"BRUSSELS, Belgium (CNN) -- Members of the European Union decided Thursday to formally lift sanctions on Cuba, a spokeswoman for EU Secretary-General Javier Solana told CNN.

Christina Gallach said the decision, made over dinner during the first day of a planned two-day summit in Brussels, Belgium, will be formally confirmed on Monday during an EU ( Read more... )

"HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Former Cuban President Fidel Castro appeared Tuesday in a video broadcast on Cuban television, the first scenes of the ailing revolutionary leader released since January.

The video was broadcast on the state-run Cuban television's news program. It showed the 81-year-old wearing a red, white and blue track suit -- the colors of ( Read more... )

Communist youth newspaper Juventud Rebelde quotes Elian Gonzalez as saying he will never let down ex-President Fidel Castro and his brother Raul Castro, who succeeded Fidel earlier this year.

Now 14, Elian was 6 when Miami relatives lost their fight to keep him in the United States and he was returned to Cuba in mid-2000 with his father.

Elian ( Read more... )

"Cuba has authorised sex-change operations and will offer them free to qualifying citizens, officials say.

The move is the latest in a series of policy changes implemented by President Raul Castro since he succeeded his elder brother, Fidel, in February."

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"So far 28 transsexuals in the country have requested the operation."

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"Last month, for ( Read more... )

"HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban leader Fidel Castro blasted Republican presidential candidate John McCain on Friday for his criticism of the Cuban government this week, saying McCain had shown why he finished near the bottom of his class at West Point."

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"McCain, speaking in Miami on Tuesday, vowed to maintain the United States' 46-year-long trade ( Read more... )