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The week in Latin America: Start-ups grow in Cuba
La PlazaHere are stories that made headlines this week in Latin America, and highlights from our coverage of the region by Times reporters and your blogger here at La Plaza: Small businesses in Cuba Reporting from Havana, correspondent Tracy Wilkinson examines... -
Cuba, Florida Orchestra embark on cultural exchange
Culture MonsterIn a rare cross-cultural collaboration, two classical-music groups from Cuba and the United States will engage in a multiyear partnership that will include American musicians performing in Havana. The Florida Orchestra, based in Tampa Bay, said its... -
Alberto Granado dies at 88; he traveled with Che Guevara across Latin America in 1952
Alberto Granado, who accompanied Ernesto "Che" Guevara on a 1952 journey of discovery across Latin America that was immortalized in Guevara's memoir and on screen in "The Motorcycle Diaries," has died in Cuba. He was 88.
Granado, an Argentine...Tags: Travel, Motorcycling, Movies, Leprosy, Colleges and Universities
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CUBA: Jimmy Carter arrives on 3-day visit
La PlazaFormer President Jimmy Carter is on a three-day visit to Cuba amid speculation he may try to win the release of a 61-year-old American convicted by a Cuban court of activities aimed at undermining the Communist-led government. Carter, a Nobel Peace... -
Fidel Castro takes 'responsibility' for persecution of Cuban gays
La PlazaFormer Cuban President Fidel Castro called years of official persecution of homosexuals under his Communist regime an "injustice." In an interview published this week in a Mexican newspaper, he said he takes responsibility for the repression. "If... -
U.S. opens the door further on travel to Cuba
La PlazaFor the second time since taking office, President Obama eased restrictions on travel by Americans to Cuba. The relaxed rules are scheduled to take effect by the end of this week. The policy change announced Friday will, according to the White House,... -
Fidel Castro appears publicly alongside brother Raul for the first time in five years
Top of the TicketFidel Castro appears next to his brother Raul for the first time publicly in five years in Havana... -
Obama further broadens outreach to Cuba
Top of the TicketCuba: Democratic president again eases rules regulating contacts among Americans and Cubans.... -
Cuba: Human rights, a longstanding U.S. embargo and a fresh call for change
La PlazaItâs coming up on two years since Fidel Castro formally stepped down as head of state in Cuba in February 2008 and younger brother Raul Castro became president. Itâs been even longer since Fidel handed power to Raul on a temporary basis. But anyone... -
Cuba's Raul Castro meets the cardinal
La PlazaA rare meeting has taken place between Raul Castro, Cuba's communist president, and the head of the Roman Catholic Church on the island nation. Cardinal Jaime Ortega and other leaders of the church discussed "issues of mutual interest" with Castro,... -
Cuban dissident calls off hunger strike after 134 days
La PlazaProminent Cuban opposition blogger Yoani Sanchez was among the first to report the end to Farinas's strike, via a tweet, from the hospital in the city of Santa Clara where Farinas has been receiving nutrients intravenously since March. Sanchez also posted... -
Juan Almeida Bosque dies at 82; guerrilla was among Fidel Castro's top commanders
Associated PressJuan Almeida Bosque, a comrade of Fidel Castro since the start of his guerrilla struggle more than half a century ago, died of a heart attack Friday in Havana, government media announced. He was 82. One of three surviving rebel leaders who still bore the...Tags: Heart Attack, Health and Safety at School, Communist Party of China, Fidel Castro, Cuba
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