Kennebunkport neighbors give thanks to George H.W. Bush with 6,000-pound Navy anchorSeptember 30th, 2009 Maine neighbors honor Bush with Navy anchorKENNEBUNKPORT, Maine — Former president and World II naval aviator George H.W. Bush has been honored by some of his neighbors in Kennebunkport.
AP NewsBreak: US official held unannounced talks with Cubans, raising hopes for warming tiesSeptember 30th, 2009 AP Newsbreak: US, Cuba held unannounced talksNEW YORK — Three State Department officials say a senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government. The officials tell The Associated Press that the talks were the first of their kind in years between representatives of the two countries.
New Mexico Gov. Richardson supports lifting of US trade embargo on CubaSeptember 15th, 2009 Bill Richardson discusses trip to CubaALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Gov. Bill Richardson, who says he's opposed to the U.S.
US, Cuba to begin talks on resuming long-suspended direct postal linksSeptember 1st, 2009 US, Cuba to discuss resuming direct mailWASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba will start talks this month on resuming direct mail service between the two countries for the first time in nearly half a century as the Obama administration continues to try to engage the communist island, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
US, Cuba to begin talks on resuming long-supended direct postal linksSeptember 1st, 2009 US, Cuba to start direct mail talksWASHINGTON — The United States and Cuba will start talks this month on resuming direct mail service between the two countries for the first time in nearly half a century as the Obama administration continues to try to engage the communist island, U.S. officials said Tuesday.
Raul Castro ready to talk to US, but rules out negotiations on Cuba's socialismAugust 2nd, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cuban President Raul Castro has said that he is ready to talk about everything and anything with the United States, but added that the country's political system was not on the negotiating table. Castro's remarks came during a speech to the closing session of the Cuban Parliament on Saturday afternoon.
Former AP Latin American desk editor Jose Sobrino, who grew up in Cuba, dies in NYC at 79July 8th, 2009 Former AP editor Jose Sobrino dies in NYC at 79NEW YORK — Spanish-born journalist Jose Sobrino Dieguez has died at his Manhattan home. He was 79 years old.
Cuba applauds OAS lifting of its membership ban, but formally says it won't rejoin the groupJune 8th, 2009 Cuba rejects offer to rejoin OASHAVANA — Cuba is formally rejecting an offer to rejoin the Organization of American States, echoing the sentiments of Fidel Castro who has long maintained his island has no use for the group. The OAS voted last week to lift a decades-old suspension of Cuba's membership.
Clinton hails Cuban decision to resume immigration, mail service talksJune 1st, 2009 US-Cuba talks on immigration to resumeSAN SALVADOR, El Salvador — Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries in a move welcomed by Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton. "These talks are part of our effort to forge a new way forward on Cuba that advances the interests of the United States, the Cuban people and our entire hemisphere," she said.
Official: US-Cuba talks to resume on immigration, mail service between the 2 countriesMay 31st, 2009 Official: US-Cuba talks on immigration to resumeWASHINGTON — Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the two countries, a State Department official said Sunday. The communist government notified the U.S.
US, Cuba to hold talks on migrationMay 31st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Cuba are to hold discussions on migration and other issues for the first time since such talks were broken off six years ago, the US State Department announced Sunday. US State Department officials said the talks, agreed to by Cuba Saturday, would also cover mail services between the two countries.
Raul Castro says Obama's Cuba policy changes 'minimal,' onus not on Cuba for better relationsApril 29th, 2009 Castro: Onus not on Cuba for US better relationsHAVANA — Raul Castro has dismissed Barack Obama's policy changes toward Cuba as "minimal" and says it is up to the U.S. — not Cuba — to do more to improve relations.
US, Cuba planning on informal meetings, say officialsApril 27th, 2009 WASHINGTON - The Obama administration is quietly pushing forward with efforts to reopen channels of communication with Cuba, according to White House and State Department officials. A New York Times report quoted officials as saying that informal meetings were being planned between the State Department and Cuban diplomats in the United States to determine whether the two governments could open formal talks on a variety of issues, including migration, drug trafficking and other regional security matters.
Latin American leaders want Cuba back in OASApril 19th, 2009 PORT OF SPAIN - Latin American leaders who gathered here for the Fifth Summit of the Organisation of the Americas (OAS), Sunday favoured the return of Cuba into the grouping and urged the US to end its economic blockade on the island nation. Cuba was expelled from the 35-member OAS way back in 1962.
Cuba offers itself as Bollywood shooting destinationFebruary 16th, 2009 PANAJI - Cuba is serenading Bollywood's bigwigs to use the Latin American country for shooting Bollywood films, the Cuban ambassador to India Tuesday said. In Goa to inaugurate four-day Cuban film festival, Miguel Angel Ramirez Ramos said that he was holding parleys with players in the Indian mainstream film industry and pitching Cuba as a film shooting destination.
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