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With the harsh sun of Santiago de Cuba reflected on his face and a few pounds lighter than his normal weight, one of the island's youngest dissidents, Carlos Amel Oliva, recently traveled to Miami. His goal: To thank exiles for the support he received during his four weeks on a hunger strike to demand that the Raul Castro government respect the human rights of the island's 11 million people.
Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their well-wishes on his 90th birthday and criticized President Barack Obama in a lengthy letter published in state media. He appeared but did not speak at a gala in his honor broadcast on state television.
Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their well-wishes on his 90th birthday and criticized President Barack Obama in a lengthy letter published in state media. He appeared but did not speak at a gala in his honor broadcast on state television Saturday evening.
Cuba's former President Fidel Castro, center right, attends a gala for his 90th birthday accompanied by his brother and current President Raul, center left, and Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro, right, at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016. Cuba's former President Fidel Castro attends a gala for his 90th birthday at the 'Karl Marx' theater in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, Aug. 13, 2016.
Cuba is awash with official tributes to former leader Fidel Castro ahead of his 90th birthday today. Dotted around Havana, flags read "Gracias, Fidel" and billboards cite his best-known phrases, while state media churns out stories about the man who toppled a US-backed dictator in 1959 and went on to rule Cuba for nearly half a century.
A tourist looks at quote by Cuban Revolution leader Fidel Castro explaining in Spanish, 'Why we say homeland or death," on a wall at the entrance of a landmark private restaurant in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, July 28, 2016. After a decade out of the public eye, Fidel Castro has surged back in the run-up to his birthday next month as the inspiration for Cubans who want to maintain Communist orthodoxy in the face of mounting pressures to loosen control.
A “quinceanera” poses during a March 14 photo session in front of a cathedral as tourists line up to enter the building in Havana. Scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities won tentative government approval Thursday, advancing President Barack Obama's effort to normalize relations with Cuba.
The U.S. government on Thursday tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as 90 miles and an hour flight but long kept at a greater distance by the Cold War. The decision is another long stride in President Barack Obama's effort to normalize relations between the United States and Cuba.
In this June 8, 2016 photo, Stonegate Bank President David Seleski poses with a credit card during an interview in Havana, Cuba. Stonegate, a small Florida bank, will issue the first U.S. credit card designed to work in Cuba on Wednesday, June 15, making it easier for American companies to do business on an island largely cut off from the U.S. financial system.
Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama's campaign to normalize relations between Cold War foes. The airlines - American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country - were approved by the Department of Transportation for a total of 155 roundtrip flights per week.
With his tuxedo loosened and her dress slightly askew, the couple unwinding with cocktails in a new U.S. ad for Bacardi's Havana Club evokes the openness and decadence of pre-revolution Cuba that many exiles have longed for. By contrast, an online gallery of portraits of employees at the distillery in Cuba of a rival brand of Havana Club jointly run by Pernod Ricard and the Cuban government shows Cubans proud to show the craft and heritage their country offers now, without looking back.
Six airlines won permission Friday to resume scheduled commercial air service from the U.S. to Cuba for the first time in more than five decades, another milestone in President Barack Obama's campaign to normalize relations between the Cold War foes. The airlines -- American, Frontier, JetBlue, Silver Airways, Southwest and Sun Country -- were approved by the Department of Transportation for a total of 155 round-trip flights per week.
With his tuxedo loosened and her dress slightly askew, the couple unwinding with cocktails in a new U.S. ad for Bacardi's Havana Club evokes the openness and decadence of pre-revolution Cuba that many exiles have longed for. By contrast, an online gallery of portraits of employees at the distillery in Cuba of a rival brand of Havana Club jointly run by Pernod Ricard and the Cuban government shows Cubans proud to show the craft and heritage their country offers now, without looking back.
A small boat crew from the Coast Guard Cutter Kathleen Moore approaches a rustic vessel with 19 Cuban migrants onboard northeast of Havana, Cuba, on June 4, 2016. MIAMI, USA -- The Coast Guard Cutter Charles David Jr. repatriated 34 Cuban migrants to Bahia de Cabaas, Cuba, on Wednesday.