Cuba News

New York - For the 22nd straight year, the United Nations General Assembly has overwhelmingly voted to condemn the United States' 53-year economic embargo against the small Caribbean island nation of Cuba.

Colombia's FARC rebels released hostage Kevin Scott Sutay Sunday. Sutay is a former United States Army private who was kidnapped in June after wandering into "the conflict zone."

Havana - President Raul Castro, president of Cuba signed law 313 in September creating a "Special Economic Zone" in the port of Mariel located 45 km west of the capital Havana. Foreign companies who invest in the zone will not pay the usual taxes and tariffs.

American swimmer Diana Nyad, 64, made it onto dry sand in Key West on Monday after swimming more than 100 miles from Cuba.

Havana - Cuba opened its first English bookstore, cafe, and literary salon Friday offering islanders and tourists a place to hang out and choose from 300 books, just about what you'd find in the lobby of a bed and breakfast in the United States.

Panama City - A North Korean flagged ship travelling from Cuba and bound for North Korea was seized at the port of Colon on Monday 15. The vessel was carrying undeclared war material, reported the president of Panama, Ricardo Martinelli.

On Wednesday July 10, a spending bill was approved by the House Appropriations Committee. It's actually being called The "Jay-Z, Beyonce" bill. The bill's name was given by Rep. Jose Serrano (D-NY).

Moscow - While mystery currently surrounds the location of the NSA whistleblower, Edward Snowden, reportedly heading to Cuba for onward travel to Ecuador, but not seen on the plane, we hear that he is safe and well. Updated with video.

During his 2008 presidential campaign, Nobel Peace Prize laureate Barack Obama campaigned on a promise to close Guantanamo Bay; the infamous Caribbean prison often associated with George W. Bush's War on Terror policies.

Washington - The US economic embargo of Cuba, which is opposed by just about every nation on earth, is more than an outdated Cold War relic. It is the very height of hypocrisy.