Cuban migrants held for ransom in Mexico rescued, government says

Mexican authorities have rescued six undocumented Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom for a month in Cancun, a vacation hotspot on the nation's Yucatan Peninsula, the state-run Notimex news agency reported Wednesday.

Has the time come for travel to Cuba?

It's only 90 miles from U.S. shores. Historic. Exotic. Affordable. Temperate year round. And for nearly 50 years Americans have been prohibited from traveling freely to Cuba—though maybe not much longer.

Small signal, big meaning? Castro in military duds

Fidel Castro dusted off his full military uniform for the first time since stepping down as president four years ago, a symbolic act in a communist country where little signals often carry enormous significance.