A gay Cuban man is set to marry his transgender fiance in what is being seen as the country’s first “gay” wedding.

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Cuba set for first ‘gay wedding’

A Cuban government opponent dies several days after being arrested and allegedly beaten by police, dissidents say.

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Detained Cuban dissident ‘dies’

A Cuban dissident died early Sunday after being detained by police three days earlier, with a fellow activist blaming police for his death.

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Cuban dissident dies after detainment

A former Cuban government minister and a Chilean businessman receive lengthy jail sentences from a court in Havana for corruption.

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Cuban politician jailed for graft

The wide avenues of Havana became a colorful mosaic of the faces and flags of throngs of Cuban people — 600,000 of them, according to state media — as people gathered to commemorate International Workers’ Day, or May Day, on Sunday.

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Cuban May Day brings uncertainty

HAVANA — Cuban President Raul Castro has told a Communist Party summit that economic changes will not allow the accumulation of private property.

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Raul Castro tells Communist summit reforms will not allow accumulation of private property

Veteran Cuban anti-communist militant Luis Posada Carriles is acquitted of lying to US immigration officials by a jury in Texas.

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US court acquits Cuban militant

Former President Jimmy Carter landed in Havana, Cuba, kicking off the beginning of a three-day visit. He’s expected to discuss the U.S. contractor Alan Gross, who was sentenced to 15 years in prison for providing Internet access to Cuban dissidents as…

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Carter Arrives in Cuba

The Cuban government frees Felix Navarro and Jose Ferrer, the last two activists who had refused to go into exile as a condition of their release.

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Cuba frees final two dissidents

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro said Tuesday he resigned as the head of the Communist Party five years ago and has never tried to resume the post — one that he was thought to still hold.

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Castro: I quit as Communist Party boss

U.S. contractor Alan P. Gross was sentenced Saturday to 15 years in prison for crimes against the Cuban state, Cuba’s state-run news agency reported.

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U.S. man in Cuba sentenced to 15 years

A government contractor, Alan Gross, was sentenced for crimes against the state, Cuban state television reported.

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Cuba Gives 15-Year Prison Term to American

The Cuban government frees Oscar Elias Biscet, a high-profile dissident doctor who had been sentenced to 25 years in prison in 2003.

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Cuba frees well-known dissident

US aid worker Alan Gross is found guilty of crimes against the state in Cuba over illegal internet connections, Cuban television says.

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Cuba convicts US aid contractor

The sale of cigars to wealthy foreigners helps bring in hard currency, which the Cuban government desperately needs.

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Havana Journal: For Cuba, a Lifeline From Those With Money