
The descendants of Jewish gangster Meyer Lansky are seeking compensation for a hotel casino in Cuba he built in the 1950s. Talks between the United States and Cuba regarding claims by Americans to property nationalized after the Cuban revolution opened
by Reuters11 Dec 2015, 4:39 AM PST0

Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas told Spanish newspaper ABC he will find himself forced to undergo a 25th hunger strike against the communist Castro regime unless the current increase in abusive incidents and oppression ceases.
by Frances Martel23 Oct 2015, 10:02 AM PST0

Cuban artist Danilo Maldonado, known by his stage name “El Sexto,” tells journalists he has no intention of censoring his art after being freed from a ten-month stint in prison after being caught painting the names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on two pigs.
by Frances Martel22 Oct 2015, 9:37 AM PST0

Following the departure of Pope Francis, the streets of eastern Holguín, Cuba, have been flooded with dozens of homeless people that residents say had “disappeared as if by magic” in the week before the Pope’s arrival.
by Frances Martel29 Sep 2015, 6:30 AM PST0

Prominent Cuban-American priest, Father Alberto Cutié, questions Pope Francis’ apparently warm attitude towards the Castro dictatorship during his visit to Cuba this week, asking in a Miami Herald column, “Why do you so strongly condemn capitalism … but we never see an equally strong condemnation of atheist communism?”
by Frances Martel22 Sep 2015, 10:01 AM PST0

Over and over again during his four day visit to Cuba, Pope Francis drew attention away from the Castro Revolution of 1958 to the deeper Christian roots of the Cuban nation.
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.22 Sep 2015, 8:39 AM PST0

Whatever his core political beliefs might be, and how they were shaped by his upbringing, Pope Francis has clearly been intent on making the Catholic Church more acceptable to the Left. He has a knack for making statements that set left-wing hearts aflutter, even though what he really said often turns out to be considerably less liberal than breathless news reports led readers to believe, particularly when his original statement was not made in English.
by John Hayward22 Sep 2015, 7:50 AM PST0

The Cuban government placed up to 20 women under house arrest for planning to attend Pope Francis’ Mass in Havana on Sunday, while at least two others were dragged away and arrested at the event for approaching the Pope while shouting the word “freedom.”
by Frances Martel21 Sep 2015, 10:31 AM PST0

Pope Francis met with Fidel Castro on Sunday after urging thousands of Cubans to serve one another and not an ideology, delivering a subtle jab at the communist system during a Mass celebrated under the gaze of an image of Che Guevara in Havana’s iconic Revolution Plaza.
by Breitbart News20 Sep 2015, 2:54 PM PST0

In a thinly veiled reproach to Cuban authorities, Pope Francis told a young Cuban student on Thursday that a political leader who stays in power at all costs is a “tyrant,” and that those who do not invest in future leaders are worthless “dictators.”
by Thomas D. Williams, Ph.D.18 Sep 2015, 5:58 AM PST0

The Cuban government’s now-ritual weekly arrests of pro-democracy dissidents continued on the last Sunday before Pope Francis lands on the Caribbean island, with more than 50 Catholic protesters arrested after attending weekly Mass.
by Frances Martel14 Sep 2015, 6:41 AM PST0

With President Obama’s legitimization of Cuba making headlines, turn-of-the-century writings by Donald Trump suggest he would have striven to extradite and imprison Cuba’s leaders, not line their pockets, if president.
by Frances Martel19 Aug 2015, 10:42 AM PST0

An article in Cuban media claiming to be written by retired Cuban despot Fidel Castro is demanding an unspecified number of “millions” of dollars from the United States as recompense for alleged economic damage created by America’s sanctions on the repressive communist state, on the eve of the scheduled celebration of the reopening of the U.S. embassy in Havana.
by Frances Martel13 Aug 2015, 12:11 PM PST0

The confluence of a Supreme Court that decides it has the power to legislate, a pro-active politicized bureaucracy at HUD that is betting the court will help it end-run Congress, and a Congress that allows itself to be manipulated by allowing its own independent agency to usurp its legislative function confirms that the federal government in its entirety has now merely become yet another arm of the Democratic Party.
by Michael Patrick Leahy29 Jul 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras is taking fire from many quarters today as he attends the Eurogroup meetings to discuss his country’s debt crisis. He can, however, take solace from the fact that one titan of international politics is on
by Sarkis Zeronian7 Jul 2015, 9:50 AM PST0

President Obama’s move to take Cuba off the State Sponsors of Terrorism list and “normalize” relations between the U.S. and that criminal regime has been met with bipartisan disapproval in the U.S. Congress, leaving many Americans questioning where their values as a country have gone.
by Javier Manjarres3 Jul 2015, 9:32 PM PST0

DENVER, Colorado—Over 4000 delegates are expected to gather at Denver’s Convention Center this weekend for the Western Conservative Summit. Speakers include presidential candidates Rick Santorum, Mike Huckabee, Carly Fiorina, Rick Perry, Ben Carson, and Scott Walker.
by Raheem Kassam26 Jun 2015, 9:57 PM PST0

Renowned TV producer Mark Burnett is looking to launch a reality series following the lives of global leaders, and has his sites set on Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to the Hollywood Reporter.
by Kipp Jones24 Jun 2015, 10:35 AM PST0

In a tell-all autobiography to be released in English this year, Fidel Castro’s former bodyguard asserts that, while head of state, the Cuban dictator ran cocaine and marijuana trafficking operations “like a godfather.” The body guard also claims Castro executed some of his top officers to prevent further international attention for bolstering violent drug cartels.
by Frances Martel5 May 2015, 6:34 AM PST0

After years of speculation, rumor, and firsthand testimonials by Cuban exiles about the human rights violations committed by Fidel Castro and his brother Raul, a new book written by one of Castro’s former right-hand men and bodyguards Juan Reinaldo Sanchez exposes Castro’s reign of terror over the Cuban people.
by Javier Manjarres4 May 2015, 8:01 PM PST0

Ted Cruz is taking a strong stand on Cuba, both in his presidential campaign and in his day job as a senator. He comes by his position naturally.
by Sarah Rumpf27 Apr 2015, 2:25 PM PST0

Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) is criticizing President Barack Obama over news that the president is moving forward with removing Cuba from the State Department’s list of State Sponsors of Terrorism.
by Sarah Rumpf14 Apr 2015, 3:09 PM PST0

Sean Penn had some harsh words for former President George W. Bush and former Vice President Dick Cheney during his Wednesday night appearance on Conan.
by Daniel Nussbaum19 Mar 2015, 12:21 PM PST0

Hilton Hotels heiress Paris Hilton became the latest celebrity to visit Cuba over the weekend, taking in the sights of old Havana, attending a cigar festival, and meeting with former leader Fidel Castro’s son, Fidel Castro Diaz-Balart, while documenting most of her trip on Instagram.
by Daniel Nussbaum3 Mar 2015, 5:42 PM PST0

Gerardo Hernandez, a spy for Communist Cuba and the man responsible for the murder of four humanitarian workers (three of whom were American citizens) over international waters, was freed from prison last year by the Obama administration, due in part to the Service Employees International Union (SEIU).
by Spyridon Mitsotakis19 Feb 2015, 6:46 AM PST0