Senator says Cuba travel policy leading to canceled orchestra trip is 'outrageous'October 5th, 2009 Let the music play, senator says of canceled tripWASHINGTON — U.S. restrictions on travel to Cuba that led to the New York Philharmonic calling off a trip to the communist country are outrageous and should be ended, a senator who has long called for lifting trade and travel restraints said Monday.
NY Philharmonic postpones plans for Cuba tour, citing US travel restrictions for patronsOctober 1st, 2009 NY Phil postpones plans for Cuba tourNEW YORK — The New York Philharmonic is postponing a planned trip to Cuba, citing U.S. travel restrictions that prevent patrons from going on the historic journey to the communist country.
Obama extends decades-long trade embargo against CubaSeptember 14th, 2009 WASHINGTON - US President Barack Obama Monday extended for another year the trade embargo against Cuba that has been in place for nearly five decades. Obama, in a note to the State Department and Treasury, said the embargo remained "in the national interest of the US." The annual extension is considered routine and has been taken by all of his predecessors since the 1970s.
US, Cuba to discuss resuming postal linksSeptember 1st, 2009 WASHINGTON - The US and Cuba will hold talks this month on the resumption of direct mail service between the two countries after a gap of 46 years, according to media reports. The proposed meeting on mail services will be held in Havana, Spanish-language newspaper El Nuevo Herald reported Tuesday, citing unnamed US State Department officials.
NM Gov. Richardson praises US, Cuban openness to better relations but says they will take timeAugust 28th, 2009 NM Gov. cheers US, Cuban openness to better tiesHAVANA — The U.S. and Cuba need time to reverse nearly a half-century of bad blood, but both sides are more open to doing so than they have been in years, New Mexico Gov.
In Cuba, Richardson says travel ban should end; to relay observations to Obama 'as a citizen'August 26th, 2009 In Cuba, Richardson says US travel ban should endSAN FRANCISCO DE PAULA, Cuba — New Mexico Gov. Bill Richardson said Wednesday that he's just a governor on a trade mission and carries no message from the U.S.
Arkansas governor says he's optimistic about Cuba trade after traveling to communist countryAugust 1st, 2009 Beebe is optimistic about Arkansas-Cuba tradeLITTLE ROCK, Ark. — Gov. Mike Beebe said Friday he returned from a visit to Cuba optimistic that Arkansas can increase its agricultural exports to the communist country.
US urged to lift economic embargo on CubaJuly 29th, 2009 HAVANA - The Venceremos Brigade, the US organisation showing solidarity with the Cuban Revolution, has called on the US government to abolish its 1962 economic blockade on Cuba. In a press conference in Havana Tuesday, the group members ratified their support for the Cuban Revolution and demanded the normalisation of diplomatic relations between the countries.
Tourist arrivals rise in CubaJuly 24th, 2009 HAVANA - Cuba welcomed 1.37 million tourists in the first half of 2009, a figure that was up 2.7 percent from the same period last year, the National Statistics Office said. Tourism continued to be one of the island's main sources of foreign exchange, Cuban officials said, without providing details on the revenue generated by the industry.
Communist Cuba acknowledges top left-handed pitcher's desertionJuly 10th, 2009 Cuba acknowledges top pitcher's desertionHAVANA — Cuba has acknowledged the defection of pitcher Aroldis Chapman, a week after he walked away from a tournament in the Netherlands. The Communist Party daily Granma said Friday that Chapman has hired baseball agent Jaime Torres to represent him.
Cuba drops ban on letting doctor visit children in Argentina, ending disputeJune 12th, 2009 Cuba drops ban on letting doctor visit childrenBUENOS AIRES — Argentina's president says Cuba has dropped its refusal to let a prominent neurosurgeon leave the island to visit her family abroad. The action solves one of the few disputes between the two countries.
OAS reaches last-minute consensus to readmit CubaJune 3rd, 2009 SAN PEDRO SULA - The Organisation of American States (OAS) reached a consensus Wednesday on a proposal to re-admit communist Cuba after a 47-year suspension, Ecuadorian Foreign Minister Fander Falconi told reporters. Cuba was suspended from the OAS in 1962, at the behest of the US, over Havana's Marxist-Leninist ideology.
Cuba open to more direct talks with the U.S.: ClintonJune 1st, 2009 SAN SALVADOR - Cuba has notified the Obama administration that it is ready to resume talks on migration issues and to negotiate direct postal service between the countries for the first time in decades. It also agreed to cooperate with the United States on counterterrorism, drug interdiction and hurricane relief efforts.
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.
US needs to make 'gestures,' not Cuba: Raul CastroApril 30th, 2009 WASHINGTON - Cuban strongman Raul Castro has said that it is the United States that needs to come forward with gestures to show that it is keen on improving relations with Cuba. Echoing his ailing older brother Fidel, the Daily News quoted Cuban President Raul Castro as saying: "Cuba has not imposed sanctions against the U.S." and "therefore it is not Cuba that has to make gestures."
At a meeting of the Non-Aligned Movement in Havana, Castro brushed off President Obama's easing of travel and money transfers by Cuban-Americans to the island as "fine, positive but [they] only achieved the minimum."
Obama and Clinton have said they expected "signals" from Cuba, including the release of political prisoners, before beginning a dialogue on improving ties.
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