Akhir 22, 1432 H/March 27, 2011, SPA -- Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter will begin a three-day visit to Cuba on Monday for what is described as a "private, non-governmental mission" where the main topic may be the fate of a U.S. aid contractor (...)
Akhir 07, 1432 H/March 12, 2011, SPA -- U.S. aid contractor Alan Gross has been sentenced to 15 years in prison for crimes against the Cuban state, state-run television reported on Saturday, in the latest setback to relations between two Cold War (...)
Awwal 30, 1432 H/March 5, 2011, SPA -- The trial of a U.S. government contractor detained for more than a year and accused of seeking to undermine Cuba's government entered its second _ and likely decisive _ day Saturday, with testimony and closing (...)
Awwal 29, 1432 H/March 4, 2011, SPA -- A U.S. government contractor was going on trial in Cuba on Friday in a case sure to have a profound impact on relations between the Cold War enemies, as Ap reported.
Alan Gross faces a possible 20-year (...)
Awwal 26, 1432 H/March 1, 2011, SPA -- Cuban President Raul Castro has admitted a delay in
plans to eliminate more than 500,000 state-sector jobs by the end of
March, a key element in his plans to reform Cuba's socialist economy.
During a (...)
Awwal 16, 1432 H/Feb 19, 2011, SPA -- Cuba has freed another political prisoner, leaving only six still behind bars from a group of 52 that President Raul Castro has promised to release, the Catholic Church said on Saturday, according to (...)
Awwal 10, 1432, Feb 13, 2011, SPA -- Two political prisoners who had refused to leave prison were freed against their wishes on Saturday as Cuba released more jailed government opponents.
Hector Maseda and Angel Moya were among the last of 52 (...)
Awwal 09, 1432 H/Feb 12, 2011, SPA -- A well-known Cuban dissident has returned home a day after saying he would not leave his jail cell until other opposition leaders were freed.
Hector Maseda's stepdaughter Laura Maria Labrada Pollan tells The (...)
Awwal 03, 1432 H/Feb 06, 2011, SPA -- A leader of the Ladies in White opposition group says she will urge a colleague to end a 10-day old hunger strike she launched to demand freedom for her jailed husband.
Laura Pollan tells The Associated Press (...)
Qa'dah 28, 1431 H/ Nov. 05, 2010, SPA -- A state airliner filled with Cubans and travelers from Europe and Latin America crashed and burst into flames in a mountainous area after declaring an emergency and losing contact with air traffic (...)