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Cuba's state-run economy has been in crisis mode for years, but it's facing some especially sobering arithmetic now. With trade falling and debt stacking up, President Raul Castro has warned Cubans that the island's socialist system must change. And he's asking them for something they're not used to giving in public: criticism.
Antonio Perdomo, who guided the Cuban women's volleyball team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 and the bronze in 2004, has died of respiratory failure, according to a state television report. He was 66. Cuba's Institute of Sports told state TV that Perdomo died suddenly Monday morning in Havana.
The United States said it "strongly deplores" the forcible detention and beating last week of three Cuban bloggers on their way to a peaceful march in Havana.
Cuba's historic son group Septeto Nacional Ignacio Piñeiro will play the Little Havana club Hoy Como Ayer on Nov. 21, quietly breaking a six-year blackout on officially sanctioned performances in Miami by Cuban musicians from the island.
Cuba has cut two staple foods from the monthly ration books that most islanders depend on, edging closer to a risky full elimination of the decades-old subsidies.
Havana The Examiner Infosearch: José F. Sánchez Analyst Director Research Dept. La Nueva Cuba November 7, 2009
A local travel agency that arranges flights to Cuba is locked in a legal battle with the state of Florida.
The U.S. State Department issued a statement late Monday decrying attacks on three Cuban bloggers, including one who has gained international attention for her searing observations about life on the communist island.
MIAMI, Nov. 8 (UPI) -- Hurricane Ida grew in strength Sunday as it neared the northeastern tip of the Yucatan Peninsula and was expected to pass by Cuba, officials said.
The pitcher who helped Cuba defeat the Baltimore Orioles in the United States a decade ago is in stable condition after his face was crushed with a blunt object while trying to stop a fight.
La crisis económica que atraviesa Cuba está golpeando fuertemente la vida cotidiana de la
Paz y amor. Peace and love. That was the message that some 200 young people chanted in Havana while holding placards calling for ``no more violence'' as passing cars honked their horns.
HAVANA — Antonio Perdomo, who guided the Cuban women's volleyball team to Olympic gold medals in 1992 and 1996 and the bronze in 2004, has died of respiratory failure, according to a state television report. He was 66.
A senior Vatican official said Friday he has asked Cuba's government to allow the Roman Catholic Church more access to mass media, saying Cubans are a religious people and should be given broadcast access to their pastors.
When a dozen Cuban bloggers wanted to stage a protest last month, they simultaneously tweeted, texted and posted messages like "Freedom."
MIAMI - When a dozen Cuban bloggers wanted to stage a protest last month, they simultaneously tweeted, texted and posted messages like "Freedom." One later used...
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