A group of prominent African-Americans has challenged Cuba’s race record, accusing the island nation of harassing its black citizens and cracking down on civil...

It’s coming up on two years since Fidel Castro formally stepped down as head of state in Cuba in February 2008 and younger brother Raul Castro became...

Cuba hit back Thursday at 60 prominent U.S. black leaders who challenged its race record, with island writers, artists and official journalists calling the criticism an...

I think one has to qualify as an idiot before becoming a leader of a communist country......the Castro brothers in Cuba and Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, are 3 of many...

Americans focused on a U.S. military assault more likely are thinking about how President Barack Obama will pursue war in Afghanistan — not Cuba. But the siege...

Because of years of environmental abuse, a number of species are rare in Cuba, but none more so than a foreign tourist willing to speak up in the face of political...

A battle over Cuba policy is escalating in Congress, with proponents saying they have their best chance in years of repealing the ban on U.S. tourist travel to the...

Obama Should Replace Failed Embargo With Effective Multilateral Policy By José Miguel Vivanco, Americas director at Human Rights Watch (Washington, DC) - Raúl...

Any good will Raul Castro enjoyed as Cuba’s new leader has dissipated, according to a new poll, which found more than four out of five of those surveyed in Cuba...

Not too long ago, Ricardo Herrero was one of Miami’s Cuban-American hardliners, an ardent supporter of the U.S. trade embargo against Cuba as well as the ban on...

Juanita Castro, the younger sister of Cuban leaders Fidel and Raul Castro, worked for the CIA during some crucial years of the Cold War, she says in her new...

US President Barack Obama’s call for the closure of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in Cuba has got quite the chorus line of support from the music world, with...

In the six months after the 9/11 attacks, up to 20 Cubans walked into U.S. embassies around the world and offered information on terrorism threats. Eventually, all were...

Cuba’s workplace cafeterias are closing, President Raúl Castro keeps saying the well-off shouldn’t get the same subsidies as the poor, and now there are...

Throughout the Cuban countryside are hand-painted murals featuring the famous faces of the revolution, Che and Fidel, of course, but also René, Antonio, Fernando,...

They say there is no such thing as a free lunch - but for years the majority of Cubans have been given free meals at state-run workplace canteens. But in a bid to...

A senior American diplomat has held unannounced, high-level talks in Havana with the Cuban government, three State Department officials told The Associated Press on...

Take a photo tour of gay Havana by clicking here. On sultry Saturday nights in Havana, thousands of young men and women — including hundreds of gay men, a few...

Cuba has accused US President Barack Obama of not doing enough to end the US trade embargo against the island despite his promise to improve ties. Earlier this week,...

The US has formally eased restrictions on Cuban-Americans visiting relatives and sending money to Cuba. As part of changes first announced in April, Washington has...