Havana News

Fight and fight until you wear down the enemy and you defeat them," said Castro. "The objective is to never surrender, never to abandon the fight," local media quoted the Cuban leader as saying. Castro, who has served as head...

But Cuban military leaders have insisted in state-run press that Bastion 2009 is "a necessity of the first order in the current political-military situation that characterizes the confrontation between Cuba and the empire (the United States)." They appeared to signal...

I met my Cuban counterpart, Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla. I was also received by First Vice-President, Jos� Machado Ventura. My visit coincides with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between Australia and Cuba.

We can expect more extreme weather events, more water and more drought situations,” said Ms. Wahlström, a Swedish national with over 25 years of experience in disaster management, development and humanitarian issues, and served as UN Special Coordinator for assistance...

Cuban cancer drug undergoes rare U.S. trial For the first time since Fidel Castro took power in Cuba over a half-century ago, a drug developed by the Communist regime is going through clinical trials in the United States. The drug...

Asked if he was prepared to hold direct talks with Cuba, the US president said he was not interested in "talking for the sake of talking". And he said it was up to Cuba to act if it wanted to...

The State Department's acting deputy assistant secretary, Bisa Williams, met with Cuban Deputy Foreign Minister Dagoberto Rodriguez to “discuss restoring direct mail service” between the two countries, according to State Department spokesman Philip J.

Restrictions on civil liberties in Cuba are still harsh since President Raul Castro assumed power from his ailing brother, Fidel, three years ago, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday. Authorities have jailed scores of dissidents, protesters and others, often through the...

The House of Representatives on Thursday voted to allow the Obama administration to bring foreign terrorism suspects from the Guantanamo Bay prison to the United States to face trial. The 307 to 114 vote removes one of many roadblocks the...