Topic: Havana

For Cubans, new property rights – and the return of an old anxiety

President Raúl Castro's latest reform lets Cubans buy and sell property for the first time in decades.  But the reform has some worried that it could reintroduce pre-revolution class divisions.
11/22/2011 10:57 am

Reader recommendation: The Sugar King of Havana

Monitor readers share their favorite book picks.
10/18/2011 12:16 pm

Latin America Monitor One of 'Cuban Five' spies to walk free today in Florida

But where will Rene Gonzalez, convicted of spying for the Cuban government, go? A Florida judge has ordered he must serve three years of probation in the US, after spending 13 years behind bars.
10/07/2011 10:28 am

Latin America Monitor Obama's Cold War with Cuba: the fuel Fidel needed

President Obama, by saying this week that he's looking for a transformation in Cuba before 'fully engaging,' ignores actual changes in Cuba and hurts US-Cuban relations, argues guest blogger Anya Landau French.
09/30/2011 11:22 am

Diana Nyad presses ahead in Cuba-Florida swim

Diana Nyad began her 103-mile swim from Cuba to Florida Friday. She was about a third of the way by Saturday afternoon, moving through calm waters, according to her Twitter account.
09/24/2011 06:46 pm

In Pictures Sunken treasure

Fall books: 12 fiction titles you don't want to miss

From Ireland to India, and from the year AD 73 to the possible end of the world, here are 12 of the most enticing of the fall 2011 fiction titles.
09/07/2011 07:05 am

Global News Blog Diana Nyad swim from Cuba to Florida ends after 29 hours

Diana Nyad swim: The 61-year-old ended her attempt to swim 103 miles from Cuba to Florida early Tuesday morning. The swim, if completed, was supposed to take 60 hours.
08/09/2011 12:01 pm

In Pictures Diana Nyad's swim from Cuba

Diana Nyad, at 61, swimming from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage

Diana Nyad, an endurance swimmer, says that her 103-mile swim will show that 'we have many, many years of vitality and strength and service left in us.'
08/08/2011 10:06 am

In Pictures Urban gardens

With Hugo Chávez in Cuba for chemotherapy, who's running Venezuela?

Venezuela's President Hugo Chávez has for the first time agreed to delegate some power to Vice President Elías Jaua while he is treated in Cuba, but analysts warn of a looming power struggle.
07/17/2011 03:13 pm

In Pictures Venezuela after Chavez

Venezuelan supporters pray for Hugo Chávez amid health concerns [VIDEO]

Venezuela's leftist President Hugo Chávez remains quiet in Cuba weeks after receiving surgery there. As rumors of his health swirl throughout Venezuela, supporters rally to deflect opposition criticism.
06/30/2011 05:27 pm

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Latin America Monitor Where is Hugo Chavez?

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez has been recovering from an operation in Cuba, but his absence is reminiscent of Fidel Castro's illness in 2006 that eventually caused him to step down.
06/23/2011 10:46 am

John Hughes In Cuba, Castro's communist hard-liners dash hopes of reform

Raúl Castro has freed some political prisoners, talked of term limits, and announced plans to lay off half a million government workers. But he's chosen for his inner circle senior hard-liners who resist change. Until they leave, change will be limited.
06/16/2011 10:08 am

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Cubans may no longer be stuck on Caribbean isle

President Raúl Castro's economic reforms in Cuba appear set to deliver long-sought freedom, even if few can afford to go anywhere.
05/13/2011 03:15 pm

A Moment in the Sun

From John Sayles, a "sprawling, wide-screen, Technicolor" novel of the Spanish-American War.
05/12/2011 04:50 pm

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Bay of Pigs: Cuba celebrates at opening of Party summit

Bay of Pigs celebrations coincides with Communist Party congress in Cuba.
04/17/2011 05:48 pm