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In an article published in Cuba state news organ Granma, the Cuban leader also mused about past relations with allies abroad and the circumstances which led to his Revolution and implied that Lee Harvey Oswald was framed in the assassination of former US President John F. Kennedy.

The former Cuban leader received a national celebration and music video for his birthday.

Ángel Carromero, a young politician with Spain’s conservative Popular Party, says that Cuban state security assassinated Oswaldo Payá, a longtime activist who agitated for freedom of speech and other human rights in Cuba.

7 people in Havana have died as a result of drinking poisoned rum.

Find out when and where to watch the Gold Cup quarterfinal between Panama and Cuba.

The Cuban government said the air-defense missiles and arms seized from a North Korean ship as it made its way across the Panama Canal were “obsolete” weapons which were being sent out to be repaired and returned to the Caribbean island nation.

Cuba advanced to the quarterfinals with a 4-0 win over Belize.

A North Korean ship was searched near the Panama Canal believed to have been smuggling drugs. As it turns out the ship was hiding weapons sent from Cuba to North Korea.

Cuba and Belize still have slim chances of advancing to the quarterfinals. Find out when and where to watch the CONCACAF Gold Cup match.

Find out when and where to watch the United States take on Cuba in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Michael Barrantes' goal in the 51st minute proved to be enough for Los Ticos as they took down Group C opponent Cuba in Gold Cup action.

Find out when and where to watch Cuba take on Costa Rica in the 2013 CONCACAF Gold Cup.

Cuba remains on the Treasury Department's list of state sponsors of terror. The Cuban government denounced its inclusion, calling it "shameful" and "discredited".

Yoani Sánchez is attending the Ortega y Gasset Award ceremony in Spain, after which she will return home to Havana. In 2008 she won the award but could not secure an exit visa to leave Cuba.

Cuba will begin to offer public internet access at various salons across the island.

The Cuban government has lifted a nearly ten-year ban on imported appliances, likely allowing Cubans a break from the heat.

"It's exciting to me, coming from Europe, where we're all victims of savage capitalism", to come to Latin America and see humanistic processes that have improved peoples' lives," the actor said in an interview on Venezuelan television.

Shakur (also known as Joanne Chesimar), 65, was convicted of shooting a New Jersey state trooper in 1973.

Obama responds to Jay-Z "Open Letter" Rap song.

In an unusual scene at the White House on Thursday, a reporter read aloud the lyrics of Jay-Z's new song "Open Letter" to a White House spokesman. "Open Letter" has been received as the rapper's response to criticisms over his and wife Beyoncé's visit to Cuba.

While Republicans from south Florida disapproved of the star couple's visit and the Obama administration policy which permitted it, Democratic representative Kathy Castor said it was "time to try something new" in U.S. policy toward Cuba.

Two U.S. representatives from south Florida have written a letter to the Office of Foreign Assets Control inquiring as to what kind of license Jay-Z and Beyoncé received for their trip to Havana.

A Cuban blogger known for columns criticizing her country's government fielded questions through Twitter in Miami on Wednesday as part of a worldwide speaking tour. In 2008 she was named as one of Time magazine's 100 most influential people.

Senator Marco Rubio, R-Fla., criticized Americans who have taken trips to Cuba.

Leader Hugo Chávez returned home on Monday and will continue cancer treatment in his home country.

Stunt Man Alain Robert climbs two buildings while in Cuba, impressing kids at school.

As Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez recovers in Havana from his fourth cancer operation, Cubans face renewed worries about their economic future if the country's top ally dies or has to step down from office.

Venezuela's ailing President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba on Monday for cancer surgery, vowing to return quickly despite his unprecedented admission the disease could end his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez flew to Cuba early on Monday for cancer surgery, vowing to return quickly despite admitting the disease could curb his 14-year rule of the South American OPEC nation.

Venezuela's President Hugo Chavez made a theatrical return home on Friday after medical treatment in Cuba, walking and joking in a first public appearance for three weeks that quashed rumors he may have been at death's door.