Full Coverage: President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba
President Obama, after a series of major policy changes toward Cuba, is the first sitting U.S. president to visit the island nation in 90 years.
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President Obama ended his historic trip to Cuba with a challenge to its communist leaders Tuesday, pressing them to keep pace with the changes he set in motion for a new era in the relationship between the neighboring nations.
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Saying he hoped to bury a last vestige of the Cold War, President Obama held a historic meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro on Monday but acknowledged that issues of human rights and democracy remained “a powerful irritant” blocking better relations between the two countries.
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President Obama set foot in Cuba on Sunday, the first sitting U.S. president in nearly 90 years to visit this island nation, amid hopes that his push to mend a half-century of Cold War enmity will launch a new era of cooperation.
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For one young couple in Havana, improving relations between the U.S. and Cuba weren’t a sign of hope, but a signal to get out.
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Online lodging service Airbnb is allowing travelers from around the world to book stays in private homes in Cuba after the San Francisco-based company received a special authorization from the Obama administration, Airbnb announced Sunday.
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President Obama will be the first U.S. chief executive to travel to Cuba since Calvin Coolidge, and during a two-day tour will address a large audience in Havana, watch a baseball game (Tampa Bay Rays versus the Cuban national team) and even dine at the Palace of the Revolution.
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Nine Cuban migrants died at sea and 18 were rescued by a cruise ship after their 30-foot boat was found about 130 miles from the Florida coast, the U.S.
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Cuba is preparing for a Category Five storm. Locals are calling it Hurricane Obama.
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Cuba has stood for decades in U.S. politics as a bitter symbol of the Cold War, but the recent diplomatic thaw is scrambling that narrative as Americans increasingly see the Caribbean island nation as a land of exotic tourism and lucrative business opportunities.
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The White House moved Tuesday to ease major restrictions on Americans traveling to Cuba and on Cuba’s use of U.S. dollars for international transactions, announcing the shift as President Obama prepares to make an historic trip to Havana next week.
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On the eve of President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, authorities there are ordering dissidents invited to meet with the American leader to stay home instead, a leading human rights activist said Saturday.
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President Obama will visit Cuba for two days next month in a historic trip aimed at sweeping away half a century of frozen relations between the two countries, he announced on Twitter on Thursday.
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President Obama will embark on a historic and long-awaited trip to Cuba next month, becoming the first sitting president since 1928 to visit the island nation.
