Cuba

Cuban genealogy is experiencing unprecedented interest among Cuban-Americans who want to connect with the island — and Cubans who want to leave it.

COMMENTARY Russia's deeper presence in Cuba is a reminder that isolating the island risks leaving the U.S. on the sidelines when its communist comandantes are gone.

Cuba often calls Russia for rescue from its communist economic mess — but a new raft of deals just signed by the partners are potentially alarming for U.S. foreign policy in this hemisphere.

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov on Thursday condemned U.S. sanctions against Cuba, as he visited the island and met with top leaders during the last leg of a Latin American tour that took him to Brazil, Nicaragua and Venezuela.

Cuba’s National Assembly has ratified President Miguel Díaz-Canel for a new five-year term, in a decision to maintain continuity as the island faces a deep economic crisis.

A Cuban official says Cuba plans to resume accepting deportation flights from the United States this month, echoing U.S. concerns about the highest levels of Cuban migration in six decades.

Actor and writer Robby Ramos joins WLRN's Carlos Frías to talk about his debut play "The Walls Have Ears," which is being performed now at the Westchester Cultural Arts Center. The play was inspired by his grandfather, a Cuban dissident who served time at a notorious prison camp.

While nearly 70% of Latin America’s 670 million people consider themselves Catholic, in Cuba, Santería is the name of the game.

COMMENTARY Cuban baseball today seems a reminder of the island's massive youth exodus — which ought to make it a handy showcase of what Cuban exiles protest.

Letting Cuban MLB players suit up for the Cuban national team in this month's global tournament angered some Cuban exiles — but was gladly accepted by many others.

Hundreds gathered outside Miami Marlins' home ballpark in Little Havana to protest for the Cuban national baseball team played the United States in the semifinals of the World Baseball Classic.

Six months after Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco infrastructure, farmers are trying to recuperate from the disaster.