WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan drive in Congress to end a Cold War-era travel ban on Cuba was buried during the healthcare reform debate but its supporters hope to dig it out this year. Sponsors of two bills allowing Americans to travel freely to Cuba, introduced last year in the Senate and the House of Representatives, say a flood of dollars ...

Cuba wants to negotiate an agreement with the U.S. to slow the trafficking of its citizens fleeing the island and hopes to tackle the issue during immigration talks rescheduled for February, the foreign minister said Thursday. Bruno Rodriguez said negotiators will meet Feb. 19 in Havana ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - A U.S. contractor accused by Cuba of distributing illegal communications equipment remains under investigation, and his alleged actions would be considered a "serious crime" anywhere in the world, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Thursday. Whether Rodriguez signaled that Cuba will deal harshly with the man identified in media reports as 60-year-old Alan Gross was not ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Cuban and U.S. negotiators will meet in February for a second round of talks on migration issues since the discussions were renewed last summer, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said on Wednesday. He said no date was set for the meeting, which had been scheduled for December in Havana but was postponed for undisclosed reasons. The United ...