Dodd would end Cuba embargo if elected
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Democrat Christopher Dodd pledged Saturday that as president he would end a decades-old trade embargo with Cuba and lift travel restrictions to the communist island.
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Sen. Christopher J. Dodd (D-Conn.) picked up the first significant prize in the competition for labor union endorsements yesterday, winning the support of the International Association of Fire Fighters (IAFF) in what his advisers believe will be an important boost to his presidential primary...
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Sen. Christopher Dodd said Monday that he is gearing up for a possible run for president, announcing plans to travel the country, raise money and hire staff in an effort to garner support.
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According to fellow lawmakers and an advisor, Senator Christopher J. Dodd is considering running for governor of Connecticut in 2006.
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Looking for foreign aid after his election, Haitian President Rene Preval stopped in Havana. When Trinidad's prime minister needed heart surgery, he twice turned to Cuban doctors. And when the U.N. held its annual vote to denounce the U.S. trade embargo on Cuba, the Caribbean Community trade bloc gave its unanimous support.
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Cuban leader Fidel Castro's retirement is an opportunity to move towards democracy, Downing Street says.
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America's five-decade trade embargo on Cuba is expected to be far more durable than Fidel Castro, the Cuban leader it was aimed at deposing.
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Sen. Chris Dodd said Tuesday he plans to have "a conversation with the mirror" over the Christmas holidays to decide whether he'll join a growing field of Democratic presidential contenders.
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Democratic Sen. Chris Dodd of Connecticut abandoned his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination Thursday after a poor showing in Iowa's precinct caucuses.
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Connecticut Sen. Chris Dodd is banking that voters in Iowa and New Hampshire, with their preference for vetting candidates in cafes instead of convention halls, will level the playing field among Democrats seeking the party's presidential nomination.
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Parliament speaker Ricardo Alarcon blasted Washington&#39;s four-decade trade Embargo against Cuba as &quot;genocide&quot; Saturday as thousands gathered to draw attention to the upcoming UN vote to condemn the sanctions.
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Cuban President Fidel Castro, seeking to  rid his country of the currency of his arch-enemy, said on  Monday Cuba was ending circulation of the U.S. dollar as of  Nov. 8 in response to tightened American sanctions.
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Democratic presidential candidate Bill Richardson said Thursday the United States must lead the way on global struggles by reducing its nuclear weapons, closing the Guantanamo Bay detention facility and dramatically cutting energy use.
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BUCK STOPS HERE: Cuba announces that dollars will no longer be accepted in stores and businesses, saying it is trying to regain control of its economy as Washington cracks down on the flow of the US currency to Cuba.
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Democrat Chris Dodd has earned the backing of the International Association of Fire Fighters, a major coup for the presidential hopeful, while leading contender Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton secured the endorsement Tuesday of the United Transportation Union.
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The State Department said Tuesday that Castro's departure won't lead to a change in policy or the lifting of the embargo.
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The US economic embargo of Cuba jumped to the top of the Castro governmentâs agenda on Thursday. For the 13th year in a row, the United Nations General Assembly approved a resolution condemning the US embargo.