Cuba

In this July 2, 2014, photo, government forest scientist Reynier Samon shows a sprouting mangrove in Batabano, Cuba. For decades Cuba's mangrove forests have been under siege, their wood harvested by many to burn as fuel, build furniture, even as a spice to season meat. Now island authorities are putting together a national study, set a moratorium on all mangrove logging and implementing an ambitious reforestation plan that aims to safeguard the first line of defense against hurricanes and rising sea levels. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Energy and Environment

Cuba looks to mangroves to fend off rising seas

Andrea Rodriguez · July 24, 2014 12:23 pm

Russian President Vladimir Putin walks past his plane upon his arrival at the airport of Samara, Russia, Monday, July 21, 2014. (AP Photo/RIA-Novosti, Alexei Nikolsky, Presidential Press Service)

As President Obama dithers, Russia returns to the Americas

Jed Babbin · July 23, 2014 10:00 pm

Cuba's President Raul Castro, right, shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping during a meeting at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, July 22, 2014. Xi Jinping is in an official state visit to Cuba. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Ismael Francisco)

Chinese leader signs accords, wraps up Cuba visit

Washington Examiner · July 23, 2014 5:01 pm

FILE - In this July 11, 2014 file photo, Cuba's Fidel Castro speaks with Russia's President Vladimir Putin in Havana, Cuba. In a statement published Friday, July 18, 2014 by state media, Castro is blaming the Ukrainian government in Kiev for the downing of a Malaysian Airlines passenger plane. Castro's comments came one week after he welcomed Vladimir Putin during the Russian leader's tour of Latin America. (AP Photo/Alex Castro, File)

Fidel Castro: Ukraine to blame for downed airliner

Washington Examiner · July 18, 2014 1:56 pm

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Beltway Confidential

Dust off the red phone, the Russians are coming back to Cuba

Spencer Brown · July 17, 2014 7:37 pm

FILE - This April 1, 2014 file photo show the headquarters for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) in Washington. The inspector general for the nation's top international-aid agency is probing a once-secret Obama administration program that created a social media network in Cuba, The Associated Press has learned. The review centers on the U.S. Agency for International Development's Twitter-like service in Cuba, which was meant to circumvent Internet restrictions on the island. USAID has been criticized for using the program to conduct overt political messaging and for not fully informing Congress the scope of its work there. (AP Photo/J. David Ake, File)

National Security

Inspector general probing US ‘Cuban Twitter’ plan

JACK GILLUMDESMOND BUTLER · July 17, 2014 7:34 pm

Russia's President Vladimir Putin, left, and Cuba's President Raul Castro embrace at Revolution Palace in Havana, Cuba, Friday, July 11, 2014. Putin began a six-day Latin American tour aimed at boosting trade and ties in the region with a stop Friday in Cuba, a key Soviet ally during the Cold War that has backed Moscow in its dispute with the West over Ukraine. (AP Photo/Alejandro Ernesto, Pool)

Putin kicks off Latin America tour with Cuba stop

Peter Orsi · July 12, 2014 3:03 am

In this July 7, 2014, photo, a Chinese made vehicle passes in front of a mural of revolutionary hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara in Havana, Cuba. A new law took effect in January letting Cubans buy cars from the government freely for the first time in decades. The euphoria that greeted the law turned to anger when the exhorbitant prices were posted. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Paltry car sales seen as sign of Cuba’s priorities

Andrea Rodriguez · July 11, 2014 1:40 pm

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Why pro-democracy broadcasters targeting Cuba feel demoralized

Kelly Cohen · July 10, 2014 10:00 am

This March 27, 2014 file photo shows Sen. Bob Menendez, D-N.J., on Capitol Hill in Washington. Menendez says his attorney has asked the Justice Department to investigate whether the Cuban government had a role in allegations against him that have prompted a federal probe of the New Jersey Democrat.

Sen. Menendez wants federal probe of Cuba role

Washington Examiner · July 8, 2014 7:36 pm

In this Jan 18, 2014, photo, Villa Clara's pitcher Diosdani Castillo takes a break after a training session at the Latinamerican stadium in Havana, Cuba. Cuban authorities say Castillo, as well as the team's other pitcher Yasmany Hernandez Romero, will no longer play for the local club which won the championship last season, after they allegedly attempted to defect. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Cuba: Team boots 2 pitchers after defection bids

Washington Examiner · July 7, 2014 5:02 pm

Cuba's President Raul Castro delivers his speech during closing of the third regular session of the eighth legislature, at the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Saturday, July 5, 2014. (AP Photo/Cubadebate, Ismael Francisco)

Raul Castro: Economic changes must be gradual

Peter Orsi · July 6, 2014 1:34 am