#cuba

#cuba

The Senate has repeatedly voted down similar efforts to curb military action in Iran, indicating a consistent resistance to limiting executive power in foreign military engagements.

The boat's crew of 20 or so young campaigners carried about 14 tons of humanitarian aid, flew the Cuban flag, held a LET CUBA LIVE sign, and protested against the U.S. oil sanctions.

The Cuban cigar industry is facing its greatest challenge yet due to the U.S. oil blockade, which has compounded existing supply-side problems from poor harvests and hurricanes.

I make 1,200 pesos (1.80) a day, so I have to work two days to buy a bottle of oil. It has been weeks since he ate meat. His last meal, last night, was a dish of white rice and fried banana.

Cuba's decision to pardon 2,010 prisoners is framed as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week, reflecting ongoing US pressure for political change in the country.

The so-called troika of tyranny in Latin America, the dictatorships of Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, was always a misleading oversimplification. Despite sharing some common elements due to their authoritarian resilience, 21st-century dictatorships were never a homogeneous bloc.

In 1820, Thomas Jefferson declared that his country should seize the first opportunity to annex Cuba, reflecting early American expansionist ambitions.

Members of a convoy that delivered humanitarian aid to Cuba were detained and interrogated by Customs and Border Protection upon returning to the United States on a charter flight from Havana.

Only candles and the odd solar lamp can be glimpsed inside the immense colonial houses eaten away by the salt from the sea and Cuba's decades of struggle.