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| Cuban Truck Rafters Seek Political Asylum in U.S. |
| Twelve Cubans who tried to sail to Florida in a 1951 Chevy truck ingeniously converted into an amphibious craft are making a second attempt to get to the United States, this time as political refugees... |
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| Lieberman Blasts Bush on Cuban Migrants |
| Democratic presidential hopeful Joe Lieberman criticized the Bush administration Tuesday for returning for prosecution a dozen Cubans accused of hijacking a boat in an attempt to reach Florida... |
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| Castro Blasts EU As Trojan Horse for U.S. |
| Standing before the military barracks where he launched his revolutionary battle 50 years ago, Fidel Castro accused the European Union on Saturday of being America's... |
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| Castro Rejects EU Aid, Defends Revolution |
| Cuban President Fidel Castro responded on Saturday to European Union criticism of human rights abuses in Cuba by rejecting EU aid and closing the door on political contacts... |
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| First American Livestock Arrives in Cuba |
| A shipment of livestock including 140 cattle - one born during the trip - arrived in Cuba, the first significant batch of American animals to be sold here... |
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| Cubans Sure Truck-Boat Plan Was a Winner |
| The Cubans who converted a 1951 Chevy pickup into a boat and got within 40 miles of Florida said Thursday they were sure that the audacity of their act would guarantee entry into the United States... |
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| Mourners to Line Streets for Celia Cruz |
| The Queen of Salsa is going out in style. In two days of commemorations, thousands of fans - many weeping, others singing snippets of tunes - were saying goodbye to Celia Cruz... |
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| Mourners Say Goodbye to Salsa Queen Cruz |
| Thousands of mourners waited for hours outside a Manhattan funeral home Monday to say goodbye to salsa legend Celia Cruz... |
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| U.S. Returns 12 Cubans Picked Up at Sea |
| U.S. officials on Monday repatriated 12 Cubans who were intercepted at sea after allegedly hijacking a government boat and taking three Cuban security guards hostage... |
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| Fans Give Send-Off to Celia Cruz in New York |
| Tens of thousands of fans lined block after city block in New York on Monday to celebrate the life of the "Queen of Salsa," Celia Cruz... |
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| Sugar And Salsa |
| For many years, people on both sides of the Florida Straits tried to make her into more of a symbol than a singer... |
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| Cuba Media Hardly Cover Celia Cruz Death |
| While the death of salsa singer Celia Cruz was reported prominently in newspapers across the world, the news got scant and somewhat bitter treatment Thursday in the official media of her homeland... |
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| Senate Panel Eases Cuba Farm Sale Limits |
| The Senate Appropriations Committee voted Thursday to make it easier for U.S. businesses and farm groups to visit Cuba and sell food, other farm products and medicine there... |
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| The Keeper of Cuba's Music |
| Cuban singer, guitarist and songwriter Compay Segundo, who died Sunday night in Havana, became a global pop star at the age of 90... |
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| A Crackdown Leading Nowhere |
| Walk into a travel agency and you can book a trip to communist China or North Korea. But not to Cuba. After 40 years, the U.S. government still bans travel to Castro Country... |
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| Cuba Signs Corpus Christi Port Agreement |
| Cuba signed an operating agreement with the Port of Corpus Christi, an agreement that an official from the Texas city said could help erode the long-standing U.S. embargo of the island... |
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