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April 22, 2024

Carnival Cruise Line ship rescues 27 migrants adrift off Cuba coast

Staff on the Carnival Paradise rescued 27 Cubans signaling for help 20 miles off the west Cuban coast on Sunday as the cruise liner made its way from Tampa to Roatan, Honduras.

April 20, 2024

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, President William McKinley asks Congress to declare war on Spain

On this day in history, April 20, 1898, the 25th president, William McKinley, went to Congress to ask for declaration of war on Spain in defense of Cuba, which had been battling Spain.

April 17, 2024

Former US ambassador, Cuban spy blames decision to betray country on Yale's radical politics in 60s, 70s

Former U.S. Ambassador Victor Manuel Rocha, who pleaded guilty last week to serving as a Cuban spy, blames radical politics from Yale during formative college years.

April 12, 2024

Former US ambassador, NSC official admits to acting as secret agent for Cuba, learns fate: DOJ

A former U.S. Ambassador and National Security Council official admitted to acting as a secret agent of the Cuban government for decades as a judge handed down a 15-year sentence.

April 3, 2024

Morocco museum hosts one of Africa’s first exhibitions of Cuban art

A show at Morocco’s Mohammed VI Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art is one of the first exhibitions of Cuban art at an African museum, officials say.

April 1, 2024

New evidence suggests Russia is behind the serious Havana Syndrome

A five year investigation from CBS's 60 Minutes, The Insider and Der Spiegel found new evidence showing that Russia is behind the weapon that has caused brain injury to hundreds of Americans serving overseas.

April 1, 2024

LGBTQ-inclusive church in Cuba welcomes all in a country that once sent gay people to labor camps

A church in Matanzas, Cuba is LGBTQ+ inclusive and open to all, in a country that previously sent gay people to labor camps and where there is still widespread anti-gay hostility.

March 31, 2024

Florida car chase in 2020 may be linked to Havana syndrome: report

A high-speed chase in Key West, Florida, may be linked to the mysterious phenomenon known as "Havana syndrome," according to a new report set to air Sunday.

March 30, 2024

In Cuba, the terminal stage of communism is a mafia

The wreckage of the Cuban economy really can’t be exaggerated. The perpetual blackouts are an apt symbol of a country that is headed for the dark ages.

March 28, 2024

The way to Cuba’s heart is through the internet

Cubans are protesting so much, the dictatorship that rules them cut off the internet. Biden should restore their connection to the world and use it to undermine the regime's power.