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** FILE ** Travelers line up to check with migration officials before departing from the Jose Marti International Airport in Havana, Cuba, in July 2010, while at right a TV screen displays an image of longtime Cuban leader Fidel Castro. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

After 50 years, Cubans hope to travel freely

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI (left) speaks with Cuban President Raul Castro at the end of an open-air Mass in Revolution Square in Havana on Wednesday, March 28, 2012. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Pope wrapping up Cuba visit with Mass, meeting with Fidel Castro

By Nicole Winfield and Paul Haven - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI arrives to lead an open-air Mass at Revolution Square in Havana on Wednesday, his last day in Cuba. The square includes an image of Communist hero Ernesto "Che" Guevara (background, left). (Associated Press)

Pope warns Cuba about ‘fanaticism’

By Nicole Winfield and Paul Haven - The Washington Times

Pope Benedict XVI is greeted by children during his visit to the sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, Cuba's patron saint, in the little town of El Cobre, outside of Santiago, on Tuesday. Benedict is on the second day of his Cuban tour. (Associated Press)

Cuban economic czar rules out political reform during pope’s visit

By Andrea Rodriguez and Peter Orsi - Associated Press

The city of Havana can be seen in the background as people fish from a dock in Havana Bay. The United States imposed an economic embargo on Cuba 50 years ago to pressure the regime of Fidel Castro. (Associated Press)

U.S. embargo on Cuba firmly in place

By Peter Orsi - Associated Press

** FILE ** A billboard in Havana in 2006 reads in English: "70 percent of Cubans have been born under the embargo." The U.S. economic embargo on communist-run Cuba turns 50 on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, File)

No cigar: Economic embargo on Cuba turns 50

By Peter Orsi - Associated Press

Antonio Alarcon opens the door to a shrine for the Virgin of Charity outside his home decorated in Christmas lights on Christmas Eve in Havana, Cuba, late Saturday Dec. 24, 2011. Cuban faithful celebrating Christmas say they have plenty to cheer this year as they prepare for the arrival of Pope Benedict XVI, the first visit by a pontiff to the Communist-run island since John Paul II's historic tour nearly 14 years ago. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Joy of pope’s upcoming visit enhances Cubans’ Christmas

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Pope Benedict XVI (AP Photo/Miro Kuzmanovic, Pool)

Pope to visit Cuba in the spring

By Anne-Marie Garcia - Associated Press

Castro’s daughter, blogger in Twitter spat

By PETER ORSI - Associated Press

The sign below Ives Lopez and his wife Nilda Bouzo in Havana reads "Exchange Apartment Two for One." Property exchanges were already legal and now so are sales. (Associated Press)

Cuba legalizes sale, purchase of private property

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Pedro Pablo Oliva (Associated Press)

Cubans test official limits on criticism

By Peter Orsi - Associated Press

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A Cuban man who did not want to be identified melts gold to make gold false teeth in his workshop in Havana. (Associated Press)

Cuba’s shadow economy sees some daylight

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Cuba’s economic czar heads new generation of leaders

By Andrea Rodriguez - Associated Press

Cuba's President Raul Castro (left) gestures next to Ramiro Valdes, a commander during Cuba's revolution, in Havana. (Associated Press)

Raul Castro: Be patient for changes at top

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Cuban President Raul Castro (left) greets former U.S. President Jimmy Carter at Revolution Palace in Havana on Tuesday, March 29, 2011. Mr. Carter arrived Monday with his wife, Rosalynn, for a three-day stay on the island. Mr. Carter, who also visited Cuba in 2002, is the only former U.S. president to do so since the 1959 revolution. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano, Pool)

FONTOVA: Jimmy Carter does Havana

By Humberto Fontova - The Washington Times

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By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

Cuban leaders prepare plans to lay off 500,000 workers

By Andrea Rodriguez and Paul Haven - Associated Press

Fidel absent, Raul silent at Cuba’s Revolution Day

By Paul Haven - Associated Press

Americans allowed to send phones to Cuba