Cuba's most prominent dissident group called off its weekly protest march for the first time in 13 years on Sunday following the death of its nemesis Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader whose passing has cast a pall over the island.
U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services Sylvia Burwell will visit Cuba on Oct. 20-22 to expand bilateral cooperation and attend a regional meeting on Zika hosted by the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO), the island's foreign ministry announced on Tuesday.
U.S. President Barack Obama on Tuesday nominated Jeffrey DeLaurentis as the first U.S. Ambassador to Cuba in over 50 years.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang's official visit to Cuba represents the ongoing efforts both China and the island nation make to grow closer over the years, according to one analyst.
Chinese Premier Li Keqiang will attend the 71st session of the United Nations General Assembly and pay official visits to Canada and Cuba, during a trip on Sept. 18-28.
Cuba and the United States held on Monday in Washington their first meeting on long-term bilateral economic ties despite the U.S.-led financial and commercial embargo, said the island country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
After 55 years of interruption, Cuba and the United States on Wednesday re-established regular commercial direct flights, marking a concrete step in thawing ties between the former Cold War foes.
Cubans welcomed the arrival on Wednesday of the first regularly scheduled direct commercial flight from the United States, as a sign of normalizing ties between the two former adversaries.
United States airline JetBlue will make the first direct commercial flight between the United States and Cuba in more than half a century next Wednesday, the Cuban authorities said on Thursday (Aug 25).
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe is considering visiting Cuba next month to strengthen ties and promote Japanese investments there, Kyodo news agency reported on Thursday, but the foreign ministry said no such plan was being made.
Fidel Castro thanked Cubans for their best wishes on his 90th birthday and criticized US President Barack Obama in a lengthy letter published by state media. He appeared but did not speak at a gala in his honor broadcast on state television.
Nearly a year since Cuba and the United States formally restored diplomatic ties, the two former adversaries have inched closer to establishing a normal relationship.
Cuba, the United States and Mexico concluded on Thursday the first round of talks to mark the limits of the continental shelf that extends into the Gulf of Mexico, the Mexican government announced.
The U.S. Department of Transportation said Friday it has approved six domestic airlines to begin scheduled flights between five U.S. cities and Cuba as early as this fall.
Cuba's President Raul Castro has met with Kim Yong Chol, a senior official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) and they agreed to deepen ties between the two countries, the official daily Granma said Wednesday.
British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond on Thursday became the country's first foreign secretary to visit Cuba in more than half a century, the British Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) said.
The first official U.S. cultural delegation to Cuba ended its four-day visit to the island country on Thursday, with both sides agreeing to deepen bilateral cultural cooperation.
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