Cuba has opened access to an electronic archive of photographs, letters and manuscripts by writer Ernest Hemingway, who lived on the island for 20 years.

Cuban President Raul Castro says he's ready to hold direct talks with Barack Obama: "But we are in no rush, we are not desperate."

Today marks the 50th anniversary of the Cuban revolution. Former President Fidel Castro will not attend a scheduled ceremony due to an illness.

Cuban officials say the country is suffering its worst economic downturn since the Soviet Union collapsed in 1991.

U.S. Defense secretary Robert Gates is planning to close the Guantanamo Bay Detention Facility within two years.

Miami police arrested two workers from Isla Express wire service who allegedly stole nearly $190,000 from 500 customers who thought they were sending money to relatives in Cuba.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro has offered to talk to president-elect Obama "anywhere he wants."

A new poll conducted by the Brookings Institution and Florida International University finds that a majority of Cuban-Americans oppose the United States embargo of Cuba.

Russian government officials are reportedly "envious" of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who recently traveled to Cuba and South America to strengthen China's economic ties with the Latin American countries.

Chinese President Hu Jintao traveled to Cuba to sign multiple trade deals with the island nation, including an agreement to send food aid.