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Report hits at Cuban regime on human rights
Cuba’s regime has failed to improve its dire record on human rights under the leadership of Raúl Castro with Cubans continuing to be stripped of basic rights and freedoms, a Human Rights Watch report said
Cuba forced to rethink system of paternalism
Communist nation under Raúl Castro is dismantling a vast system of state gratuities and subsidised goods and services in favour of higher wages, more individual choice and targeted welfare
US and Cuba hold talks on postal links
Talks to resume normal postal services between the US and Cuba were held in Havana as the ideological foes took another tentative step in their efforts to improve relations
US eases restrictions on Cuba
Cuban-Americans may visit relatives and send money without limit, according to new rules which relax the embargo and could trigger large cash flows to the island.
Havana eyes easing of retail sector controls
The Cuban government is considering easing its stranglehold on the retail sector in an effort to legalise the underground economy and reduce massive theft
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Isolation will not free Cuba
If Barack Obama is defending the embargo with his new approach, he is defending it in a way that makes manifest its obsolescence and illogic, writes Christopher Caldwell
A revolution to repair: New friends come to the aid of Raúl’s Cuba
Despite a slow pace of economic reform Havana is improving living standards with Venezuelan and Chinese support
After Guantanamo: time to cut the wire around Cuba
On the question of relations with the Castro regime Mr Obama has joined the long list of presidents imprisoned by the humiliation of the early 1960s. His team’s desire to invite comparisons between their man and Jack Kennedy is well known. Hanging on to JFK’s Cuba policy is surely a step too far, writes Philip Stephens
Prepare the ground for post-Castro era
The embargo has helped Fidel survive 50 years in power
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