Cuban band leader Juan Formell dead at 71
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban band leader Juan Formell, a Grammy-winning singer and bass player for Los Van Van orchestra whose mixture of son and salsa earned the...
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Cuban band leader Juan Formell dead at 71
By Nelson Acosta HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban band leader Juan Formell, a Grammy-winning singer and bass player for Los Van Van orchestra whose mixture of son and salsa earned the...
Cuba admits defections taking toll on sports performance
HAVANA (Reuters) - The head of Cuba's volleyball federation has blamed a decline in the country's competitiveness on foreign teams poaching its best players in a rare official admission that...
Cubans traveling abroad in record numbers, officials say
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans are taking advantage of the loosening of travel restrictions this year to go abroad in record numbers, the government said on Monday, with the tally of...
Cubans traveling abroad in record numbers, officials say
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cubans are taking advantage of the loosening of travel restrictions this year to go abroad in record numbers, the government said on Monday, with the tally of...
Young Cuban baseball pitcher believed to have left the island
HAVANA (Reuters) - A promising young Cuban pitcher failed to show up for training this week and was widely believed to have left the island, which would make him the...
Colombian rebels say they share blame for decades of bloodshed
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's largest rebel organization for the first time on Tuesday accepted partial responsibility for decades of bloodshed and called for a commission to investigate the causes of...
Colombia’s FARC wants leftist involved in freeing U.S. captive
BOGOTA/HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels said on Tuesday they are waiting for the government to allow a leftist politician to be involved in coordinating the release of a former...
Colombia’s FARC rebels call on government to bring ELN into talks
HAVANA (Reuters) - Colombia's FARC rebels, the country's biggest insurgent group, called on Tuesday for the government to broaden peace talks to include its smaller counterpart known as the ELN,...
Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez gets passport, will travel
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuba's best-known dissident, blogger Yoani Sanchez, received a passport on Wednesday under the island's new, freer travel law and said she would go abroad soon, after years...