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USVI Congresswoman Plaskett slams President Obama on Cuba visit
VI CONSORTIUM
CHARLOTTE AMALIE, St Thomas, USVI- United States Virgin Islands Delegate to Congress Stacey E. Plaskett has issued a statement on US President Barack H. Obama’s planned visit to Cuba next month, coming on the heels of a deal signed on Tuesday February 16, 2016 between the United States and Cuba.
Pope Francis celebrates Mass before thousands in Cuba
BBC NEWS
HAVANA, Cuba- Pope Francis has celebrated Mass in front of tens of thousands of people in the Cuban capital Havana, on his first visit to the Communist-ruled island.
Cuba raises flag @ embassy in US
ASSOCIATED PRESS
Cuba's blue, red and white-starred flag was hoisted Monday at the country's embassy in Washington in a symbolic move signalling the start of a new post-Cold War era in United States (US)-Cuba relations.
Cuba & US formally restore diplomatic relations
BBC NEWS
Cuba and the US have formally restored diplomatic relations after an agreement struck last year putting aside decades of hostility came into force.
‘Why can’t we give free health & education like Cuba?’ asks Edmund G. Maduro
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI - Radio talk show host and commentator Edmund G. Maduro has asked the question why a territory so well off as this one does not provide more for its people in terms of education and health care.
US removes Cuba from terror list
BBC NEWS
The United States has removed Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism.
Obama to take Cuba off US terror list
BBC NEWS
President Barack Obama will remove Cuba from the US list of state sponsors of terrorism, the White House says.
Obama, Castro to meet Saturday after historic handshake
USA TODAY
PANAMA CITY — President Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro were expected to sit down for substantial talks Saturday, the first such discussions between leaders of the two nations since 1956.
“Productive and Encouraging” Talks Between US and Cuba
By the Caribbean Journal staff
Officials from the United States and Cuba held high-level talks in Washington on Friday.
‘VI must diversify to benefit from an open Cuba’ – VIP Top Brass
ROAD TOWN, Tortola, VI – Chairman of the Virgin Islands Party (VIP) Honourable Julian Fraser RA (R3) said that islands in the Caribbean have had a long time for Cuba opening up and presenting opportunities in tourism and other areas that they could benefit from and that diversification of the Virgin Islands economy is necessary in order to fully benefit.