HAVANA (AP) — American R&B pioneers Kool & the Gang helped Cuba get its funk on, bringing their eclectic mix of sounds today to an open-air stage a stone's throw from the sparkling waters of the Caribbean. ...more

December 20, 2009

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton continues to devalue and undermine the U.S. diplomatic tradition of human rights advocacy. On her first foreign trip, to Asia, she was dismissive about raising human rights concerns with China's communist government, saying "those issues can't interfere" with economic, security or environmental matters. In last week's visit to the Middle East and Europe, she undercut the State Department's own reporting regarding two problematic American allies: Egypt and Turkey. ...more

March 14, 2009

The children of more than a dozen Cuban doctors and medical professionals who defected from the communist island nation are not being allowed to travel to the United States even though they have visas, their parents said Tuesday. ...more

November 19, 2008

A pair of devastating storms have prompted new calls for the United States to end its long isolation of Cuba, including from hard-line exile groups that are pushing for the Bush administration to loosen restrictions they had long favored. ...more

September 25, 2008

While China is eager to dominate global trade, "Made in China" gets scarier all the time. ...more

September 23, 2008

Cuba has ordered jailed punk rocker Gorki Aguila, an outspoken critic of former President Fidel Castro and the communist government, to stand trial Friday for "social dangerousness," a charge that could carry four years in prison. ...more

August 28, 2008

Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. ...more

May 3, 2008

They are called "Raulistas" - top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. Today, these men likely will ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but also remains in firm control. ...more

February 24, 2008

Fidel Castro made his first live appearance on Cuban airwaves since falling ill 14 months ago, sounding lucid and in good humor as he exchanged praise and jokes Sunday with the Venezuelan president. ...more

October 15, 2007

John Novack of Hudson says don't wait for China to be a democracy. ...more

September 4, 2007