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Biden looks to relax Cuba sanctions in final days before Trump
WASHINGTON/HAVANA -The Biden administration said on Tuesday it would remove Cuba from its terrorism blacklist, while Cuba said separately...
Jan 174 min read


Cuba's electrical grid collapses as Hurricane Rafael lashes island
HAVANA - Cuba's national electrical grid collapsed on Wednesday as Hurricane Rafael slammed into the island's southwest shore, packing...
Nov 8, 20242 min read


Cuba slashes size of daily bread ration as ingredients run thin
HAVANA - Cuba's communist-run government on Monday slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest...
Sep 18, 20242 min read


Hundreds of thousands in Cuba without water
HAVANA - Water shortages in Cuba are increasingly flaring tempers, including in capital Havana, as problems mount for hundreds of...
Sep 14, 20242 min read


Massive blackouts roil Cuba
CARDENAS, Cuba - Power outages totaling 14 hours or more per day were reported on Thursday across much of crisis-racked Cuba, leaving...
Aug 24, 20242 min read


Olympics-Boxing-Cuba's Lopez Cardona ends with bronze, France claim back-to-back wins
PARIS - Ukraine's Oleksandr Khyzhniak sent twice Olympic champion Arlen Lopez Cardona out of the Paris Games on Sunday, while home fans...
Aug 5, 20242 min read


Olympics-Boxing-Ukrainian Khyzniak ends Cuban Lopez Cardona's history bid
PARIS - Cuban Arlen Lopez Cardona's bid for a record-equalling third Olympic gold medal ended when he was eliminated from the men's...
Aug 5, 20241 min read


Venezuelans march over contested election, number of detained rises
CARACAS, Venezuela - Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as...
Aug 4, 20242 min read


Pentagon chief revokes plea deals with three Sept. 11 suspects
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin on Friday revoked plea deals agreed to earlier this week with the man accused of masterminding the...
Aug 4, 20241 min read


Three Sept. 11 suspects agree to plead guilty at Guantanamo
WASHINGTON - The man accused of masterminding the Sept. 11 attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed, and two of his accomplices, held at the U.S....
Aug 1, 20242 min read


Cuban beekeeper produces sweet honey of stingless bees
HAVANA (Reuters) - Dairon Darias, a Cuban ballet dancer, has an unusual hobby when it comes time to unwind following the strict...
Jul 13, 20241 min read


New Cuban radar site near US military base could aid China spying, think tank says
WASHINGTON - Cuba is building a new radar site likely to be capable of spying on the United States' nearby Guantanamo Bay naval base, a...
Jul 4, 20243 min read
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