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• Spokane doctor, expert hiker, dies in fall

  April 10, 2012 in City on Page A5 Dr. Richard Byrd, a Spokane pulmonary specialist and globetrotting adventurer, died last Tuesday after suffering a blow to the head in a fall while on the coast of Cuba. Byrd, … 14

• Visit to Cuba is permissible, and fairly easy to do

  February 26, 2012 in Features, Travel on Page D8 CHICAGO – During her recent two-week trip to Cuba, Linda Rivers of Hayward, Calif., visited museums, walked along beaches, sipped rum and watched a professional baseball game. Just don’t call … 2

• WSU group to go to Cuba

  January 22, 2012 in City on Page B7 When President Barack Obama lifted restrictions on travel to Cuba by academic, religious and cultural groups in 2011, officials at Washington State University were ready for the chance to plan … 2

• Cuba legalizes buying, selling cars

  September 28, 2011 in News HAVANA — Cuba legalized the sale and purchase of automobiles for all citizens today, another major step in the communist-run island’s economic transformation and one that the public has long … 7

• Castro animated in return to official realm

  August 8, 2010 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAVANA – A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to stave off global nuclear war in an emphatic address to parliament Saturday that marked his first …

• OAS ends ban on Cuba

  June 4, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 MEXICO CITY – The Organization of American States on Wednesday repealed its 47-year suspension of Cuba, jettisoning a legacy of the Cold War and promising to further the communist island’s …

• U.S.-Cuba discussions to resume

  June 1, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador – Cuba has agreed to resume talks with the Obama administration on legal immigration of Cubans to the United States and direct mail service between the …

• Our View: Obama cracks open door to Cuba; now it should swing wide

  April 20, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, April 15: U.S. immigration officers no longer blink when they see “China” stamped on a U.S. passport. Or “Russia.” Or “Vietnam.” Americans are free to travel to … 1

• Obama lifts Cuba sanctions on travel

  April 14, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A1 WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama on Monday announced a series of steps aimed at easing the U.S. relationship with Cuba, breaking from policies first imposed by the Kennedy administration and …

• Raul Castro meets U.S. lawmakers

  April 7, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 HAVANA – President Raul Castro met Monday with six visiting members of the Congressional Black Caucus, his first face-to-face discussions with U.S. leaders since he became Cuba’s president last year. …

• Russian general hints at bombers in Cuba, Venezuela

  March 15, 2009 in City on Page A4 MOSCOW – A Russian air force chief said Saturday that the country could base some strategic bombers in Cuba or on an island offered by Venezuela, the Interfax news agency …

• Castro tosses top Cuban officials

  March 3, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 HAVANA – President Raul Castro abruptly ousted some of Cuba’s most powerful officials Monday, remaking the government in the biggest shake-up since he took over from his ailing brother Fidel …

• Cuba awaits its oil boom

  March 1, 2009 in Business on Page E5 HAVANA – Cuba is still waiting for its offshore oil rush. It has been four years since U.S. experts said the island may sit atop nearly 10 billion barrels of …

• Bill would ease Cuba restrictions

  February 25, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A4 WASHINGTON – The 1,128-page budget bill that will begin to work its way through Congress this week contains key paragraphs that alter the shape of U.S.-Cuba policy and ease Cuba …

• Our View: Cuban trade sanctions counterproductive

  February 24, 2009 in Opinion on Page A9 John F. Kennedy was president when the United States launched trade sanctions against Cuba. A total of nine presidents have upheld the restrictions without bringing about the desired result. Under …

• Lugar calls for re-evaluating Cuba embargo

  February 23, 2009 in City on Page A3 WASHINGTON – The U.S. policy of shunning communist Cuba by imposing a strict trade embargo has failed to prod the island nation toward democracy and should be re-evaluated, according to …

• Guatemala apologizes to Cuba for Bay of Pigs

  February 18, 2009 in Nation/World on Page A3 HAVANA – Guatemalan President Alvaro Colom apologized to Cuba on Tuesday for his country’s having allowed the CIA to train exiles in the Central American country for the 1961 Bay …

• Lift ban on Cuba

  January 5, 2009 in Opinion on Page A7 St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Dec. 31: Fifty years ago, rebel forces captured the city of Santa Clara in central Cuba, sending the island nation’s dictator, Fulgencio Batista, into a New Year’s …

• Cubans line up to gain Spanish citizenship

  December 30, 2008 in Nation/World on Page A4 HAVANA – More than 400 Cubans of Spanish ancestry mobbed that country’s stately embassy in Havana on Monday, waiting to apply for citizenship under the newly enacted “law of grandchildren.” …

• By visiting Cuba, Otter puts trade before politics

  April 12, 2007 in Business on Page A10 Hard telling what Idaho Gov. Butch Otter is up to in Cuba. He arrived in Havana on Tuesday, but since checking back with his staff in Boise has been semi-incommunicado. …