The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

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Cuba has released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from jail, as part of a Cuban government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners as part of talks with the Vatican

"Cuba is literally collapsing, both generationally in terms of all the young people leaving but it's also collapsing economically" said Rubio

Cuba on Wednesday began releasing prisoners under a deal with departing US President Joe Biden to remove the communist island from a list of terror sponsors, the detainees' relatives told AFP. In his final days in office, Biden has rushed through a series of actions designed to cement his legacy,…

Marco Rubio, Donald Trump's nominee for secretary of state, charged Wednesday that China cheated its way to superpower status and vowed to cast aside the "liberal world order" long promoted by the United States.

Several protesters were forcibly removed from the hearing during Rubio's opening statement

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The Biden administration said the decision to remove the country from the list of states sponsoring terrorism was part of a deal in return for the release of over 500 prisoners

The president notified Congress of its intent to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism on Tuesday