HAVANA, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro says he's repeating his offer to hold direct talks with U.S. President-elect Barack Obama.
CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro is visiting Venezuela in his first overseas trip as president.
HAVANA, Dec. 5 (UPI) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has offered to meet with President-elect Barack Obama, the communist island's state media reported.
HAVANA, Nov. 29 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev and former Cuban leader Fidel Castro met in Havana Saturday, discussing further ties between the countries, officials said.
KABUL, Afghanistan, Nov. 23 (UPI) -- Afghan President Hamid Karzai says U.S. President-elect Barack Obama has assured him the United States will continue to aid his nation.
HAVANA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A photo of ailing former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has surfaced for the first time in many months.
CHICAGO, Nov. 7 (UPI) -- U.S. President-elect Barack Obama apologized Friday to former first lady Nancy Reagan for an off-the-cuff comment, a spokeswoman said.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 4 (UPI) -- Barack Obama, with projected wins in West Coast states, became the first African-American president-elect of the United States Tuesday.
HAVANA, June 18 (UPI) -- Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro has appeared on television for the first time in five months.
HAVANA, May 27 (UPI) -- Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro says U.S. presidential hopeful Barack Obama would keep Cubans hungry were he to maintain the United States' trade embargo.
MIAMI, May 23 (UPI) -- U.S. Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., told Cuban-Americans at an independence day banquet in Miami Friday that he supports "direct diplomacy" with Havana.
MIAMI, May 18 (UPI) -- Democratic presidential hopeful Barack Obama has drawn criticism from some Cuban Americans who disagree with his policy on negotiating with U.S. enemies.
HAVANA, April 30 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro says almost all of the communist island's prisoners sentenced to death would have their sentences commuted.
HAVANA, April 28 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro said he would increase state pensions by 20 percent and increase salaries for court employees, Granma newspaper reported Monday.
HAVANA, March 25 (UPI) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro has defended the communist country's crackdown on dissidents five years ago.
