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• Cuba reduces prices of stable foods

  The government of Cuba said that it will trim the prices of few basic food products by 20%. The reduction measure comes amid various complaints from people regarding the huge prices of some stable foods.

• With U.S.-Cuba detente, a battle over trademarks looms

  When Julio Manzini decided two years ago to name his small restaurant McDonald's after the famous fast-food chain (MCD.N), he had no idea it could cause any trouble. He has since been frightened into removing the name.

• Amnesty International declares Cuba graffiti artist a prisoner of conscience

  Amnesty International on Tuesday declared a Cuban graffiti artist as the country's only prisoner of conscience, demanding the release of a man held for "disrespect of the leaders of the revolution" over a satire of Fidel and Raul Castro.

• Pope meets Fidel Castro, warns against ideology on Cuba trip

  Pope Francis met Cuba's revolutionary leader Fidel Castro on Sunday hours after warning Cubans to beware the dangers of ideology and the lure of selfishness as their country enters a new era of closer ties with the United States.

• Starbucks? OK. Lattes? No! Cuba business rules still complex after U.S. changes

  Starbucks Corp can move to Cuba, but it still cannot sell lattes there. The Obama administration on Friday tore down barriers to U.S. companies doing business on the Communist-ruled island just south of Miami, but plenty of regulatory and legal roadblocks remain on both sides of the Florida Straits.

• Kerry urges 'genuine democracy' at U.S. flag ceremony in Cuba

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry declared a new era in relations as he celebrated restored diplomatic ties in Havana on Friday, but he also urged political change in Cuba, telling Cubans they should be free to choose their own leaders.

• In another symbol of thawing ties, Kerry to raise U.S. flag at restored Havana embassy

  U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry travels to Cuba on Friday to raise the U.S. flag at the recently restored American embassy in Havana, another symbolic step in the thawing of relations between the two Cold War-era foes.

• U.S., Cuba hold highest-level meeting in more than 50 years

  The U.S. and Cuban foreign ministers sat down for talks on Thursday night in the highest-level meeting between the two sides since the early days of the Cuban revolution more than half a century ago.

• U.S. pressing Cuba to restore diplomatic ties before April - officials

  The United States is pressing Cuba to allow the opening of its embassy in Havana by April, U.S. officials told Reuters, despite the Communist island's demand that it first be removed from the U.S. list of state sponsors of terrorism.

• Fidel Castro appears to lend support to Cuba talks with U.S.

  Retired Cuban leader Fidel Castro on Monday appeared to lend his support to talks with the United States in his first comments about his longtime adversary since both countries agreed last month to restore diplomatic ties.

• Cubans look fondly to U.S. as talks to resume relations start

  Miguel Barnet, one of Cuba's most prominent Communist Party intellectuals, fondly recalls his teenage years in the 1950s, attending one of Havana's elite private schools, singing in the Episcopal church choir and performing in American musicals.

• Cuba's Raul Castro steps out of brother's shadow with U.S. deal, support surges

  Stepping out of his legendary brother's shadow, President Raul Castro has scored a diplomatic triumph and a surge in popular support with the deal that ends decades of open hostility with the United States.

• As U.S. eases hostilities, Cuba faces new challenge

  For decades, it was Cuba's first response to criticism. Poor economic performance? An obvious effect of a U.S. trade embargo that amounted to a blockade of the island nation by a bullying superpower.

• Obama announces U.S. to restore diplomatic ties with Cuba

  President Barack Obama announced the United States would restore diplomatic relations it severed with Cuba more than 50 years ago, drawing resistance from lawmakers opposed to reconciling with the communist-run island.

• American Alan Gross completes fifth year in Cuban prison

  U.S. foreign aid worker Alan Gross completed his fifth year in a Cuban prison on Wednesday with his wife warning he is in terrible condition, while any hopes for improving hostile U.S.-Cuban relations hinge largely on his fate.