Barack Obama, Cuba | featured news

In one of his first acts as commander in chief, President Obama in 2009 signed an executive order to close the U.S. detention camp at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. It was part of a campaign promise the president made, to close the camp and "determine how to deal with those who have been held there." But four years on, the controversial prison remains open.

President Barack Obama lifted a two-year freeze on new military trials at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba and suggested on Monday Congress was hurting national security by blocking his attempts to move some trials into U.S. civilian courts.

A lively and healthy-looking Fidel Castro appealed to President Barack Obama to prevent a global nuclear war in an emphatic speech Saturday that marked his first official government appearance since emergency surgery four years ago.

A plan under consideration by the Obama administration would permit Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detainees facing the death penalty ...

President Obama misinterpreted Cuban President Raúl Castro's offer to start talks with the United States, Castro's brother Fidel said Wednesday, appearing to dismiss the U.S. leader's call for Cuba to release political prisoners.

Obama heads to Western Hemisphere summit as Castro says Cuba is open to talks with the U.S. about 'everything'.

The ailing former Cuban president meets with Argentine leader Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner, who says they talked for more than an hour, mostly about Barack Obama.