HAVANA, (Reuters) – More than a week after former leader Fidel Castro was quoted in Cuban media as saying Venezuela’s cancer-stricken President Hugo Chavez was “much better,” the Communist Party newspaper published a different, toned down version of his comments yesterday. Th...

WASHINGTON, CMC – A major think tank here is urging the Obama Administration to quickly adopt three important initial steps that would “trigger a speedy rapprochement” with the Spanish-speaking nation. In its latest report, the Washington-based Council of Hemispheric Affairs (COH...

Havana, (Prensa Latina) The Foreign Ministers of Cuba and Venezuela, Bruno Rodriguez and Elias Jaua, respectively, agreed on the urge to consolidate the Community of Latin American and Caribbean Countries (CELAC) as space of regional sovereignty. At a meeting in this capital, they noted the relevan...

Cuban authorities are scrambling to contain a cholera outbreak that has sickened dozens of people in Havana, the capital city of 2.2 million residents and a popular tourism destination. In a brief communiqué issued on Tuesday, the Health Ministry said the outbreak was first detected on Jan. 6...

Cuban health officials verified Tuesday a small cholera outbreak in Havana, the capital city of Cuba, the largest occurrence of the disease on the island nation in decades. In August authorities confirmed the potentially deadly disease was gone, but a new statement by the Cuban Health Ministry toda...

GENEVA, Switzerland, CMC – A branch of the United Nations Human Rights Council (UNHRC) has urged Cuba authorities to immediately free jailed US government subcontractor Alan Gross, claiming that the Spanish-speaking Caribbean island’s judicial system is not independent or impartial. The ...

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) - Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is in a "stable situation" in a Cuban hospital receiving treatment due to a severe respiratory infection, his government said Monday. Information Minister Ernesto Villegas provided the update, saying the government is in "permanent contact"...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) The regional integration movement has become stronger as a result of the relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba. Speaking at the Opening Ceremony of the Fourth CARICOM-Cuba Summit at the National Academy of the Perfor...

(CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana) Heads of Government of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and Cuba meet in Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago on Thursday 8 December, CARICOM-Cuba Day. All independent Member States of the Community will be represented with ten at the level...

  (CARICOM Secretariat, Turkeyen, Greater Georgetown, Guyana)Long-standing relations between the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the Republic of Cuba have served to enhance the standard of living of citizens of both CARICOM and Cuba, and represent a celebration of true fraternity. This was th...