The Cuban government has declared nine days of mourning for Fidel Castro, the revolutionary leader who has died at the age of 90.

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US President Barack Obama has started an extraordinary visit to Cuba, eager to push decades of acrimony deeper into the past and forge irreversible ties with America's former adversary.

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Colombian president Juan Manuel Santos and the top Farc rebel commander have pledged to end the 50-year war within the next six months, sealing their pact with a handshake likely to stand as a lasting image in the South American nation.

Pope Francis has hailed the detente between the US and Cuba as a model of reconciliation for the world.

Pope Francis has landed in Havana at the start of an historic 10-day trip to Cuba and the United States after serving as secret mediator of the rapprochement between the former Cold War foes.

Diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba have been officially restored after more than 50 years, ending decades of enmity between the two countries.

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Cuban president Raul Castro arrived at the Vatican yesterday to thank Pope Francis for his role in brokering the rapprochement between Havana and Washington.

US president Barack Obama met Cuban president Raul Castro on Saturday in the highest-level talks between the two countries in nearly 60 years, and the two men agreed to push ahead on improving relations after decades of hostility.

President Barack Obama and Cuba's Raul Castro are holding their first formal meeting in another historic step towards ending decades of hostility.

US president Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro have talked by telephone about restoring diplomatic ties and will meet informally at a summit this weekend as they seek to set aside decades of hostility between two Cold War enemies.

Elizabeth O’Neill joined an international crew circumnavigating the island of Cuba.

The United States and Cuba are trying to eliminate obstacles to normal ties as the highest-level US delegation to the communist island in three decades holds a second day of talks with Cuban officials.

Cuba has released all 53 prisoners it had promised to free, senior US officials have said, a major step toward détente with Washington.

Pope Francis has praised the “small steps” of diplomacy and peacemaking that brought about the rapprochement between the US and Cuba.

Bells tolled in celebration and teachers halted lessons as President Raul Castro told his country Cuba was restoring relations with the United States after more than 50 years of hostility.

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US president Barack Obama implored thousands gathered in a cold, rainy stadium and millions watching around the world to carry forward Nelson Mandela’s mission of erasing injustice and inequality.

South Africa has released the list of speakers at the memorial service for Nelson Mandela tomorrow.

Cuban authorities are bringing down the curtain at the privately run cinemas and video game salons that have mushroomed on the island recently.

Nicolas Maduro has been sworn in as Venezuela’s acting president, despite the objections of the opposition who said the move violated the country’s constitution.

From Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to Cuba’s Raul Castro, about 30 heads of state joined the funeral of Hugo Chávez in a last goodbye to the charismatic but divisive Venezuelan leader who changed the face of politics in South America.

World leaders, athletes and left-wing celebrities gathered at a music-filled state funeral honouring Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez today, with multitudes waiting outside the venue.

Venezuela’s opposition says it will not attend the swearing-in of Hugo Chavez’s anointed successor as interim president.

Some marked Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s death with tears; others with cheers.

Cuban President Raul Castro says he will not seek another five-year term after the one he started yesterday.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has returned home after more than two months of treatment in Cuba following cancer surgery.

Venezuela’s vice president flew to Cuba to visit the ailing Hugo Chavez and his family, while the leaders of Argentina and Peru also travelled to Havana saying they hoped to ask about the Venezuelan president’s condition.

Cuban president Raul Castro said a two-year experiment with market reforms is working and has the wind at its back, but added much work remains to breathe life into the sputtering economy.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has sworn in his new vice president and six other cabinet ministers, less than a week after winning a new mandate to extend his self-styled Bolivarian revolution.

The Pope’s visit to Cuba is another milestone for a country still wary of religion but any change will come slowly, writes David Adams

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba in the footsteps of his more famous predecessor, gently pressing the island’s long-time communist leaders to push through “legitimate” reforms their people desire.

The pope left Spanish-speaking Latin America’s most Roman Catholic country today on his way to its least.

Venezuelan president Hugo Chavez has returned home nearly three weeks after undergoing cancer surgery in Cuba, saying he is praying for life.

President Hugo Chavez bid an emotional farewell laced with references to Jesus Christ and independence hero Simon Bolivar as he departed Venezuela for Cuba for urgent surgery to remove a tumour he says is probably malignant.