Panama president frees Cubans; US denies role
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Bush administration officials denied any role yesterday in the pardon of four Cuban exiles by the outgoing Panamanian government. Three of the exiles â-ho were convicted
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It wasn't the Bay of Pigs invasion or the U.S. embargo against Cuba that turned Fidel Castro against the United States. He was in the anti-American camp long beforehand.
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Cuba severed diplomatic relations with  Panama on Thursday, angered by the outgoing Panamanian  president's decision to free four activists accused of trying  to blow up Cuban President Fidel Castro four years ago.
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Cuba said Monday it was resuming formal ties with all of Europe, ending a deep freeze in relations following a 2003 crackdown on dissidents and the firing-squad executions of three men who tried to hijack a ferry.
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The US military has confirmed that a suspected Taleban commander killed in Afghanistan at the weekend had been held at Guantanamo Bay but was freed.
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HAVANA -- Cuban authorities yesterday freed dissident writer Raul Rivero, the best known of a dozen political prisoners released over the past few days in a move widely seen as intended to court favor with the European Union.
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Colombian President Alvaro Uribe freed a jailed guerrilla leader on Monday to try to broker peace talks and negotiate the release of rebel-held hostages, including a French-Colombian politician and three Americans.
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Panama's outgoing president on Thursday pardoned four Cuban exiles jailed for plotting to kill Cuban President Fidel Castro in 2000 and three or them flew straight to Miami, a haven of anti-Castro groups.
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There was no need for a desperate finish this time against Panama, no threatening loss of control. The United States has become the dominant soccer power in the North
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Cuba broke off diplomatic relations with Panama after Panama&#39;s President Mireya Moscoso pardoned four Cubans convicted over a plot to kill Cuban leader Fidel Castro, Agence France-Presse reported.
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The State Department said on Thursday it had denied visas to three Olympic gold medal-winning Cuban boxers, all of whom defected from Cuba, because of concerns they might settle in the United States.
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Convalescing Cuban President Fidel Castro charged on Sunday the release of classified CIA documents detailing past abuses was a smoke screen behind which the Bush administration hoped to hide even worse methods.
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A day after moving to nullify the Bush administration's new rules restricting family travel to Cuba, the House on Wednesday voted to remove barriers to agriculture sales and student exchanges in the island nation.
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Three British residents held at the US GuantÃ¡namo Bay detention facility in Cuba are on their way back to the UK, police say
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Bush administration officials denied any role Thursday in the pardon of four Cuban exiles by Panama. Three of the exiles -- convicted in a plot to assassinate Fidel Castro -- were immediately flown to Miami.
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Cuba and Panama agree to restore ties after having talks on the sidelines of the Ibero-American summit.
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HAVANA/PANAMA CITY  - Cuba cut diplomatic ties  with Panama on Thursday after its outgoing leader pardoned four  Cuban exiles who plotted to kill President Fidel Castro in  2000.