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Fidel Castro, pictured here in 2006, has largely retreated form public life

Fidel: Cuba 'has no need of gifts from the empire'

News / 28 Mar 16

Ronnie Wood, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards on stage in Cuba

Rolling Stones perform historic concert in Cuba

News / 26 Mar 16

Raul Castro and Barack Obama met in the Palace of the Revolution in Havana

Cuba and US will always have differences - Castro

News / 21 Mar 16

Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodriguez (R) meets with US Secretary of Transportation, Anthony R. Foxx (L) in Havana

US and Cuba sign pact to restore scheduled flights

News / 17 Feb 16

Pope Francis is visiting three cities during his stay

Pope Francis begins three-day visit to Cuba

News / 19 Sep 15

The flag was raised over the building for the first time in 54 years

US flag raised at embassy in Cuba

News / 14 Aug 15

Pope Francis is to visit Cuba as part of a trip that will also see him address the US Congress

Pope Francis may make Cuban visit on US trip

News / 17 Apr 15

Barak Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro at the Western Hemisphere summit in Panama on Saturday

Cuba says removal from terrorism list is 'fair'

News / 15 Apr 15

Cuban President Raul Castro met US President Barack Obama in Panama at the weekend

Obama plans to remove Cuba from terrorism list

News / 15 Apr 15

President Obama and President Raul Castro shake hands during a meeting in Panama

Obama to decide on removing Cuba from terror list

News / 12 Apr 15

Bruno Rodriguez and John Kerry were said to have made progress after 'very constructive discussions'

Obama and Castro to share stage at Summit

News / 10 Apr 15

Cuban Foreign Ministry Director for North America Josefina Vidal

Cuba tells US to stop assisting dissidents

News / 03 Feb 15

US and Cuban officials are to meet for talks next week

Cuba releases 53 political prisoners

News / 12 Jan 15

The US helped Gerardo Hernandez artificially inseminate his wife while imprisoned in California

Freed Cuban agent becomes father

News / 08 Jan 15

Raul Castro reiterated his willingness for respectful and reciprocal dialogue regarding disagreements with the US

Castro hails 'obstacle' removal in US-Cuba affairs

News / 20 Dec 14

US-Cuban relations have entered a new phase

US-Cuban relations - key events

News / 17 Dec 14

The US has moved to normalise diplomatic relations with Cuba

How Obama will relax US-Cuba policy

News / 17 Dec 14

The family of Mr Gross has appealed for his release since 2009

Obama announces major Cuban policy shift

News / 17 Dec 14

Cuba is sending 165 doctors and nurses to Sierra Leone to help fight the Ebola outbreak

Ebola death toll passes 2,400

News / 12 Sep 14

US fighter jets were scrambled to an unresponsive aircraft in the Caribbean

Plane with unresponsive pilot crashes near Jamaica

News / 05 Sep 14

France's Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius (R) talks with tourists in Havana

France's top diplomat on historic Cuba visit

News / 12 Apr 14

Barack Obama's second term has seen a thaw in relations with Cuba

US official praises thaw in Cuba relations

News / 11 Jan 14

Mr Snowden eventually accepted a year's asylum in Russia after spending nearly six weeks at Sheremetyevo

Cuba refused access to US whistleblower

News / 26 Aug 13

A police officer inspects containers inside the hold of the Chong Chon Gang

Jet engines hidden under sugar on seized ship

News / 31 Jul 13

View of North Korean vessel Chong Chon Gang at Manzanillo harbour in Colon, 90km from Panama City

Cuba says 'obsolete' weapons on North Korean ship

News / 17 Jul 13