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10 influential authors who came to the US as immigrants

These 10 immigrant authors have all made significant contributions to US literature and culture.
Cuban Missile Crisis: the 3 most surprising things you didn't know

Fifty years ago, the Cuban Missile Crisis brought the United States and the Soviet Union within a hair’s breadth of nuclear war. Here are three things that many Americans don’t know about what historians routinely call “the most dangerous moment in human history.”
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Colombia - FARC peace talks: 4 things you need to know

Colombia has ample experience holding peace talks – though over the past 50 years, it’s seen little peace. But in early September, President Juan Manuel Santos announced peace talks with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia. Here are four things you need to know about the landmark peace process.
Thirty ideas from people under 30: The Change Agents

They are explorers and activists, artists and educators, farmers and faith leaders – even mayors. And they have trenchant suggestions on how to improve the world.
In Pictures: Sunken treasure

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New chill enters US-Cuba relations after Obama's brief thaw

President Obama has made several goodwill gestures toward Havana, giving US businesses the hope that Cuba relations could improve. But the Castro regime appears unwilling to compromise.
The Castro-Chávez link: What are 30,000 Cuban advisers doing in Venezuela?

The Obama administration has dismissed Venezuela's Hugo Chávez as a pesky loudmouth. But he imperils regional security and freedom.
Gallery: Controversial foods
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Cuba travels: four days on Avocado Street

Staying in a private home in Havana, Cuba, a tourist feels the city's rhythms up close.
Warm up at colorful orchid and garden shows

Orchid and garden shows are a wonderful way to warm up during winter and enjoy some colorful floral beauty.
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Obama grants 'interview' to Cuba blogger Yoani Sanchez

US President Barack Obama responded to interview questions that dissident Cuba blogger Yoani Sanchez posted on her blog, Generation Y.
Sean Penn and Fidel Castro? The actor's top 5 forays into journalism.

The star of "Milk", actor Senn Penn, is in Cuba, reportedly to interview Fidel Castro for Vanity Fair magazine about how the Obama administration has affected the island.
Will massive Juanes concert in Havana stir winds of change?

The star-studded jamboree organized by Latin pop idol Juanes drew the biggest crowd in Cuba since Pope John Paul II visited in 1998.
When doves fly: World celebrates International Day of Peace

From the releasing of doves in Kabul, Afghanistan to a massive concert in Havana, people around the world are marking the special day.
Can Juanes rock Havana, Cuba? Si, Señor.

Miami-based Colombian pop idol, Juanes, who organized a star-studded "Peace without Borders" concert in Havana braved death threats from Miami-based critics of the Cuban regime.
Fidel and Gabo

Two academics examine the decades-long relationship between Fidel Castro and Gabriel García Márquez.
Russian oil rigs just 45 miles from Florida?

Cuba will allow Russia to look for oil and gas in its territorial waters. Environmentalists cringe, but the industry says its time for the US to look for more oil in the Gulf of Mexico, too.
Review: 'Afghan Star'

Afghan hopefuls risk their life to sing in an 'American Idol' spinoff that offers a window on a war-weary tribal culture.
Review: 'The Beaches of Agnès'

French new wave legend Agnès Varda turns the camera on herself in this whimsical and touching portrait.
US-Cuba to talk about immigration

But renewed dialogue with the Castro government is likely to start and end with that one issue.
How an American couple came to be spies for Cuba

Kendall and Gwendolyn Myers were recruited from academia by Fidel Castro's intelligence service - one of the best in the world.
Cuba and US inch closer

The two countries agree to talk about immigration policy. It is the second significant overture Obama has made to Cuba in two months.
Point of view: All in a dare

A Monitor photographer is challenged to take a picture on his subject's terms.
Cuba: Cuisine only tourists can afford
Chummy Obama, Chávez mark 'spirit of cooperation' at summit

Despite worries that the agenda would be hijacked by a debate about America's Cuba policy, the Summit of the Americas finished with a feeling of goodwill.
US reaches out to Latin America – with help from Spain

Ahead of the Summit of the Americas, Spain has been quietly bolstering a common transatlantic agenda.
Obama heads to summit touting 'broader partnership'

Summit of the Americas gathers the 34 democratically governed countries of the Western Hemisphere. But communist Cuba threatens to steal some of the spotlight.