Peter Orsi

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Fidel Castro nominated for Cuban parliament seat

Peter Orsi · December 16, 2012 9:07 pm

Oil rig arrives off Cuba for new exploration

Peter Orsi · December 15, 2012 9:41 pm

Cuba's President Raul Castro points as he attends a session of the National Assembly in Havana, Cuba, Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. The session is one of the National Assembly's twice-yearly gatherings. (AP Photo/Ismael Francisco, Cubadebate)

Raul Castro says economic reforms are working

Peter Orsi · December 14, 2012 12:57 am

FILE - In this Sept. 28, 2011file photo, Cuba's Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez, left, attends a press conference at the Itamaraty palace in Brasilia, Brazil. Cuba has named Rodriguez to the powerful Political Bureau of the island's Communist Party. The bureau sits at the top of the party's leadership structure and plays a central role in guiding the direction of the nation, though it does not have the power to enact or enforce laws. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres, File)

Cuba FM Rodriguez picked for top Party position

Peter Orsi · December 12, 2012 6:50 pm

In this Dec. 8, 2012 photo, U.S. chef Kelsie Kerr smells a pineapple while shopping for fruit and vegetables at a farm in Havana, Cuba. Kerr traveled to Cuba with the California based "Planting Seeds" delegation that held give-and-take seminars with chefs and culinary students about slow food. Cuba has a longstanding culture of organic farming by necessity. During the "Special Period" of the 1990s, many private urban plots popped up in Havana amid austerity after the collapse of the Soviet Union. Unlike in the United States, pesticide-free is largely the rule here rather than the exception, mostly due to a lack of supply. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

California chefs encourage fresh dining in Cuba

Peter Orsi · December 11, 2012 10:53 pm

Cuba oil dreams on hold as drill rig set to depart

Peter Orsi · November 13, 2012 10:50 pm

Press freedom group criticizes Cuba detentions

Peter Orsi · November 10, 2012 1:30 am

The interior of the main theater of an old ballet dance school sits abandoned in Havana, Cuba, Friday, Nov. 2, 2012. Carlos Acosta, a 39-year-old celebrity ballet star from Cuba, pledges to raise millions of dollars to rescue the ruins of the architectural masterpiece that was abandoned in mid-construction five decades ago and turn it into an international center for culture and dance. In the mid-1970s the main theater was repurposed as a circus school. (AP Photo/Franklin Reyes)

Plan for Cuban landmark’s rebirth sparks debate

Peter Orsi · November 3, 2012 4:00 am

Cuba: 3rd exploratory offshore well also a bust

Peter Orsi · November 2, 2012 1:09 pm

Praise, skepticism as Cuba eases travel rules

Peter Orsi, Andrea Rodriguez · October 16, 2012 4:00 am

This image provided by the John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum show the chairs used by President John F. Kennedy and Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev and President John F. Kennedy talk in the residence of the U.S. Ambassador in a suburb of Vienna during talks on June 3, 1961. Fifty years after the Cuban missile crisis, the National Archives in Washington has pulled together documents and secret White House recordings to show the public how President John F. Kennedy deliberated to avert nuclear war. The exhibit opens Friday, Oct. 12, 2012, to recount the showdown with the Soviet Union. It is called "To the Brink: JFK and the Cuban Missile Crisis." (AP Photo/John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum)

Cuban missile crisis beliefs endure after 50 years

Peter Orsi · October 13, 2012 4:00 am

Cuba: ‘Sigh of relief’ as Chavez wins in Venezuela

Peter Orsi · October 8, 2012 7:18 pm