What will Cuba be like when Fidel Castro is gone? Washington and Cuba have — no surprise — startlingly different versions of a post-Castro Cuba, and many dissidents on the island complain they will be caught in the middle.
A presidential commission's report on U.S. plans to promote democracy in Cuba has earned applause from Cuban exiles, particularly for an $80 million commitment to bolster civil society and independent media. But while many expressed broad support for the commission's message, some were wary of how, and if, the promised funds will be spent.
President Hugo Chavez rejected a U.S. government report accusing Venezuela of funding efforts by Cuba's Fidel Castro to subvert democracy in Latin America, saying it indicated Washington's aggressive intentions toward Havana.
A U.S. presidential commission on Monday urged Washington to spend $80 million to help nongovernmental groups hasten change in Cuba, but some dissidents here said the move would do them more harm than good.
Cuban librarians on Friday criticized attempts by the Miami-Dade County school board to ban a children's book that presents a positive depiction of life on the communist-run island.
Cuba, the land of baseball fanaticism, has caught World Cup fever. Children across the island are putting down their bats in favor of the ultimate foot game, turning patches of grass into soccer fields and using everything from basketballs to crumpled-up pieces of paper as balls.
One of 15 Cuban migrants sent home after reaching an abandoned bridge in the Florida Keys said Wednesday the group is growing desperate after three months awaiting final Cuban government approval to leave for good.
A Communist official long held up as an example of the island's future leadership was sentenced to 12 years in prison for influence-peddling, the party said Wednesday.
A woman accused of spying for the Cuban government has been freed on bond after five months in jail.
Fidel Castro's brother said the Communist Party will remain in control of Cuba if there is a leadership change, according to comments published Thursday.
The head of Cuba's parliament denied his country had imprisoned more than two dozen journalists because they spoke out against his government in a rare interview that was broadcast Wednesday at a Hispanic media convention.
Electricity was restored Tuesday to the U.S. mission in Cuba after Washington accused Fidel Castro's government of deliberately cutting off the building's power and Havana angrily denied it.
Tropical Storm Alberto drenched western Cuba Monday after a weekend of heavy rains prompted evacuations, caused some dilapidated buildings to collapse and flooded low-lying areas in Havana.
The Cuban government cut off electricity to the U.S. diplomatic mission in Havana a week ago and U.S. requests for power to be restored have gone unanswered, U.S. officials said Monday.
President Fidel Castro called the U.S. airstrike that killed Abu Musab al-Zarqawi a "barbarity," saying he should have been put on trial.
They came as young men and women, and never left.
An outspoken British lawmaker appeared on Cuban television praising Fidel Castro as a "lion" of world politics and defending the Cuban leader against a magazine report naming him one of the world's wealthiest rulers.
There's hardly a spot on Cuba untouched by its slavery past, not unlike most Caribbean islands.
When Benjamin Treuhaft first visited Cuba in 1993, he found that aging American cars weren't the only clunkers on the island. Years of neglect, humidity and termites were ravaging the dwindling piano population.
Cuban President Fidel Castro denounced a Forbes magazine report naming him one of the world's wealthiest rulers, putting in a special television appearance on Monday to rebut the story he called "rubbish."
A Cuban pro-democracy activist presented a proposal Wednesday for a new constitution with expanded freedoms for Cubans, calling for the right to criticize the government and operate private businesses.
President Fidel Castro said on Monday that Cuba's economy grew at a rate of more than 12.5 percent in the past month, crediting the country's resilience in the face of the U.S. government's long-standing trade embargo.
Bolivia's new left-leaning president signed a pact with Cuba and Venezuela on Saturday rejecting U.S.-backed free trade and promising a socialist version of regional commerce and cooperation.
Cuba's Communist Party leadership said Friday it has expelled one of its younger Politburo members for repeatedly failing to overcome "errors" such as abuse of authority and arrogance.
Cuba agreed Wednesday to buy another $30 million in food from Nebraska, strengthening trade relations with a U.S. farm state already selling corn, wheat, soybeans and other products to the communist island.