The anti-government rallies erupted spontaneously in several cities as the country endures its worst economic crisis in 30 years, with chronic shortages of electricity and food.
Some visitors we met in Cuba wanted to get here "before everything changes" — meaning before tourism is opened wide to the U.S. But things in Cuba are already changing fast.
HAVANA, Cuba – A score of objects offered to the Cuban-Argentinean revolutionary Ernesto Che Guevara were placed on display for the first time as part of an exhibition inaugurated on Sunday, the date of his 87th birthday, at the mausoleum where he is buried in Cuba.
Former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan is set to arrive Thursday to help facilitate negotiations. Both sides will also meet with newly-appointed U.S. special envoy to Colombia Bernard Aronson.