U.S. to speed visas in Cuba

In a significant shift in Cuba migration policy, the U.S. government announced Wednesday it was creating a new program that would reduce the long delays many Cubans experience in securing visas to enter the United States. Read More

---

Photo Exhibit on Cuban Dance Opens in New York

The United Nations headquarters in New York is hosting a photo exhibition on Cuban dance. The display opened Tuesday after an address by the Cuban ambassador to the international body, Rodrigo Malmierca. Read More

---

American Lawyers Pass Resolution on Cuban Five

Members of U.S' National Lawyers Guild endorsed a call for an international investigation into their government's failure to address the denial of justice in the case of the Five Cubans, who have been unfairly imprisoned for more than nine years. Read More

---

U.S Scholars Ask For Normal Relations with Cuba

In an open letter to Bush, more than two hundred artists and scholars from the United States asked their president to end the travel ban that prevents U.S. citizens from visiting Cuba and allow Cuban artists and scholars to visit the United States. Read More

---

U.S. artists demand normal cultural relations with Cuba

More than 200 prominent individuals from the arts and show business in the United States have signed a letter addressed to President George W. Bush expressing their support for cultural relations between the United States and Cuba. Read More

---

Lawyers Call U.S. System of Military Hearings at Guantánamo a Sham

A large number of detainees who were cleared to leave the U.S.-run prison at Guantánamo after military hearings last year remain in custody -- raising questions among prisoners and their attorneys about the legitimacy of the system the U.S. Army says is designed to review evidence against those being held. Read More

---

USA wins gold medal at the Baseball World Cup

The U.S. took command of the game in the second inning when Jason Jaramillo singled in a run, and Cuban starter Yadel Carrillo walked in two successive batters with the bases loaded to stretch the American lead to 3-0. Read More

---

Cuba and USA to face for World Cup gold

The Americans will play for the gold medal for the first time since 2001. They haven't won the title since 1974. Cuba, meanwhile, is the nine-time defending champion. Read More

---

Anti-Cuban HHRR Mandate approved by overwhelming majority at UN

The demise was approved by 168 votes in favor, 7 against and 3 abstentions in the UN Social, Humanitarian and Cultural Committee. Read More

---

Cuba Opposes Greater Power to UN Security Council

Cuba insisted on the need for UN member states "to block any attempt to transfer issues pertaining to the General Assembly to the Security Council". Read More

---