Rare demonstrations broke out across Cuba this week over rising power outages and food shortages, as the Caribbean nation continues to grapple with economic malaise, the Financial Times reported Monday. On Sunday, a small group of protesters took to the streets of Santiago, the island nation’s...
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Storm waves recently flung jellyfish and seaweed onto the streets of Havana. After the storm, temperatures plunged to 55 degrees Fahrenheit, unusually cold weather for the Caribbean island. “This really is something new … we’re not used to this kind of cold,” Havana resident Jaqueline Dalardes...
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Cuba’s entrepreneurs will be able to open bank accounts in the United States and access their money remotely, part of a series of measures by the US government aimed at supporting the expansion of the private sector in the Caribbean country, the Miami Herald reported. The...
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Cuban authorities discovered an alleged human trafficking ring aimed at recruiting Cuba’s citizens to fight for Russia in the Ukraine war, CBS News reported. The country’s foreign ministry confirmed that the government is working to dismantle the trafficking ring operating from Russia that is being used...
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Almost 23 years ago, heavily armed federal agents wearing body armor seized five-year-old Elián González from his relatives’ home in Miami and returned him to his father, ultimately to be taken back to Cuba. The photo of the incident was a painful reminder of the fraught...
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Cuba welcomed the United States’ decision this week to resume full immigrant visa services at the US embassy in Havana, five years after Washington closed consular services in the capital due to a spate of unexplained health incidents, Al Jazeera reported. The embassy began processing immigrant...
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Cubans voted in favor of changing the country’s family code this week in a referendum that would also allow same-sex marriage in the communist country, Reuters reported Tuesday. The national election commission said nearly 67 percent of voters approved changes to the family code, while 33...
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Cubans voted in a referendum Sunday that would revamp family rights and legalize same-sex marriage in the communist country, a move considered the most progressive in Latin America and one that defies a long tradition of machismo in Cuba, the Washington Post reported. The proposed new...
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The Cuban parliament approved changes to its family law that would allow gay marriage, an amendment that has met resistance from the country’s religious community, Reuters reported. The Families Code would legalize same-sex marriage and civil unions, as well as allow gay couples to adopt children...
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Years ago, the late Fidel Castro promised that Cuba’s communist government would subsidize a liter of milk a day for every child under the age of seven. He even showcased a prized Cuban milk cow, Ubre Blanca, to highlight his regime’s dairy capacities. Now, however,...
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Cuba welcomed a decision by the United States this week to ease a series of longstanding restrictions on travel, family reunification and remittances, a move that US officials said aims to support “Cubans’ aspirations for freedom,” the Washington Times reported. On Monday, the Biden administration removed...
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Hundreds of Cuban private enterprises attended a weekend trade fair at Havana’s convention center, in what has been described as a major commercial milestone on the communist island, the Associated Press reported. More than 700 companies and cooperatives showed off a wide variety of products, such...
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