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Cuba thaw and inked a deal with China on bishop appointments. His calls for peace and to fight climate change were not always ...

On a visit to Cuba in 2015, Francis met with leaders Fidel and Raúl Castro, and went to Holguín, the first time a pope had visited the city. And in 2016, on a brief stopover in Cuba on his way ...

Former Cuban President Raul Castro published a rare personal message lauding Pope Francis in the island’s main state-run newspaper today, where he wrote that he would carry the late pontiff “f ...

The Trump administration is planning to ramp up sanctions on Cuba as part of a maximum-security pressure campaign to incite a regime-change, new report reveals.

Cuba’s communist dictatorship is broke and seems to have run out of suckers who might lend it more. This month we learned ...

Former President Barack Obama also notably visited with then-dictator Raul Castro, resulting in the famous photo of Castro awkwardly holding up Obama’s arm and smiling during a public appearance.

Cuban singer-songwriter Raúl Torres has made a musical comeback with a new track rich in symbolism and political undertones, ...

Cubans waved flags and chanted when the plane touched down in Havana. Cuban leader Raul Castro then met Pope Francis. On the streets of Havana, thousands of Cubans, many waving Vatican flags ...

Raul Castro confirms he’s resigning, ending long era in Cuba Raul Castro says he is resigning as head of Cuba's Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel ...

Army General Raúl Castro expressed his sorrow over the death of Pope Francis, whom he described as a tireless advocate for ...

Former presidents Fidel Castro and Raúl Castro detested Radio Martí and demanded that it be taken off the air. Mr. Trump’s targeting of the USAGM echoes the aims of Russian President Vladimir ...