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A man drives his taxi past a Cultural Center in Havana, Cuba, on April 14, 2015. (AP Photo/Desmond Boylan)

Cubans hail removal from US list of state terrorism sponsors

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 15, 2015 | World

Havana, AP—Cuban officials and ordinary citizens alike hailed the island’s removal from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, saying the move by President Barack Obama heals a decades-old insult to national pride and clears the way to swiftly restore...

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US Secretary of State John Kerry (R) shakes hands with Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez on April 9, 2015 in Panama City, Panama. (AFP Photo/ Handout/US State Department)

US, Cuba hold highest-level meeting in more than 50 years

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Apr 10, 2015 | World

Panama City, Reuters—The US and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago. Secretary of State John Kerry met Cuban Foreign...

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A visitor looks at a photograph of former Cuban leader Fidel Castro at an exhibition at the John F. Kennedy Library in Boston, United States, on December 18, 2014. (Reuters/Brian Snyder)

No word yet from Fidel amid historic US-Cuba shift

by Asharq Al-Awsat | Dec 20, 2014 | World

Havana, AP—Everyone in Cuba is talking about the startling turn in relations with the United States, with one notable exception: Fidel Castro. So far, the larger-than-life retired Cuban leader has made no public comment on the biggest news in years—that the US and his...