Marc Frank
Friday, August 13, 2010 - 00:00
Fidel Castro marks his 84th birthday on Friday after a spate of public appearances and apocalyptic warnings of nuclear war and environmental disaster.
Tuesday, July 13, 2010 - 00:00
The appearance may have been a show of support for his brother's dialogue with the Catholic Church, which led to the prisoner release, as well as other reformist policies.
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 00:00
Talks to resume normal postal services between the US and Cuba were held in Havana yesterday as the ideological foes took another tentative step in their efforts to improve relations
Friday, September 18, 2009 - 00:00
The move is part of President Raul Castro's drive to modernise an economy in which, he recently admitted, two plus two often equals five in terms of spending and three when it comes to performance
Monday, July 27, 2009 - 00:00
The US has turned off a Times Square-style news ticker – a source of irritation for the Castro government – at its diplomatic mission in Havana that since 2006 streamed propaganda and news into the night.
Tuesday, March 10, 2009 - 00:00
Raul Castro's reshuffle, the biggest since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel Castro in early 2008, brought more generals and former officers into the government
Monday, February 25, 2008 - 00:00
The Cuban national assembly elected Raul Castro president of the council of state and Jose Ramon Ventura first vice-president on Sunday, in a historic vote for Cuba and the Americas