A look at a deportation flight to Cuba: handcuffs, tears and broken families

This story was reported in collaboration with independent media outlet Belly of the Beast. A deportation flight carrying 150 Cuban detainees landed Thursday at Havana's José Martí International Airport, offering a rare glimpse into the emotional...

Cubans Remain Undefeated in Hamburg Beach Volleyball

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 28 (ACN) Cuba's Noslen Díaz and Jorge Luis Alayo defeated the Czech world champions Ondrej Perusic and David Schweiner to finish undefeated in Group E of the Elite tournament of the 2025 World Beach Volleyball Pro Tour, taking...

Cuba Confirms Roster for World Athletics Championships

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 28 (ACN) The Cuban Athletics Federation published the official list of athletes who will represent the Island at the 2025 Tokyo World Championships, to be held in the Japanese capital from September 13 to 21. The communiqué...

A look inside a U.S. deportation flight to Cuba

A deportation flight carrying 150 Cuban detainees landed in Havana on Thursday, offering a rare glimpse of passengers in handcuffs, some expressing heartbreak over being separated from loved ones while others felt relief to leave detention behind.

From the United States, 161 Irregular Migrants Returned to Cuba by Air

Details Written by Cuba Si Published: 29 August 2025 Hits: 105 On Thursday, August 28, in the afternoon, 161 irregular migrants (37 women and 124 men) were returned to Cuba by air from the United States through Havana’s José Martí International...

Trump DOJ supports Cuba lawsuit against cruise lines

The US Department of Justice wants the Supreme Court to review an appeals court decision that sided mostly with cruise lines sued for using Havana docks which had been confiscated by Cuba's communist government. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals...

Without a country to take him, Cuban immigrant spends month in limbo inside Wyoming jail

Over 21,000 Wyomingites get WyoFile delivered straight to their inbox. Join your neighbors and stay informed with the stories shaping Wyoming. Josue Rodriguez Perez joined the line outside a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement office near...

The Miami Herald‘s Fuzzy Math Makes Case for Economic Warfare on Cuba

This story was written in collaboration with Belly of the Beast, an independent outlet that covers Cuba and US/Cuba relations. In an article published earlier this month, Miami Herald journalist Nora Gámez Torres (8/6/25) claims to have obtained a...

Farmer on His Land, Pinar del Rio, Cuba – Photo of the Day

Farmer on His Land, Pinar del Rio, Cuba. By: Gary Rosenfeld (USA). Camera: iPhone 15 HAVANA TIMES – Some photos make us laugh, feel emotions, remember a trip, or a special moment with friends. Others show that the person who took them has taken...

Mark Cuban’s UNFILTERED Take On The Luka Doncic Trade

Mark Cuban's UNFILTERED Take On The Luka Doncic Trade as the legendary owner of the Dallas Mavericks joins Gilbert Arenas & Josiah Johnson on Gil's Arena and gives his take on the shocking trade that sent Luka Doncic to the Los Angeles Lakers....

Mark Cuban Defends Mavs Exec’s Rough Luka Doncic Treatment Amid Confession About Weight Issue

The issue between the Dallas Mavericks’ front office and Luka Doncic started long before we heard anything about it. During their messy, public breakup last season, a clip surfaced of Mavs exec Michael Finley and the Slovenian star that had people...

Eastern Cuba farmers use Weather App to increase yields

GUANTANAMO, Cuba, August 29 (ACN) The mobile application Agroclima helps facilitate access to updated climate information for producers in the municipality of Niceto Pérez, Guantánamo, as part of the Actúa Diferente (Act Different) project,...

Silvio Rodríguez stars in finale of "Ruta ADN Cuba" series

HAVANA, Cuba, Aug 29 (ACN) Celebrated singer-songwriter Silvio Rodríguez was the central figure of the culminating episode of the documentary series "Ruta ADN Cuba" (DNA Route Cuba), whose premiere took place this Thursday at the capital's Charles...

Elliot & Erick, photographers: ‘We want to talk about Afro-Cuban religions in a more contemporary way’

The life of Cuban-born twins Elliot and Erick Jiménez (Miami, 1989) seems like something out of a movie. Self-taught and precocious, they’ve dedicated decades to fashion photography, imbuing it with an artistic aura that plays with syncretism,...

From Cuba to the big leagues: Cesar Prieto’s risky journey to a dream

Every baseball player in the minor leagues faces tough times. They all go through setbacks before they ever get a shot at the big stage. Sometimes it’s a bad game at bat or on the mound. Sometimes it’s the grind of years spent riding buses across...

Cuba: Rapper Maykel Osorbo’s Daughter Denied Visit

The political prisoner is serving a 9-year sentence for dissent “The most painful thing was the disappointment of a girl and her father, separated for no reason for over four years.” / Facebook The 10-year-old girl suffered the cancellation of the...

Markets, mandates, mutual growth: Ambassadors of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba, Peru reimagine ties with India

Ambassadors of Argentina, Brazil, Cuba and Peru with the moderator of the panel discussion on the theme “Markets, Mandates, Mutual Growth: Reimagining Trade, Technology and Diplomacy.”Jaipur, August 29: The Rajasthan Business Summit & Awards 2025...

Mark Cuban Predicts ChatGPT Will Play Key Role In Future Elections: 'The Candidate That Uses It To Lie…'

Billionaire and entrepreneur Mark Cuban has shared numerous thoughts on how artificial intelligence could impact various sectors of the world and be utilized for both positive and negative purposes. In a recent interview, Cuban made a prediction...

Mayor Daniella Levine Cava Casa Cuba Networking Breakfast

De Cuba a Panamá: qué dice la historia sobre las intervenciones militares de EE.UU. en el Caribe

Por German Padinger, CNN en Español Vientos de guerra vuelven a soplar en el Caribe en medio de los gestos –y despliegues navales– de Estados Unidos y Venezuela, en medio de una retórica cada vez más incendiaria intercambiada por Donald Trump y...