As the United States renews its relationship with Cuba, the opportunity for business owners, government officials and students from the Baltimore-Washington area to make those connections now will be more attainable. Baltimore-Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport starts offering chartered flights ...

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With relations thawing between the United States and Cuba, Johns Hopkins University wants to send more students to study on the island nation. Hopkins is one of several schools participating in the Consortium for Advanced Studies Abroad, or CASA, which ...

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Netflix began selling its Internet video service in Cuba Monday in what appears to be a largely symbolic move driven by the recent loosening of U.S. restrictions on doing business with the communist-run island. The expansion probably will generate more ...

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A Maryland man who returned home last month after spending five years imprisoned in Cuba will have a prime viewing spot for President Barack Obama's State of the Union address: a seat near first lady Michelle Obama.

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Cuba experts have a message for any business that might be envisioning easy riches: Be patient.

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Members of Maryland’s Cuban-American community have tenuous ties with their home country, thin if not severed. President Obama may have just changed that.

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President Barack Obama abruptly announced the U.S. is re-establishing long-broken diplomatic relations with Cuba on Wednesday, declaring an end to America's "outdated approach" to the communist island in a historic shift aimed at ending a half-century of Cold War enmity.

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As the fifth anniversary of Maryland resident Alan Gross’ imprisonment in Cuba approaches, the state’s congressional delegation remains frustrated with the efforts being made to secure his release.

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An attorney for a Maryland man who has spent over four years jailed in Cuba argued before a federal appeals court that his client should be allowed to sue the U.S. government over his imprisonment.

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A lawyer for an American who has spent more than four years imprisoned in Cuba said Monday that his client cannot take life in prison much longer and has said his goodbyes to his wife and a daughter.

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