A new luxury hotel towers over Havana as Cuba's economic troubles mount and tourism plummets
The tallest building in Havana is impossible to miss
The tallest building in Havana is impossible to miss
Dozens of tiny grocery stores have sprung up around Cuba in recent months
The Cuban government says it will have to either increase prices for fuel and electricity, or reduce rations for basic supplies
Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello, a veteran Cuban dissident and leading proponent of human rights who was imprisoned twice but never left the island, will be awarded the 2024 International Women of Courage Award, a recognition granted by the U.S. Department of State
Small groups of protesters have taken to the streets in the eastern Cuba city of Santiago decryng power outages lasting up to eight hours across the Caribbean nation
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana
Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM
A fleet of Russian warships have reached Cuban waters ahead of planned military exercises in the Caribbean
He was the poetic voice of the Cuban Revolution, an inspiration for millions of Latin Americans living under dictatorships throughout the 1960s and 1970s who dreamt of the ideal Cuba that he — and his guitar — helped evoke
Although there are no official figures or estimates of how many pets have been left behind by their owners who leave Cuba, the number of abandoned cats and dogs has spiked in the last two years as Cubans migrate in record numbers, animal activists say
Cuba’s electrical grid went down after one of the island’s major power plants failed, leaving millions without power
Hurricane Rafael has pushed into the Gulf of Mexico after plowing across western Cuba as a Category 3 hurricane with winds so powerful it knocked out the entire country’s power grid
Cuba has been left reeling after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across western portions of the island, knocking out the country’s power grid, downing trees and damaging infrastructure
An earthquake with a preliminary magnitude of 6.8 has shaken eastern Cuba after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling
Cuban authorities say they have arrested a number of people for disorderly behavior after protests over blackouts that stretched on for days broke out in recent weeks
Non-governmental organizations monitoring Cuban prisons are demanding an investigation into the death of a man imprisoned since 2021 after being arrested for participating in historic protests against shortages and blackouts
A new, widespread power outage has plunged Cuba into darkness after one of the island’s major power plants failed
After a nationwide blackout left millions without electricity for several hours in Cuba, the power grid has been restored, authorities said, adding that scheduled power outages will now resume
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