President says country at ‘interesting’ threshold as humanity faces systemic crisis

Joseph O’Connor’s ‘Star of the Sea’ is the first Irish novel since ‘Ulysses’ published in Cuba

Human rights, LGBT rights and civil society discussed between two leaders

His funniest and most charming moments from Joe Biden memes to #ObamaWithKids

Policy allowed any Cuban who reached US soil to stay and become a legal resident

Ashes of communist revolutionary will be interred on Sunday after days of mourning

‘Some saw him as a ruthless despot who trampled rights and freedoms; many others hailed him as the crowds did that first night, as a revolutionary hero for the ages’

Next US president may spy opportunities after passing of divisive Cuban revolutionary

Ted Cruz among Republican critics, referring to Cuban leader as ‘murderous tyrant’

‘Remarkable statesman’ an ‘irreparable loss’, Vladimir Putin tells Raúl Castro

Cuba begins 9 days of mourning as state media filled with tributes to former leader

From toxic pens to poisoned milkshake, security men calculate 634 failed murder plots

His two personae – of hero and demon – fed off each other to bolster a near mythical status

Death of former president announced by brother Raul on state television

Contrasting reactions to death as world leaders pay tribute to ‘revolutionary leader’

Politicians around the world react to the election of new US president

Cuba prepares for hurricane ‘twice as powerful’ as Hurricane Sandy

Dignitaries chant ‘long live Colombia, long live peace’ as thousands watch on big screen

Referendum to be held on accord to stop conflict that has cost about 250,000 lives

Colombian President and Marxist rebel leader will sign accord in Cartagena

Peace deal is to be signed in Havana by Colombian president and rebel leader

Cruises can bring in money without placing demand on Cuba’s maxed-out food supplies

Cuban state television broadcasts images of grey-bearded former president visiting school

Retired leader recalls US efforts to overthrow and weaken Communist government

The US president proves he can go to a ballgame and still keep his eye on the ball

American anger – and the blockade – was about property rights not human rights

Speaking of a ‘new day’ in a relationship that is healing but not yet healed

US president compares America and Cuba to estranged brothers during speech in Havana

Longing for access to cheaper food hitched to national goodwill towards US president

Presidents’ historic meeting takes place at Cuba’s Palace of the Revolution

US president hails first visit by an American leader to Cuba in 88 years as a ‘new day’

Barack Obama begins historic t rip to Cuba ending 88-year estrangement

The visit is the first by a US president in 88 years after estrangement between the two countries ended in 2014

Eldest Castro never took up arms in 1959 guerrilla movement led by brothers

Republicans oppose Cuba visit, which marks first by a US president in nearly 90 years

Pontiff and patriarch meet in Havana to heal millennium-long rift between churches

Cuba meeting with Patriarch Kirill of the Russian Orthodox Church hugely symbolic

Both sides agree to request UN Security Council mission to oversee end of conflict

Sinn Féin leader praises Castro and Obama during visit and calls for end to US embargo

Encounter is first with a Cuban leader on US soil in more than six decades