Venezuela’s opposition released a tape of a conversation that pro-government television host Mario Silva allegedly had with a Cuban official. In it, Silva paints a picture of power struggles and corruption.

Members of the Cuban opposition group were in Miami the same day that Cuba’s traditional Independence Day is celebrated

Cuba Nostalgia, a three-day event that celebrates pre-Castro Cuba, once again drew those wanting to relive the past and those trying to reconnect with their roots.

A week of drag shows, colorful marches and social and cultural events in Havana culminates Friday with celebrations of the International Day Against Homophobia.

Den 10-11 juni anordnar Jarl Hjalmarson Stiftelsen och European Stability Initiative en rundabordskonferens i Stockholm om politiska fångar och Europarådet.

Deltagarna vid konferensen är politiker, diplomater, akademiker och aktivister från Europarådets medlemsländer.

Den 10-13 juni anordnar Jarl Hjalmarson Stiftelsen i samarbete med SDA i Bosnien-Hercegovina en studieresa till Bryssel för unga politiker från partiet. På programmet står bl.a. besök vid NATO och EU-institutionerna.

If you are a Cuban balsero and were spotted in the Florida Straits by a Brothers to the Rescue plane between 1991 and 1996, come to Cuba Nostalgia this weekend to leave your name for a list being created by the group’s founder, Jose Basulto.

Part of the decline could be the result of devastation caused by Hurricane Sandy in agriculture-rich Eastern Cuba.

Military officials would not comment on whether the current 102 hunger strikers include alleged 9/11 conspirators.

Sarkis Yacoubian, a Canadian accused of corruption in Cuba, says he blew the lid on a major corruption scandal.

A frequent Cuban hunger striker and dissident arrived Sunday in Miami ahead of Cuban Independence Day, as part of a tour that will include several U.S. stops before going to Europe.

A Cuban intelligence agent who served 13 years in a U.S. prison has officially been stripped of his American citizenship.

Pope Francis exchanged a brief greeting Wednesday with Cuban dissident Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, in the Vatican at the end of a general audience held in St. Peter’s Square.

Kristina Lutz, utrikespolitisk handläggare på moderaternas riksdagskansli diskuterar europeisk integration med deltagarna

Fyra gånger per år anordnar Jarl Hjalmarson Stiftelsen liknande konferenser med unga politiker från moderaternas systerpartier i Östeuropa. Syftet är att deltagarna ska reflektera över ideologiska ställningstaganden och vilka principer de vill följa i sina politiska engagemang.

Spring School leddes av statsvetaren Nigel Ashford, från Institute for Humane Studies vid George Mason Universitetet, som även har skrivit boken Principer för det Fria Samhället  vilken diskussionerna på konferensen utgick ifrån. Vid konferensen deltog även Magnus Nilsson, kommunpolitiker i Solna, Kristina Lutz från moderaternas riksdagskansli, riksdagsledamoten Gustav Blix och JHS styrelseordförande Göran Lennmarker.

A Cuban intelligence agent who spent 13 years in a U.S. prison said Monday he still has affection for America and hopes to see the two countries reconcile, but added that he does not regret for a moment his decision to spy for Cuba.

While most Americans have never seen Ernest Hemingway's home in Cuba where he wrote some of his most famous books, a set of 2,000 recently digitized records delivered to the United States will give scholars and the public a fuller view of the Nobel Prize-winning novelist's life.