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Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will undergo further surgery after medical tests a lesion found a lesion in an area where he had an operation… Continue reading
… operation after doctors found a lesion during medical tests in Cuba. The 57-year-old underwent two operations in Havana last year to remove a… Continue reading
BBC Concert Orchestra, Barry Wordsworth (conductor) 5:25 AM Albéniz, Isaac (1860-1909) Cuba' from Suite espanola No.1 (Op.47 No.8) Tomaz Rajteric… Continue reading
It is a process that fills many in the capitalist world with dread every year. Now, for the first time, many in Communist-run Cuba are facing… Continue reading
… talking about his new film The Woman in Black; comedian Omid Djalili; Oscar-winning actor Cuba Gooding Jr; and Irish singer Sinead O'Connor, chatting… Continue reading
Cuba has said it will attend the Summit of the Americas in Colombia in April if it is invited, but has no desire to rejoin the Organisation of… Continue reading
… surrounded by his four children. Fans and fellow musicians, including Argentina's Charly Garcia and Cuba's Silvio Rodriguez, posted tributes to… Continue reading
Cubans talk about how the US trade embargo has effected their lives over the last 50 years. Continue reading
The US trade embargo with Cuba is 50 years old and Washington shows no sign of ending it. In Havana, the BBC's Sarah Rainsford asks how Cubans… Continue reading
Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has made a rare public appearance to launch his memoirs. Continue reading
Fidel Castro, 85, said it was every Cuban's duty to fight until the last moment, for Cuba, the planet, and humanity. He had not been seen in public… Continue reading
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says she has again been denied permission to leave Cuba. Ms Sanchez said it was the 19th time the government… Continue reading
The oldest woman in Cuba and possibly the world celebrates her 127th birthday this week. Continue reading
A port once best known as the departure point for Cuban exiles is now being earmarked for development by Brazil. Continue reading
Some 50km (31 miles) off the northern coast of Cuba workers have begun drilling deep beneath the waves, exploring for oil reserves that could… Continue reading
… of biased reporting. Iran has allies in Latin America and President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has recently returned from a tour of Venezuela, Cuba,… Continue reading
Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff is set to make her first official visit to Cuba with the emphasis on fostering business ties. Communist-run… Continue reading
Cuba's ruling Communist Party is holding its first national conference, with 811 delegates meeting behind closed doors in Havana. The conference… Continue reading
Cuba is to begin exploratory drilling in search of oil - this weekend a rig will begin drilling for oil just 100 kilometres from Florida. Continue reading
… and performance" as a common link between them. Those competing for the £40,000 prize are from Cuba, India, Lithuania, Mexico, Slovenia, Sweden… Continue reading
… the prestigious £40,000 prize. The seven artists are: Miriam Bäckström (Sweden), Tania Bruguera (Cuba), Phil Collins (England), Sheela Gowda… Continue reading
Cuba on Thursday evening from multiple organ failure and septic shock resulting from pneumonia,. Cuba's government denies that Wilman Villar,… Continue reading
Sanchez said Mr Villar was taken to hospital in the eastern city of Santiago de Cuba on 14 January. He told Reuters news. Cuban dissident Wilmar… Continue reading
A large oil rig has arrived off the coast of Cuba to begin searching for offshore oil deposits. Several international companies will use the rig… Continue reading
It was the plant that had nothing going for it. Once an innocent and attractive import from Africa, marabu likes the fertile soil of Cuba rather… Continue reading
The Cuban boxing team is set to select Belfast as its training base ahead of the Olympic Games in London. Cuba has dominated world amateur boxing… Continue reading
Cuba's President, Raul Castro, has said that a series of unprecedented economic reforms on the Communist-run island are being implemented "as… Continue reading
Protesters in Washington DC hold a rally outside the White House demanding the closure of the US detention facility in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Continue reading
Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has received a warm welcome in Cuba, as he continued a whistlestop tour of his allies. Continue reading
Friends of the last Briton to be held at Guantanamo Bay say his health is deteriorating under the pressure. Continue reading
An application is submitted to reopen a Nottingham nightclub which was the scene of a fatal stabbing. Leon Tyrell, 23, was killed at the Cuba… Continue reading
Cannabis valued at £4.8m by border control officers has been seized at an Essex port after travelling from Cuba. The 1.7 tonnes of drugs were… Continue reading
The Cuban government announces a new subsidy to help citizens finance repairs to their homes. Continue reading