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Mobile internet goes free and national for a day in Cuba to much cheer
• 7 years agoUntil 2013, internet was largely only available to the public at tourist hotels on the island.
Former Cuban president Raul Castro accuses US of 'tightening the noose' by controlling country's financial transactions
• 7 years agoFormer Cuban president Raul Castro has accused the US of tightening its grip on his country, Venezuela and Nicaragua and persecuting their financial transactions
Ram Nath Kovind in Cuba: New Delhi, Havana agree to enhance cooperation in biotechnology, renewable energy
• 7 years agoIndia and Cuba have agreed to enhance cooperation in biotechnology, renewable energy and traditional medicine.
Cuba plane crash: Boeing 737 plane crashes near Havana airport; President Miguel Diaz-Canel says probe underway
Fp Staff • 7 years agoAn aging Boeing 737 with 110 people aboard crashed and burned shortly after taking off from Havana's airport, leaving three survivors.
More than 100 feared dead after Boeing 737 plane crashes near Havana airport; at least 110 on board
• 7 years agoA Boeing 737 plane crashed on Friday shortly after taking off from Havana's main airport, carrying 104 passengers plus crew on a domestic flight, Cuban state-run media reported.
Venezuela's Nicholas Maduro arrives in Cuba to meet new president Miguel Diaz-Canel, says wants to keep 'working together'
• 7 years agoVenezuelan president Nicolas Maduro arrived in Havana on Friday to meet with Cuba's new president and ratify his struggling nation's ties with one of its few remaining allies.
Miguel Diaz-Canal named new Cuban president, vows to continue legacy of Raul and Fidel Castro
• 7 years agoThe first clues to the mystery of Cuba’s future power structure were revealed early Thursday when Raul Castro handed the presidency to Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Miguel Diaz-Canel takes charge as Cuba's president, pledges to preserve communist system, reform economy
• 7 years agoIn his own half-hour speech to the nation, Diaz-Canel pledged to preserve Cuba's communist system while gradually reforming the economy and making the government more responsive to the people.
US acknowledges Cuba's 'undemocratic' transition to new leader, urges Miguel Diaz-Canel to end 'repression' in island
• 7 years agoThe United States grudgingly acknowledged Cuba's "undemocratic" transition to a new leader on Thursday and urged him to allow the island's people greater political freedom
Cuba ready for end of an era as President Raul Castro steps down; long time deputy Miguel Diaz-Canel to take over
• 7 years agoThe silver-haired Diaz-Canel, 57 — a top Communist Party figure who has served as first vice president since 2013 — will become the island's first leader born after the 1959 revolution, and the first in 60 years who is not named Castro.