New U.S. Citizen From Cuba Celebrates 'First Paycheck in America' in Viral Video-WATCH
A video of a recent Cuban immigrant celebrating his first paycheck as UPS driver has gone viral in celebration of the American dream.
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Pentagon Reverses Ruling on the Release of Art Made by Guantanamo Bay Detainees
In a rare moment of criminal justice, Guantánamo Bay detainees managed to win themselves some rights, but not the ones you might imagine.
Cuban Cancer Vaccine Could Soon be Available in U.S.
Thawing relations between the two countries could lead to tests of a Cuban cancer vaccine in the U.S.
Cuba's Agricultural Revolution an Example to the World
An organic, green revolution, largely unnoticed, is well under way in Cuba -- essentially unprecedented both within the developed and undeveloped world -- establishing a self-sustaining system of agriculture that by necessity is essentially organic.
Cuba's Airport Gets a Boost For Tourism with International Partnership
Since America's embargo with Cuba was lifted, the Caribbean country has been struggling to welcome the overwhelming amount of tourists at Havana Airport.
Photographer Unites With Cuban Scientists to Save the World's Most Beautiful Snail
Sporting some of the most beautiful shells in nature, Cuba's painted snails are endangered, but one photographer hopes to raise awareness.
These Factories Hire Storytellers to Read to Workers So They Can be Educated-and Entertained
The endearing factory tradition is an ingenious - and simple - way to make work more enjoyable and beneficial for the workers.
Lung Cancer Patient Given a Year to Live is in Remission Thanks to Cuban Vaccine
"When they told me I had a year to live, I didn't know how, but I was going to prove them wrong." She turned to immunotherapy—and did just that.
Cuba Legalizes Purchase and Sale Of Private Property
Cuba announced Thursday it is allowing the purchase and sale of real estate for the first time since the early days of the revolution, the most important reform yet in a series of free-market changes ushered in by President Raul Castro. The change follows the legalization in October of the purchase and sale of cars.
SHE DID IT: Diana Nyad Completes Historic Cuba to Florida Swim
This time, neither storm, jellyfish, nausea nor utter fatigue could keep 64-year-old endurance swimmer Diana Nyad from achieving her lifelong ambition of conquering the Straits of Florida. Nyad today became the first person to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage, willing her way to a Key West beach, victorious on her fifth try in 35 years.
Cuba Throws Lifeline to Sea Turtles
Cuba has thrown a lifeline to the Caribbean's endangered and critically endangered marine turtles with a government resolution ending all harvesting of marine turtles. Such a resolution, ending Cuba's long standing harvest of 500 critically endangered hawksbill turtles a year, has been sought by conservationists for more than a decade. It will benefit turtles hatching […]
Cuba to Abolish Equal Pay Caps on Workers, EU Drops Sanctions
Cuba is to end its policy of equal pay for all and allow workers and managers to earn performance bonuses -- another in a series of new reforms coming from the government of president Raul Castro.
Cuba's Urban Farming Program a Stunning Success
"Cuba's urban farming program has been a stunning, and surprising, success. The farms, many of them on tiny plots now supply much of Cuba's produce while also providing 350,000 jobs nationwide with relatively high pay."
Cuba Agrees To Free 52 Political Prisoners, Says Church
Cuba has promised the Roman Catholic Church it will free 52 political prisoners, slashing the number held by nearly a third in what would be the communist-led island's largest release of dissidents since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998.
Fidel Castro Says Cuban Communist Model Doesn't Work
In the only interview he has given an American journalist since he left office, Fidel Castro told a reporter from The Atlantic magazine that Cuba's communist economic model doesn't work -- even for Cuba.
US to Restore Full Relations With Cuba, Erasing Last Trace of Cold War Hostility
President Obama on Wednesday ordered the restoration of full diplomatic relations with Cuba and the opening of an embassy in Havana for the first time in more than a half-century as he vowed to "cut loose the shackles of the past" and sweep aside one of the last vestiges of the Cold War.
Travel Restrictions Lifted in Cuba Signaling Sea Change of Hope
Many of the 11 million Cubans have been eagerly awaiting this day since the government announced the change in October. Starting Monday, a new kind of migration commences as the communist government eliminates a long-standing restriction on Cubans' ability to leave the country.
New Diplomacy Dawns in Cuba as U.S. Embassy Reopens After 54 Years
54 years ago three US Marines lowered the flag in Havana as the US ended relations with Cuba. The same men raised the flag again Friday at the reopened US embassy.
US and Cuba to Reopen Embassies, Begin New Chapter in Diplomacy
After 55 years of isolation, the United States and Cuba will restore full diplomatic relations and reopen embassies in each others' countries July 20th.
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