Cuba

Cuba begins releasing prisoners under scrutiny of rights groups, US government

The decision to release the prisoners on the island comes after Washington's most intense pressure campaign in decades, although Havana denies any decision-making under US coercion.

Regla Yolanda Gonzalez poses for a photograph following her son's release from prison, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican that saw the Biden administration loosen sanctions on Cuba, in Havana, Cuba January 21, 2025.
An aerial view shows the oil tanker named Boracay (also called Pushpa), a vessel being investigated by French authorities and suspected of belonging to the so-called "shadow fleet" involved in the Russian oil trade, off the coast of the western France port of Saint-Nazaire, France, October 2, 2025

US allows Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba, reversing course on blockade

Activists of the Nuestra America Convoy and Cuban officials unload humanitarian aid from the vessel Maguro -- symbolically renamed "Granma 2.0" as a tribute to the yacht used by Fidel Castro's guerrilla fighters to launch their revolution in 1956 -- at Havana port on March 24, 2026.

Two humanitarian aid boats en route to Cuba are missing, Mexico says

The US flag flutters at the US embassy in Caracas on March 14, 2026, ten days after the restoration of diplomatic relations following the capture of ousted leader Nicolas Maduro in a US military raid.

US push for Western Hemisphere dominance could extend to Cuba and Nicaragua, experts say


Trump's talks with Syria echo US embrace of Fidel Castro in 1959 - opinion

As Syria reconfigures its political order, we must not forget the hard lessons of Cuba’s transformation into a Cold War adversary.

THEN-CUBAN PRESIDENT Fidel Castro speaks as president of the Non-Aligned Movement at the UN in 1979. In 1959, the US mistook his revolutionary fervor for democratic potential and risks doing the same with Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa, says the writer.

US attack sub, Canada navy patrol ship arrive in Cuba on heels of Russian warships

A Canadian diplomat characterized the Margaret Brooke`s arrival as "routine and part of long-standing cooperation between our two countries."

Canadian navy patrol boat HMCS Margaret Brooke passes by Russian nuclear-powered cruise missile submarine Kazan and frigate Admiral Gorshkov, as it enters Havana's bay, Cuba, June 14, 2024.

Russian military intelligence unit may be linked to 'Havana syndrome', Insider reports

Symptoms of the ailment have included migraines, nausea, memory lapses, and dizziness.

 RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin stands in front of members of Russian military units, the National Guard and security services, praising them for upholding orders during a mutiny by the Wagner Group, last month.

War in Gaza 'one of the cruelest genocidal acts' ever, claims Cuba's VP

Moussa Faki Mahamat, chairperson of the African Union commission, called for an immediate end to what he called the "unjust war against the Palestinian people."

Salvador Antonio Valdes Mesa, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (CPC) and vice-president of the Council of State of Cuba, and his party attend a meeting during a visit, in this undated photo released by North Korea's Korean Central News Agency (KC

Iran, Cuba Presidents meet to discuss deepening ties

Cuba sees Iran as one of its closest friends in the Middle East.

 A street in Havana, Cuba.

Cuba stages pro-Palestinian march past US embassy in Havana

Former Cuban leader Fidel Castro, now deceased, was famous for staging similar, but much larger demonstrations to protest US sanctions and meddling in Cuban affairs.

 People march nearby the US Embassy in support of Palestinians, calling for a ceasefire and for charging Israel with committing “genocide” in Gaza, in Havana, Cuba, November 23, 2023.

'Tropical Diaspora': The history of Jews in Cuba - review

Cuba did not conform to the behavior of a classical dictatorship in its struggle to chart its own path, but perhaps it is this nonconformity that makes it such an interesting country to study.

 THE MEDINA-RAMOS family in Havana, Cuba, in 1947, unaware that political circumstances would force them to leave their home in 1960 for Miami, Florida. Center, George Ramos and Isabel Medina.

North Korea blames US for 'grave terrorist' act against Cuban embassy

The embassy reopened in 2015 when Cuba and the US restored diplomatic ties.

 North Korea blames US for 'grave terrorist' act against Cuban embassy

WhatsApp to war: How Cubans were recruited to fight for Russia

Cuban authorities have been alerted of the extremity of the situation.

 Yamidely Cervantes, 42, shows an undated photo of her husband Enrique Gonzalez, 49, dressed in military uniform in a bootcamp in Russia, La Federal, Cuba, September 19, 2023

Juan Bradman, Cuban-Jewish exile whose life inspired a novel, dies at 90

Bradman never lost his bitterness over Castro’s takeover of the country, which replaced the dictatorship of Fulgencio Batista with years of deepening repression and economic malaise.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro.