeda terrorists were "turned"

26 Nov 2013

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The Cuban assassin with a deadly secret: 'I shot JFK’

Investigative writer Anthony Summers makes a compelling case for a new suspect in the frame for the Kennedy assassination, says Neil Tweedie

15 Nov 2013

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Cuba to end dual currency as part of Castro's economic reforms

Raul Castro's government has announced it is scrapping the two-currency system which has created a growing economic divide

22 Oct 2013

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Oscar Hijuelos: a sad loss for Latin American literature

Books Pulitzer Prize-winning writer will be remembered for his 1989 novel The Mambo Kings Play Songs of Love, made into a film starring Antonio Banderas

14 Oct 2013

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Obese Guantanamo prisoner 'should be released on health grounds'

A prisoner being held in Guantanamo Bay has put on so much weight his lawyers say he should be released.

11 Oct 2013

Murdered teacher visited Cuba due to 'low crime rate'

A young British teacher was ambushed and murdered by a security guard in her hotel room in an apparently "motiveless" attack.

24 Sep 2013

Ana Mendieta: Traces at the Hayward Gallery

Art The horrific manner of this artist's death has obscured her work. The Hayward Gallery is trying to restore the balance, writes Alastair Sooke.

23 Sep 2013

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Obama and Clinton congratulate Diana Nyad

Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old American, has been congratulated by Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton after she become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage, on her fifth try.

03 Sep 2013

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Nyad: 'you're never too old to chase your dreams'

Looking dazed and sunburnt, US endurance swimmer Diana Nyad walks on to the Key West shore becoming the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage.

02 Sep 2013

Diana Nyad completes swim from Cuba to Florida

Diana Nyad, a 64-year-old American, has become the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without the help of a shark cage, on her fifth try.

02 Sep 2013

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Nyad making progress on Cuba to Florida swim

US long-distance swimmer Diana Nyad is forging ahead in the Florida Straits on the second day of her latest bid to become the first person to swim from Cuba to the United States without a shark cage.

02 Sep 2013

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Nyad launches fourth bid to swim Florida Strait

The Florida Strait, a dangerous stretch of sea that is home to sharks, jellyfish, fickle currents and sudden, violent storms, has stubbornly resisted Diana Nyad's repeated attempts to conquer it.

01 Sep 2013

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Family of Cuba dissident Oswaldo Paya file lawsuit alleging murder by Castro regime

The family of Oswaldo Paya, a prominent Cuban dissident who died in a car crash on the Communist island last year, have filed a lawsuit in Spain alleging he was murdered by the Castro government.

20 Aug 2013

Fidel Castro: I didn't expect to live this long

Fidel Castro says he didn't expect he'd live long enough to turn 87 this week after grave illness forced him from office in 2006, according to an essay carried by official media Wednesday.

15 Aug 2013

Man paddleboards from Cuba to Florida

A Tennessee musician has become the first paddleboarder to cross the Florida Straits between Cuba and the United States.

03 Aug 2013

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Jet engines found on North Korean ship

Engines for MiG-21 fighter jets have been found by Panamanian authorities aboard a North Korean ship from Cuba.

02 Aug 2013

UN prepares to inspect Panama Canal weapons ship

The North Korean captain of the ship stopped as it tried to enter the Panama Canal has been charged with smuggling weapons.

19 Jul 2013

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Panama charges North Korea weapon ship crew

Panama has filed charges against the crew of a North Korean ship seized as it tried to pass through the Panama Canal while carrying obsolete weaponry from Cuba hidden under bags of sugar.

19 Jul 2013

Cuba claims ownership of missile parts found on North Korean ship in Panama

Cuba has claimed ownership of the arms found on board a North Korean ship that Panama impounded, saying the missile system parts were to be repaired and returned.

17 Jul 2013

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