Where U.S.-Cuba relations stand and what may change: President Obama announced sweeping changes to U.S. policy with Cuba on Wednesday, moving to normalize relations with the island nation. Archived livestream. Related story.… MORE  (Dec 17, 2014)

Did the N.Y. Times play a role in bringing about change in U.S.-Cuba relations?: As a college student in Miami more than a decade ago, Ernesto Londoño got a close-up look at U.S.-Cuba relations during the Elián González saga and a couple of trips to Havana. But he didn’t start writing opinions on the subject until after he joined the New York Times editorial board this summer… MORE (Paul Farhi December 18)