Cuba Flag

The Left parties in West Bengal on Saturday decided to fly the red flag at half mast for three days at their respective offices across the state as a mark of respect for Cuba's Fidel Castro who passed away in Havana aged 90.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called today for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years.

The United States and Cuba formally resumed diplomatic relations today, as the Cuban flag was raised at the US State Department in a historic gesture toward ending decades of hostility between the Cold War foes.

The throng waited for Hugo Chavez under a searing tropical sun, a sea of red shirts waving Venezuelan flags, clutching pictures of their leftist hero, chanting "Chavez lives! The struggle goes on!"

The Left parties in West Bengal on Saturday decided to fly the red flag at half mast for three days at their respective offices across the state as a mark of respect for Cuba's Fidel Castro who passed away in Havana aged 90.

US Secretary of State John Kerry called today for "genuine democracy" in Cuba as the American flag was raised over a US embassy in Havana for the first time in 54 years.

The United States and Cuba formally resumed diplomatic relations today, as the Cuban flag was raised at the US State Department in a historic gesture toward ending decades of hostility between the Cold War foes.

The throng waited for Hugo Chavez under a searing tropical sun, a sea of red shirts waving Venezuelan flags, clutching pictures of their leftist hero, chanting "Chavez lives! The struggle goes on!"