Cuba is in economic freefall — driven by a de facto oil blockade instituted by the United States. US President Donald Trump has been clear that he hopes this will lead to the collapse of Cuba’s ...

In 2022, historian Ada Ferrer won a Pulitzer Prize for her acclaimed Cuba: An American History, which traced the island’s entwined relationship with the United States. Her latest book, Keeper of My ...

Tourist postcard of the National Casino a Marianao in Havana, c1910. History News Network This post is in partnership with the History News Network, the website that puts the news into historical ...

During President Barack Obama’s first term, when the U.S. and Cuba initially made attempts to thaw our icy relationship, I visited the island country as part of an educational delegation. We met with ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. From left, Ada Ferrer in Havana in 1992, her half-brother Poly and mother in 1980. Inset: Poly's passport photo. (Los Angeles ...

(RNS) — U.S. Republican administrations have long seen faith groups as a cornerstone for humanitarian aid and community trust as they push for regime change in Cuba.

In Cubanthropy, the critic Iván de la Nuez traces how the island nation and its diaspora shoulder the legacy of the revolution. Havana, 2022. The essayist and critic Iván de la Nuez left his native ...

Cuba is a place I long to know, a place my father longs to visit, a place my abuelo is content to never see again.