Cuba’s New President: What to Expect
On April 19, the National Assembly will meet to pick Cuba’s next leader. And for the first time in six decades, his last name will not be Castro.
View ArticleNo Castro in Power Should Lead to New US Posture Toward Cuba
Rightly or wrongly, this is the moment many Cubans in exile have been waiting for since the early 1960s.
View ArticleCuba Selects New President as Castro Era Comes to an End
Raúl Castro, 86, will remain the head of the Communist Party, which is still the most powerful position in the country.
View ArticleCuban Economy Has Lost $130 Billion Due to US Embargo, Says UN
The embargo was put into place by the United States in 1962.
View ArticleCuba Presents Draft for New Constitution That Eliminates References to Communism
The National Assembly is expected to pass the new constitution in the coming days.
View ArticleTrump Nods to Cuban Exiles, Rolls Back Ties: Experts React
We asked two experts on U.S.-Cuba relations to explain what these changes mean.
View ArticleCuba’s New President: What to Expect
On April 19, the National Assembly will meet to pick Cuba’s next leader. And for the first time in six decades, his last name will not be Castro.
View ArticleNo Castro in Power Should Lead to New US Posture Toward Cuba
Rightly or wrongly, this is the moment many Cubans in exile have been waiting for since the early 1960s.
View ArticleCuba Selects New President as Castro Era Comes to an End
Raúl Castro, 86, will remain the head of the Communist Party, which is still the most powerful position in the country.
View ArticleCuban Economy Has Lost $130 Billion Due to US Embargo, Says UN
The embargo was put into place by the United States in 1962.
View ArticleCuba Presents Draft for New Constitution That Eliminates References to Communism
The National Assembly is expected to pass the new constitution in the coming days.
View ArticleMedical Results From Cuban Sonic Attacks Reveal Inner-Ear Damage
The incident led to the close of the U.S. embassy in Havana.
View Article2018 Cuba Poll: Support for the Embargo on the Rise Among Cuban-Americans
Most voted Republican in midterms, yet support Obama-era policies.
View ArticleTrump’s Cuba Policy Hurts Private Sector, New Figures Say
It has had a devastating effect on owners and employees of the country's 24,185 private bed-and-breakfasts and 2,170 private restaurants known as paladares.
View ArticleCanadian Embassy in Cuba Cuts Staff After Another Diplomat Falls Ill
The Canadian ambassador will remain in Cuba, and consular services will continue despite the reduction in staff.
View ArticleCuba Expands Rights But Rejects Radical Change in Updated Constitution
This is how social change works these days in Cuba, my home country and the subject of my academic research.
View ArticleCubans Take to Facebook to Air Grievances Over New Visa Restrictions
The recent change will require Cubans to visit a third country —Mexico or Panama— before traveling to the United States.
View ArticleCuba Faces Food and Medicine Shortages Amid Developing Crisis
The Cuban government is comparing these shortages to the “special period” following the collapse of the Soviet Union.
View ArticleTrump Declares Economic War on Cuba
The harsh new sanctions reverse “the disastrous Obama-era policies, and finally end the glamorization of socialism and communism,” national security adviser John Bolton said.
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