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Cuba: At least 8 dead in explosion at Havana hotel

At least eight dead after powerful explosion caused by gas leak hits hotel undergoing renovations in the heart of Havana.

Cops in Havana were pelted with rocks as thousands took to the streets demanding 'freedom' and denouncing political repression.

City of Havana restoring first Jewish cemetery in Cuba for city's 500th anniversary.

Opera based on 86-year-old Yiddish poem will have its premiere in Havana next month.

Secretary of State declares a new era as he presides over raising of American flag over reopened embassy in Havana.

Cuba accuses the US of unfairly denying its consular officials access to one of the members of the "Cuban Five" group convicted of espionage

Members of Congress have gone to Cuba in an attempt to free imprisoned American Jewish social worker Alan Gross, age 63.

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez is alive and has returned home to Caracas following a fourth round of surgery in December for cancer.

A power struggle is in the works as doubts grow over whether Venezuela's president will attend his own inauguration following surgery.