Spain's foreign minister on Wednesday lashed out at Washington's decision to lift a ban on lawsuits in US courts over property confiscated by Cuba, calling the move an "abuse of power" that would lead to a "legal battle".
When Arturo Gonzalez's father fled Cuba half a century ago all he could take with him on the flight to Madrid was a suitcase with his clothes -- and his glasses.
Historians will debate Fidel Castro's legacy for years, but the remote Spanish village of Lancara is proud to be the birthplace of the late Cuban president's father.
Political opening in Cuba is "inevitable" although the pace of reform in the Communist island nation is uncertain, Spain's foreign minister said in an interview published on Sunday.
Cuba's vice president for economic affairs held talks with Spain's economy minister in Madrid on Friday. It was the highest-level visit by a Cuban official to Spain in a decade.
Cuba and Spain are in talks to resolve a long-standing dispute over two members of the Basque separatist Eta group given shelter by the Caribbean island nation, a US official said Wednesday.
Spain's conservative government reacted angrily on Thursday to a visit by former Socialist Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero to Cuba and his meeting with Cuban President Raul Castro, calling it disloyal.
Conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa are the main security threats to Spain, the country's foreign minister has said, as Spain takes its seat as a non-permanent member of the UN's security council.
Spain's foreign minister on Wednesday hailed the restoration of diplomatic relations between the US and Cuba, saying it opened "a new stage" in ties between the two nations.
Spain's foreign minister arrived on Cuba on Sunday where he is set to deliver "very specific messages" from the US administration in the lead-up to a major pan-American summit in 2015, Spanish media are reporting.
Cuba will have to respect human rights if it wants to see its trade and diplomatic relations by the European Union upgraded as mooted recently, Spain's foreign minister said on Monday.
Spain's top criminal court on Monday dismissed a lawsuit by the family of late Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya which accused Cuban secret service agents of involvement in his death.
Spain's National Court said on Wednesday it saw no reason to pardon a Spanish politician convicted in Cuba over a car crash that killed a leading dissident there.
Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya did not die in a car crash last year but was instead "assassinated" by Cuban secret services, a Spanish politician who was at the wheel of the car said in an interview published on Monday.
