Cuba

Cuba economic embargo turns 50

8 Feb 2012

It is 50 years since the US imposed its economic embargo on communist-run Cuba.

Cuba looks to its kids to recover faded boxing glory

8 Feb 2012

HAVANA — Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt. After the final bell, he thrusts a weary arm skyward in triumph, and a proud smile spreads across a face still years from feeling a razor's scrape. ...

Cuba looks to kids to recover faded boxing glory

8 Feb 2012

Lazaro Perez jabs rhythmically at his rival in a steamy Havana gym, dancing, feinting and punctuating each blow with a grunt.