Cuban Pilot Released After Longest-Ever Non-Violent Marijuana Conviction
Antonio Bascaro served 39 years in the Miami Federal Correctional Institution for participating in a smuggling operation in 1977.
View ArticleGrowing Number of Cuban Migrants Trying to Enter US Via Mexico
The increase in Cuban asylum applicants at the U.S.-Mexico border is straining the already backlogged U.S. immigration system.
View ArticlePrivate Wi-Fi to Become Legal in Cuba
The Ministry of Communications said Cubans would be able to set up Wi-Fi networks in their residences
View ArticleTrump Administration Halts Cruises to Cuba Under New Rules
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration on Tuesday ended the most popular forms of U.S. travel to Cuba, banning cruise ships and a heavily used category of educational travel in an attempt to cut...
View ArticleCuba Legalizes Production of Independent Film
The film distribution will remain under the state’s control.
View ArticleCuba Announces Increase in Wages as Part of Economic Reform
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban government said Thursday that it is raising state salaries as part of a broader package of economic reforms, but it revealed no details of its larger plan beyond increasing...
View ArticleDaymé Arocena’s ‘Sonocardiogram’ Is a Soulful Tribute to Love and Santería
She spoke with Futuro Media Group's Latino USA about her trajectory thus far, her music-making process, her personal life and what inspired her latest creation.
View ArticleStudy: ‘Havana Syndrome’ May Have Been Caused by Mosquito Fumigation
The incidents took place between 2016 and 2018, with diplomats describing symptoms including memory loss and sleep disturbance after hearing a ringing noise.
View ArticleCuba Battles Plague of Giant Snails
HAVANA (AP) — With their shiny, brilliantly striped shells and bodies up to 8 inches (20 centimeters) long, giant African snails have become public enemy No. 1 for epidemiologists, and citizens have...
View ArticleCuban Foreign Minister: Warming With US Is Irreversible
NEW YORK (AP) — Cuba's foreign minister said Tuesday that he believes improvements in relations with the United States are irreversible despite the Trump administration's hardening of the embargo on...
View ArticleFidel’s Cuba Is Long Gone (OPINION)
Cuba is no longer the Americas’ lonely outpost of communism. This Caribbean island has become a nation of entrepreneurship, democratic aspiration, even pro-Americanism.
View ArticleCuban President Says US Plan to Pressure Cuba Failing
CAIMANERA, Cuba (AP) — A short distance from the U.S. naval base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel said Thursday that the Trump administration’s hardening of the American embargo is...
View ArticleCuban President Says US Pressures Are Failing: ‘We Will Keep Advancing Our...
The United States has steadily increased decades-long embargoes over the last few months.
View ArticleCuba Accuses US Diplomat of Supporting Illegal Actions
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba on Wednesday accused the top U.S. diplomat in the country of working closely with José Daniel Ferrer, the detained head of one of the country's largest opposition groups.
View ArticleCuba Accuses US of Violating Vienna Convention
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba's foreign minister on Tuesday accused the United States of violating the Vienna Convention and the deal re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries.
View ArticleIndependent Women’s Groups Say 2019 Year of Progress in Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — For 60 years, Cuba's communist government has monopolized virtually every aspect of life on the island, including dozens of state-controlled organizations that serve as official advocates...
View Article5 Years After Detente With US, Cubans Say Hope Has Dwindled
HAVANA (AP) — At midday on Dec. 17, 2014, the sound of church bells echoed in Havana as presidents Barack Obama and Raúl Castro announced that the United States and Cuba would reestablish diplomatic...
View ArticleUS and Cuba Spar Over Jailed Dissident, But Is José Daniel Ferrer Really a...
The two countries are in dispute over the prolonged detention of a Cuban dissident.
View ArticleMagnitude 7.7 Earthquake Strikes Caribbean Sea
No injuries or heavy damage have been reported. Officials announced no threat of future tsunamis.
View ArticleBy Sending Doctors to Italy, Cuba Continues Its Long Campaign of Medical...
Cuba has sent more than 400,000 healthcare professionals to work in 164 countries, according to statistics published by the state media.
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