5 days agoFive Cuban men's national soccer team players defect during Nations League: reportFive players from the Cuban men’s national soccer team defected either before or after their Nations League match against Canada on Saturday.
August 21Fidel Castro's former crocodile bites man at Swedish aquariumA crocodile that once belonged to Fidel Castro bit a man at a crayfish party in Sweden on Tuesday.
August 17Cuban man, 26, arrested after stowing away on plane to Miami, CBP saysA 26-year-old Cuban man was arrested at Miami International Airport early Friday after he was found in the cargo hold of a flight that had arrived from Havana, officials said.
July 20Five Cubans discovered on makeshift sailboat in Florida Keys, US Coast Guard saysMembers of the U.S. Coast Guard intercepted a makeshift sailboat off the coast of the Florida Keys on Friday afternoon and discovered five Cuban nationals on board, officials said.
June 25Cuba's long forgotten Jewish cemetery, Holocaust monument getting restoredThe oldest Jewish cemetery in Cuba is beginning to be rehabilitated as marble grave covers are broken with plants growing through cracks and much of the Jewish population driven away from the island.
June 25Advanced Russian warship armed with cruise missiles docks in Havana's harborOne of the Russian navy’s most advanced warships docked at a port in Havana’s harbor on Monday.
May 14Cuban authorities arrest LGBT activists after banning march over grounds foreign powers could use it to criticize human rightsCuban authorities arrested LGBT activists on Saturday after holding a Pride parade in Havana, the country’s capital.
May 13Faced with economic and food shortage crisis, Cuba ramps up rationingIn the midst of a growing economic and shortage crisis – in which Cubans are having to line up for hours to purchase basic food supplies in supermarkets – the Cuban government has introduced comprehensive rationing of staple products.
May 5Bond girl Ana de Armas fled Cuba to become a movie starAna de Armas, who stars in the upcoming "Bond 25," fled Communist Cuba to become a movie star.
