Cuba
Cuba: Rolling Stones rock Havana with landmark gig
The Rolling Stones have rocked Havana, playing to tens of thousands in the Cuban capital, where foreign rock music was banned for several decades. Many of those at the free concert were lifelong fans who for years had to keep quiet about their love of the Stones and other groups. Mick Jagger welcomed fans in Spanish before...
Cuba releases most opposition members detained ahead of Obama visit
HAVANA—While Cuban officials have released the majority of some 50 Ladies in White dissidents arrested at their weekly demonstration here Sunday afternoon, 10 remain unaccounted for, the opposition group’s leader told VOA Monday. Berta Soler said most of the dissidents – taken into custody just hours before...
Why President Obama Won’t Meet With Fidel Castro
Cuban President Raul Castro will roll out the red carpet for President Obama as he makes his historic trip to the island nation today. But there's another Castro who will be conspicuously absent from the diplomatic fanfare: Castro's older brother Fidel Castro. The White House says President Obama will not meet with the...
Barack Obama to meet Raul Castro on historic visit
President Barack Obama will make history on Sunday when he flies to Cuba to visit the island and hold talks with its communist leader. The two-day visit will be the first by a sitting US president since Calvin Coolidge went 88 years ago. Mr Obama will meet President Raul Castro — but not retired revolutionary leader Fidel...