Cuba's efforts to eradicate illiteracy in Honduras are praised

Havana, October 22 – Honduran Education Minister Daniel Sponda described the contribution of a team of 135 professionals from Cuba as titanic, helping Honduras declare itself free of illiteracy. Secretary of State Daniel Sponda considered the...

In 'Overcoming,' Cuban jazz artist Zahili Zamora explores performance anxiety and self-discovery

This week’s Music Monday on GBH’s All Things Considered featured a visionary artist whose talent and curiosity surfaced at an early age. Zahili Zamora is a Cuban-born jazz pianist, vocalist, composer, band leader, arranger and educator. She’s...

Havana photo exhibition highlights Việt Nam – Cuba relations

Cuba’s Growing Private Sector Exposes the Failure of Socialism

After 65 years of socialist control, Cuba’s private sector has become the islands most unexpected victory for freedom. For decades, the Castro regime tried to convince the world—and its own people—that socialism was efficient, equal, and...

Cuba and China for strengthening cooperation in the study of the history of their revolutions and communist parties

'"Strengthening cooperation between Cuban and Chinese institutions in the study of the history of both countries, their revolutions and their Communist Parties, is the main objective of our visit," expressed comrade Li Zongyuan, director general...

Cuban Parlm’t voices solidarity with Zimbabwe on Anti-Sanctions Day

Our strongest solidarity with our sister country, a victim for more than two decades of sanctions that affect its development and well-being, without reason or justification, states the message from the International Relations Committee at the...

Cuba Issues Early Warning as Tropical Storm Melissa Poses Growing Threat to the Caribbean

Satellite Image of Tropical Storm Melissa. Photo: EFE. October 23, 2025 Hour: 4:57 am Cuba’s National Civil Defense Headquarters has issued an early warning as Tropical Storm Melissa threatens to approach the island’s eastern and central regions....

U.S. blockade aims to isolate Cuba, says Envoy, seeking stronger ties with BRICS financial system

Ambassador Juan Carlos Marsán Aguilera addressing a press conference in New Delhi on October 23, 2025. Photo: X/@PTI_News Ahead of a crucial vote at the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA) condemning the U.S.-imposed economic and financial...

Cuban Mission to UN celebrates Culture Day

Attendees enjoyed a special concert by award-winning pianist, composer, and educator Arturo O’Farrill, accompanied by dancer Isabella Vergara. O’Farrill performed a selection of works that are an essential part of Cuba’s music. Several audiovisual...

Alleged Chinese Fentanyl Kingpin Recaptured in Cuba Following Mexico Escape

Tablets suspected to be fentanyl are placed on a graph to measure their size at the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Northeast Regional, in New York, on Oct. 8, 2019. Don Emmert/AFP via Getty Images A Chinese fugitive wanted on suspicion of...

As Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba brace for tropical storm, World Food Program preps response

With slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it churns towards Jamaica and southwest Haiti, the United Nations said Friday it’s actively helping the Caribbean respond to any...

Cuba arrests Chinese drug kingpin desired by United States for fentanyl trafficking

Cuban authorities have actually apprehended Chinese fentanyl kingpin Zhi Dong Zhang, who left custody in Mexico in July and is likewise desired by the United States, according to AFPmentioning Mexican security sources on Wednesday. Zhang, likewise...

Granma-Rebelde press festival concludes in Cuba

The 1st Granma-Rebelde Festival was consolidated as a meeting space between the press, the people and the ideas that nourish the Cuban socialist project. The first Granma Rebelde Festival concluded, with new paths for better journalism. Photo:...

'Obviously it’s hard.' Cuban Andy Pages' Dodgers success is bittersweet due to family separation

Just 90 miles of open ocean separate Andy Pages’ boyhood home in Mantua, Cuba, from the southern tip of the Florida Keys. Yet the short distance between those two points is unbridgeable. Politics has separated Cuba and the U.S. for most of the...

Cuba Condemns U.S. Pressure Ahead of UN Vote on Blockade Resolution

The Cuban Minister of Foreign Affairs, Bruno Rodríguez, denounced today the coercive measures being exerted by the United States ahead of the upcoming United Nations vote on the resolution calling for the lifting of the decades-long blockade...

Cuban Missile Crisis: Tense Standoff Between US and USSR in 1962

New Delhi, India — The Cuban missile crisis began on October 16, 1962, when U.S. National Security Adviser McGeorge Bundy presented evidence of Soviet missile deployment in Cuba to President John F. Kennedy. This marked the start of a tense...

Major Hurricane Melissa Threatens Cuba; U.S. East Coast Braces For Severe Erosion

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify over the coming weekend, posing an extreme and life-threatening threat to parts of the Caribbean, with a dangerous major hurricane landfall now predicted for Cuba next week. AccuWeather...

PCT urges UN to demand end to U.S. blockade against Cuba

Santo Domingo.- The Communist Labor Party (PCT) urged the United Nations (UN) to firmly and urgently demand an end to the economic, commercial, and financial blockade imposed by the United States against Cuba. In an official statement, the PCT...

Ahead Of UN Vote, US-Sanctioned Cuba Seeks India’s Backing

Home Don't Miss Ahead Of UN Vote, US-Sanctioned Cuba Seeks India’s Backing Six decades on, the US blockade of Cuba shows no sign of ending, and Havana is seeking friends and partners With the clock ticking on the expected UN General Assembly...

Cuba captures alleged Chinese fentanyl kingpin wanted by US, Mexico says

A fugitive Chinese national, whom authorities in the United States accuse of trafficking large quantities of fentanyl and cocaine into the country before being arrested and then escaping custody in Mexico, has been recaptured in Cuba, according to...