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"The humanitarian impact and damage [from the embargo] is extreme and cannot be measured [only] in numbers," Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said Wednesday.

The five-minute piece, which is viewable with or without a virtual reality headset, could be the first of many for the Disney-owned broadcaster.

National Hispanic Heritage Month is celebrated annually from Sept. 15 to Oct. 15 by honoring the histories, traditions and contributions of Latinos.

While he didn't disclose details, the Homeland Security House Committee co-chairman said Sunday that the Secret Service stopped a potential attack.

The Cuban government has announced the release of thousands of prisoners ahead of Pope Francis' visit to the island next week.

Abu Zubaydah was waterboarded at least 83 times in a single month, but U.S. officials have rejected a request to release 116 pages of his lawyers' notes.

If the current rate of Cubans entering the U.S. through Texas keeps up, nearly 25,000 will have arrived on American soil during this fiscal year.

As U.S. relations with Cuba slowly begin to normalize, there has been a major rise in Cuban migration to the U.S in the past year.

Leaders of the two countries celebrated the "excellent state of bilateral ties, characterized by close cooperation and mutual support in multiple spheres," the Cuban news agency reported.

Fred is heading toward the Cape Verde Islands off West Africa, forecasters said.

Erika, a tropical storm that killed 20 people on the Caribbean island of Dominica and at least one person in Haiti, fell apart on Saturday over eastern Cuba, theU.S. National Hurricane Center said.

Experts warn that Floridians should still prepare for the possibility of impacts by Tropical Storm Erika, which left 20 people dead in the island nation of Dominica.

Amid its worst drought in years, the Caribbean country has already begun importing and rationing water, but its reservoirs are almost empty.

The tropical storm wreaked havoc on Puerto Rico Friday after killing at least 25 people on the island of Dominica.

The two celebrities argued over immigration policy in Iowa on Tuesday.

Economic troubles for China could spell further gloom for Latin American countries that have relied on Beijing as a top trading partner.

With the two countries now putting aside their Cold War-era rivalry and restoring diplomatic relations, many old bilateral conflicts are being pulled out of storage for negotiation.

Under U.S. law, the military and the Department of Justice are not allowed to hold the detainees anywhere in the United States.

Speaking in Havana Friday morning, Secretary of State John Kerry praised the restoration of diplomatic relations between the U.S. and Cuba.

The Iran nuclear deal "isn’t a deal at all,” the Florida senator and presidential candidate said. “It is a string of concessions to a sworn adversary of the United States.”

The thawing diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Cuba reached a new level Friday with a flag-raising ceremony at the U.S. Embassy in Havana.