Cuba

Hope and some fear in Cuba amid thaw with US

The restoration of diplomatic ties between Cuba and the United States has unleashed expectations of even more momentous changes on an island that often seems frozen in a past of classic cars and crumbling Art Deco buildings. On the first full day after the surprise announcement, many Cubans expressed hope[…]

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White house open to Castro visit

A US visit by Cuban President Raul Castro is a possibility, the White House said Thursday, a day after he and US President Barack Obama announced a historic bilateral rapprochement. With developments proceeding apace, a high-level US diplomat, Assistant Secretary of State Roberta Jacobson, revealed she will travel to Havana[…]

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SA civil society praise US-Cuba breakthrough

South African civil society organisations have welcomed the recent decision to re-establish US-Cuban diplomatic relations. This week, US President Barack Obama called for an end to the economic embargo against Cuba and the release of the ‘Cuban Five’. Locally, a solidarity group called Friends of Cuba said the blockade and[…]

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SA hails US-Cuba breakthrough

South Africa on Thursday hailed US President Barack Obama’s announcement of moves to “normalise” his country’s diplomatic ties with Cuba. “The South African government welcomes the release of the remaining three of the Cuban Five, and the intention by the US to normalise diplomatic relations with Cuba,” the international relations[…]

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US, Cuba announce historic thaw in ties

The United States and Cuba moved to end five decades of Cold War hostility Wednesday, agreeing to revive diplomatic ties in a surprise breakthrough that would also ease a crippling US trade embargo. In the wake of a prisoner exchange, President Barack Obama said Washington was ready for a “new chapter”[…]

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