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Barack Obama

Obama tweets from Havana hours after regime detains dissidents

(CNSNews.com) – President Obama landed in Cuba on Sunday afternoon, hours after dozens of dissidents from the Ladies in White movement were detained during a post-Mass, pro-democracy march, in what has become a weekly ritual of protest and arrest over almost a year. "Obama, traveling to Cuba isn'

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Ninety Cuban protesters arrested as Kerry visit looms

Less than a week before Secretary of State John Kerry is expected to arrive in Havana, tensions grew in Cuba's capital as 90 activists protesting the country's recently renewed ties with America were arrested Sunday, according to YahooNews and the AFP. The majority of the protesters,

Catholic

Francis in Cuba: The whole world is watching

The eyes of the world will be on Pope Francis as he arrives in Cuba on Saturday to begin the first leg of his apostolic journey to North America. That the pontiff plans to visit the hemisphere's only one-party communist country just before he arrives in the U.

Fidel Castro

Pope meets with Fidel, misses out on dissident greeting

Written by Nicole Winfield and Michael Weissenstein HAVANA (AP) — Pope Francis flies to eastern Cuba on Monday for the next leg of his pilgrimage after having met with both Raul and Fidel Castro but missing out on an encounter with Cuban dissidents.