Cuba says everything's fine: Weapons on North Korean ship are 'obsolete'
The ship was travelling to Cuba when it was stopped and searched – and lots of Soviet-era weapons were discovered.
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The ship was travelling to Cuba when it was stopped and searched – and lots of Soviet-era weapons were discovered.
Ecuador’s Foreign Minister says it has received a formal request for asylum.
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…than sort out Jay-Z and Beyoncé’s holiday to Cuba, thanks very much.
26 low-risk detainees are now refusing food – more than twice the number from a week ago – in protest at conditions.
Tobacco sauces, spreads and tobacco salt for use in any dish – two years of trial and error lead to cigar-infused menu in Cuba. But would you eat it?
We’ve lost a colourful world leader who genuinely seemed to have the best interests of his people at heart. But the facts don’t lie – Chávez’s economic legacy is a warning against statist socialism, writes Aaron McKenna.
This is the second five year term for the 81-year-old Raul Castro who officially took over from his brother Fidel in 2008.
The 81-year-old is due to be installed for another five-year term on Sunday – but may not see it through.
Hugo Chavez has spent more than two months in Cuba for cancer surgery and treatment.
El Pais published a photograph it said was of ailing president Hugo Chavez in his hospital bed – provoking a furious reaction from Venezuela.
The brother of Hugo Chavez says reports that the family is discussing ending life support for the Venezuelan leader are totally false.
Hugo Chavez’s top aides say the opposition and the media have used the Venezuelan president’s poor health to wage a “psychological war” to destabilise the country.
The Venezuelan president has developed new complications from an infection after undergoing his latest round of cancer-related surgery.
Cuban leader Fidel Castro left a gift for then-Taoiseach Charles Haughey during his brief stopover in Shannon in late 1982.
The Titanic disaster, the Cuban Missile Crisis, and the Anglo-Irish Treaty: 2012 has been a big year for commemorations. Here’s your guide to the bigger commemorations held this year.
The leader of Venezuela underwent treatment for cancer in Cuba earlier this week.
The Venezuelan president flew to Havana, Cuba, for surgery on Monday after revealing his cancer had returned.
Chavez has not disclosed details of the type of cancer has has but in a significant move he has designated his successor, vice president Nicolas Maduro.
The Venezuelan president said he was very happy to be back but did not elaborate on his health.
The top negotiator for the group announced the unilateral cease-fire before heading into peace talks.
Cuba’s government has been asked to help victims of Hurricane Sandy by suspending duties on imports of basic necessities such as food and medicine.
Hurricane Sandy raged through the Bahamas today after leaving 38 people dead across the Caribbean.
Forecasters have warned that the massive hurricane could now merge with North American weather systems and morph into a powerful hybrid that US media have dubbed a “Frankenstorm.”
One person was killed in Jamaica while 1,700 people were evacuated in Santiago de Cuba as a precautionary measure.
Venezuela’s Vice President, Elias Jaua, said that he met with the aging revolutionary, which was Castro’s first public appearance in a number of months.
Canadian Omar Khadr, who was also the last westerner held at Guantanamo, was just 16 when he was detained in 2002.
The Caribbean nation is still reeling from an earthquake over two years ago.
Nyad’s latest attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida without a shark cage has been abandoned.
Diana Nyad, 62, pushing to become the first person to make the 166km crossing unaided.
The Belfast boxer was given a rough ride by Robeisy Ramirez Carrazana of Cuba.
Stretch out those weary muscles, we’re about to do it all over again.
An official enquiry has been launched after the car carrying Oswaldo Paya, who fought single-party rule for decades, hit a tree.
We’ll be rooting for Cuba in 2013.
Street vendors, mounted police, and walking on the Malecon…
“A little excited, a little nervous,” Palfrey told reporters before diving in. “Beautiful sea, beautiful sunrise.”
A scale model of the proposed glass monument, which contains an image of the revolutionary known as ‘El Che’, is currently being constructed, Galway Cllr Billy Cameron has said.
The last man to win boxing gold for Ireland believes the latest qualifiers can surpass the triple medal achievements of Beijing.
The Pope gave an unusually political speech before hundreds of thousands of people in Cuba today.