Cuba Year In Review 1997

2010-11-02T15:32:40Z

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US fails to broker deal on Cuba and OAS

2010-04-16T11:58:53Z

The United States failed in a marathon bid overnight Tuesday to broker a deal for Cuba to return to the Organization of American States.

The development all but dashed any near-term hopes for the United States to work out a path with the OAS to lift Cuba's 47-year suspension from the body whil...

Benicio del Toro urges Cuba, US to talk

2010-04-16T13:56:17Z

Actor Benicio del Toro -- in Havana to unveil his portrayal of Cuban revolutionary hero Ernest Che Guevara in two Stephen Soderbergh films -- urged longtime US enemies the United States and

Cuba Predictions

2011-01-03T14:32:11Z

A bunch of bananas hangs from a doorframe of a temple where Afro-Cuban Yoruba religion priests presented the "Letter of the Year" which lists predictions made by Cuban Santeros for 2011 in Havana, Cuba, Monday, Jan. 3, 2011. The bananas are an offering for Chango saint, Lord of Fire, War and Thunder. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba Hotel Nacional

2010-12-30T11:30:44Z

A worker cleans an elevator in the Hotel Nacional in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday Dec. 29, 2010. The iconic hotel, which celebrates its 80th birthday on Thursday, opened on Dec. 30, 1930 as a rum-soaked getaway for Mafia dons and Hollywood starlets and later became a training center for illiterate peasant women after Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. It shuttered a...

Cuba Political Prisoners

2010-12-26T13:31:30Z

Laura Pollan, leader of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, right, demonstrates during the group's weekly march in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, Dec. 26, 2010. The 'Ladies in White' is an organization created by wives and mothers of Cuban political prisoners. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Copyright 2010 Alicia Alonso, center, is escorted by dancers during the opening ceremony of the 22nd International Ballet Festival in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Oct. 28, 2010. Alonso, considered a living legend of international ballet and a national treasure in her native Cuba, was honored wi...

Cuba Christmas Concert

2010-12-20T21:01:17Z

A nun attends a Christmas concert in the cathedral in Havana, Cuba, Monday Dec. 20, 2010. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

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