U.S.-Cuba relations

Amid a deepening economic crisis and U.S. pressure, Cuba’s Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister, Josefina Vidal Ferreiro, strongly pushed back against Trump administration allegations that the island poses a national security threat to the United States.

For many Cuban-Americans, winning a case in court is not the point. The point is that Cuban leadership, most importantly Raúl Castro, feel pressured to step down after the indictment has been made public.

The officials involved in preliminary discussions with Cuban authorities also told The Associated Press that they are not optimistic the communist government will accept an offer for tens of millions of dollars in humanitarian aid.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel told NBC News’ Meet the Press that he would not step down in his first interview with a U.S. network, a portion of which was broadcast Thursday.

A blackout has left millions of people without power in Havana and the rest of western Cuba in the latest outage on an island struggling with dwindling oil reserves and a crumbling electric grid.

WLRN's Americas Editor Tim Padgett speaks with Cuba's Foreign Relations Vice-Minister, Carlos Fernández de Cossío, about why the communist island is allowing more economic freedom — but not political liberalization.

U.S. intelligence said the mysterious illnesses in Havana don't look to be part of an attack. But rhetoric since hints it won't improve U.S.-Cuba relations much.

U.S.-Cuba relations were re-frozen five years ago — but the U.S.'s border crisis and Cuba's economic desperation may make cooperation necessary again.

A debate is smoldering over whether the U.S. should have lent more help to fight the Cuban oil inferno — and whether Cuba should have more directly requested it.

The Matanzas oil facility blaze promises even worse energy hardship for Cubans — and their regime is criticizing the U.S. for not doing more to help put it out.

COMMENTARY South Florida Republicans won't admit it, but the historic Cuban protests they're capitalizing on now owe a debt to Obama's Cuba internet efforts.

Widespread protests across Cuba have revealed political challenges President Biden faces as he seeks to support the demonstrations without hurting their cause — or his own political interest.