In the last days before Joe Biden departed the White House, he was somehow persuaded to take a second look at the U.S.-Cuba relationship. All I can say to former president Biden is: that was one long Cuba policy review given that it was initiated in February 2021.
The releases are also taking place days after U.S. President Joe Biden's administration announced ... and humanitarian ways to make it happen. Havana said, however, that the gesture to the pontiff ...
The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.
Hundreds more Cuban dissidents are expected to be released in the coming days in a deal with President Biden, but even a top beneficiary is balking.
Reuters reported that a Virginia court has once again ruled against spirits conglomerate Bacardi amid the company's ongoing fight over the "Havana Club" rum trademark. The move comes a little over a month after former President Biden signed legislation many speculated would give Bacardi the upper hand over the Cuban government and rival spirits firm Pernod Ricard.
A Virginia federal court on Friday ruled against Bacardi [RIC:RIC:BCARDU.UL] for the second time in the liquor company's fight with the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office over the Cuban government's trademark rights to "Havana Club" rum.
US President Donald Trump announces that the United States will hold some 30,000 "criminal illegal aliens" at the notorious Guantánamo military detention facility in Cuba as part of his administration's crackdown on illegal immigration.
The releases, which started the day after Biden's announcement, ended on Trump's inauguration day January 20, according to rights groups.
The US naval base in Cuba has a prison for foreign terrorists, but also a lesser known center for migrants intercepted at sea who are detained in deplorable conditions, according to human rights group
Guantanamo Bay, a US military prison in Cuba, has housed terrorism suspects since 2002. Under Trump, plans to detain 30,000 migrants emerged.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has removed retired U.S. Gen. Mark Milley's personal security detail, suspended his security clearance and directed the Pentagon's acting inspector general to carry out an inquiry into Milley's conduct to determine if his military rank should be reduced.
"I feel happy. As a mother, I have suffered a lot from not being with my daughter and for the times she has cried without me," says Lisdiani.