When Raul Castro came on the air to inform the nation that Cuba's quarrel with the US was ending, Cubans turned up their TVs, clapped their hands and some even cried.

A veteran of the Bay of Pigs invasion, he fought alongside Fidel Castro, Che Guevara and Camilo Cienfuegos, and has a treasure trove of anecdotes...

It may seem hard to believe, after so many decades of rancour, that Fidel Castro first came to power with the aid of the US Government.

In Cuba, Ruaridh Nicoll discover's Ernest Hemingway's course is not for the fainthearted.

Justice has caught up with all of the Bali bombers, a significant comfort for those still grieving for their victims 10 years later.

Gavin Hines drinks rum with people who have little but share much.

Che Guevara's daughter, Aleida Guevara, says 'sometimes people know what he stands for, sometimes not'.

The inland Cuban city of Camaguey was once the domain of pirates, privateers and bucaneers. These days it's a more serene place, but the influence of the swashbucklers remains: instead of being laid out on a grid system with square plazas, the city's streets are a maze of narrow alleyways, designed to confound the marauding looters.

Actor Sean Penn gets an earful from a former co-star over his support for Venezuelan leader Hugo Chavez.

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Founded in 1819 by French settlers from America and Haiti, the Cuban city of Cienfuegos is home to impressive neo-classical facades and palaces built by wealthy sugar barons during the period when Cuba was the world's largest producer of the commodity.

The ghosts of Cuba's past still seem to linger in the sultry Caribbean air, writes Jill Worrall.

Manuel Galban, guitarist of the renowned Buena Vista Social Club, has died in Cuba at the age of 80, official media reported.

Havana's Hotel Nacional has played host to movie stars, gangsters and revolutionaries, writes Jill Worrall.

In Cuba, writes Jill Worrall, there's a soundtrack to almost everything you do.

A taste of the Cuban capital's colourful Caribbean-style communism.

126-yr-old Juana Bautista de la Candelaria Rodriguez reckons she still has a few good years left.