26/01/2012 | Argentina

Alicia Castro appointed ambassador to the UK

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner appointed Alicia Castro as ambassador to the United Kingdom, and the British government has accepted her credentials, the Foreign Ministry announced on Thursday.

12/01/2013 | Argentina

'I went out of respect and solidarity for a friend,' CFK says

02/05/2012 | Argentina

'I feel no regrets for what I've done,' Ambassador to London

Argentine ambassador to London Alicia Castro told reporters she felt no regrets for having tackling down United Kingdom’s Foreign Secretary William Hague with questions over Malvinas Islands sovereignty during a public meeting last Monday in London.

02/05/2012 | Argentina

CFK backs Castro, blasts UK's refusal to dialogue

President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner defended Argentine Ambassador to the UK Alicia Castro, who tackled British Foreign Minister William Hague over Malvinas Islands sovereignty dialogue and stressed the fact that “the right to talk cannot be invalidated.”

02/05/2012 | World

UK repudiates ambassador Castro's behaviour, calls it 'disappointing'

Argentina's new ambassador to London put UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague in an awkward situation over the Malvinas Islands after asking him at a public meeting whether he was ready to “give peace a chance” by opening talks on the islands' future.

30/01/2012 | Latin America

Rousseff arrives to Cuba to talk trade, ties

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff arrived to Havana for a two-day visit focused on trade, but nagged by Cuba's ever-present human rights issues.

14/01/2013 | Latin America

Cubans cleared for travel under new law

Cuba's new, freer travel policy took effect today and for some notable Cuban dissidents it turned out to offer greater freedom than they had expected.

04/02/2013 | Latin America

Fidel Castro says Chávez improving after tough cancer fight

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro said Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez is getting "much better" as he recovers from cancer surgery almost two months ago in Havana, Communist Party newspaper Granma reported today.

06/03/2013 | Latin America

Stunned Cuba ponders future without Chávez

11/03/2013 | Latin America

Fidel Castro: Chávez 'was the champion of the poor'

Cuba's Fidel Castro praised the late Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez as a champion of the poor and said Cubans had lost their best friend ever, in his first comments on the death last week of his socialist ally.

28/01/2011 | Latin America

Cuban dissident arrested for third time this week

A well-known Cuban dissident and about 15 associates were arrested as they tried to march down a street in central Santa Clara province, the third time in as many days they were detained for mounting peaceful protests.

19/02/2011 | Latin America

Cuba frees another political prisoner

Cuba has freed another political prisoner, leaving only six still behind bars from a group of 52 that President Raúl Castro has promised to release, the Catholic Church said.

16/03/2011 | Latin America

Cuba to free another prisoner from 2003 crackdown

Cuba will release one of the last political prisoners still in jail from a 2003 government crackdown, the Catholic Church said.

28/03/2011 | Latin America

Jimmy Carter starts Cuba visit, to discuss ties

Former President Jimmy Carter, returning to Cuba for the first time since a groundbreaking 2002 trip, began a three-day visit on Monday to discuss troubled US-Cuba relations and is likely to talk about the fate of imprisoned US aid contractor Alan Gross.

08/04/2011 | Latin America

Anti-Castro Cuban exile cleared of lying over bombs

A Texas jury acquitted an 83-year-old anti-Castro Cuban exile and former CIA operative, considered an archfoe by Havana, of charges he lied to US authorities about his role in bomb attacks against tourist areas in Cuba in 1997.

17/04/2011 | Latin America

Cubans welcome Castro call to limit leaders' terms

Cuba will consider placing term limits on its leaders to assure new blood in the goverment, President Raúl Castro said in a speech kicking off a Communist Party congress on the island he and his brother led for more than five decades.

18/04/2011 | Latin America

Cuban communists approve landmark reforms

Cuba's Communist Party approved landmark economic reforms and voted for new leaders in a key party congress to chart Cuba's future, state-run media reported

25/06/2011 | Latin America

Power vacuum in Venezuela

There’s no such thing as “Chavism” without Hugo Chávez. That’s the conclusion which emerges from a 20-day power vacuum in Venezuela with an ailing Chávez stuck in Havana...

30/07/2011 | Latin America

Cuba readies new phase in retail sector reform

Cuba will broaden private retail service beyond beauty parlors and barbers in October to include everything from coffee shops to locksmiths, and may even rent space on busy streets, an official told parliament.

02/09/2011 | Latin America

Venezuela's Chávez finishes third chemo session

Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez ended a third round of chemotherapy, saying he "couldn't feel better" as he led a caravan to the presidential palace cheered on by thousands of supporters.

22/12/2011 | Latin America

Cubans wait, hope for end to travel limits

Cuba is abuzz with speculation that President Raúl Castro will soon announce policy changes making it easier for Cubans to travel abroad from their communist island.

21/10/2012 | Latin America

Fidel Castro alive and well, Chávez aide says

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro is alive and well, according to Elias Jaua, a former Venezuelan vice president who says he met with Castro over the weekend.

23/04/2012 | Latin America

Cuba plans massive shift to 'non-state' sector

Cuba will move nearly 50 percent of the state's economic activity to the "non-state" sector, a senior Communist party official said, the latest signal the island is headed toward a mixed economy.

11/04/2012 | Sports

Mexico's Calderón arrives in Cuba pledging better relations

Mexican President Felipe Calderón pledged to improve his government's rocky relations with Cuba and seek new trade opportunities when he arrived for a short visit to the communist island.

02/05/2012 | Multimedia

Ambassador Castro tackles UK's Foreign Secretary over Malvinas

Argentina's new ambassador to London put UK’s Foreign Secretary William Hague in an awkward situation over the Malvinas Islands after asking him at a public meeting whether he was ready to “give peace a chance” by opening talks on the islands' future.