Cuban president Raul Castro to visit Russia

telegraph.co.uk

Nov. 11, 2008

Cuban president Raul Castro will visit Russia next year in a move that will deepen ties between the two countries.

Raul Castro visits Venezuela

CARACAS, Venezuela, Dec. 13 (UPI) -- Cuban President Raul Castro is visiting Venezuela in his first overseas trip as president.

Cuba's Fidel Castro wants Obama meeting

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.

Medvedev, Fidel Castro meet in Cuba

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.

Russian president signs deals with Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 28 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev Friday signed mining and oil exploration deals with Cuban leader Raul Castro, Granma reported online.

Russian president visits Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 27 (UPI) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev is visiting Cuba as the final stop on his tour of Latin America, officials said.

Hu meets ailing Castro in Cuba

HAVANA, Nov. 19 (UPI) -- Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao met with Fidel Castro in Havana, assuring the ailing Cuban leader he looked recovered and energetic.

New photo of ailing Castro appears

HAVANA, Nov. 14 (UPI) -- A photo of ailing former Cuban dictator Fidel Castro has surfaced for the first time in many months.

Cuban exile groups softening embargo stand

MIAMI, Sept. 24 (UPI) -- U.S. Cuban exile groups, who for 47 years have opposed official contact with Havana, say they are debating relaxing the U.S. trade embargo.

Cuban rock dissident is fined

HAVANA, Aug. 30 (UPI) -- A Cuban punk rocker whose lyrics often blasted the Castro government that rules the communist island has been fined but freed, says a human rights activist.

Third Cuban player missing in Canada

EDMONTON, Alberta, Aug. 4 (UPI) -- Three players from the Cuban all-star team at the 2008 World Junior Triple A Baseball Championships in Edmonton have defected, officials say.

Cuba to legalize private taxis

HAVANA, July 10 (UPI) -- Cuba said it would lift its ban on private taxis, a move that would legitimate thousands of unlicensed cabs on the communist island.

Cuba: Anti-Castro militant should be tried

ST. JOHN'S, Antigua and Barbuda, July 6 (UPI) -- Cuba's foreign minister is urging Panama to seek the extradition of accused anti-Castro plotter Luis Posada Carriles from the United States.

Castro chides FARC for taking hostages

HAVANA, July 4 (UPI) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro criticized the Colombian FARC guerrillas for holding Ingrid Betancourt and others hostage for years.