CBS News: Cuban Man Deported to Africa Is on a Hunger Strike and 'His Life Is on the Line'

We hadn't heard of the African country of Eswatini until last month, when ICE decided that's where it was going to send "Maryland man" because he had so many nations on his list that he couldn't be sent to. We tried to send him back to his native...

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....

Press Release: Environmental Learning Center Presents “A Cuban Season” Art Exhibit

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Environmental Learning Center 772-589-5050 255 Live Oak Drive Vero Beach, FL 32963 Environmental Learning Center Presents “A Cuban Season” Artist Meet & Greet: November 7, 2025 | 4-6 PM | Free to Attend Vero Beach, FL – The...

Call in Brazil for a solidarity offensive with Cuba ahead of UN vote

Brasília, October 23. - The Brazil Section of the Antifascist International called for unified solidarity with Cuba on the eve of the United Nations vote on the resolution demanding an end to the blockade currently imposed on the Caribbean island....

China rejects U.S. coercion and emphasizes support for Cuba

Beijing, October 23. - China today rejected the coercive tactics and pressures from the United States on other nations, while underscoring its support for Cuba against the blockade imposed by Washington for over 60 years. In response to a question...

Trump Envoy to Cuba Attends Mass to Honor Banned Anti-Communist Salsa Music Legend Celia Cruz

The top American diplomat in Cuba, Embassy Charge d’Affairs Mike Hammer, was among hundreds who attended a Catholic Mass on Tuesday to honor what would have been the hundredth birthday of Celia Cruz, one of Cuba’s most iconic and beloved singers....

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...

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...

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...

'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...

Havana photo exhibition highlights Việt Nam – Cuba relations

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...

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...

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 Embassy Showcases Culture, Honors Liberia–Cuba Ties

The Embassy of the Republic of Cuba in Liberia on Monday, October 20, hosted a vibrant cultural event celebrating the deep historical and educational ties between Cuba and Liberia. The program, held at the Cuban Embassy in Monrovia, featured an...

Cuba nabs suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin wanted by US, Mexico

Cuba has arrested a suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin who escaped from custody in Mexico and is also wanted by the United States, the Mexican government said Wednesday. Suspected Chinese fentanyl kingpin Zhi Dong Zhan. Photo: Fiscalía General del...

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...

Cuba faces an increase in severe cases of dengue

Cuba increases its rate of infection by Dengue. Photo: PL October 22, 2025 Hour: 10:49 pm The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) warned on Wednesday, October 22, about the increase in severe forms of dengue on the island, in the midst of a...