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Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel, right, Raul Castro, center, Commander Ramiro Valdes, center left, and Jose Ramon Machado Ventura, left, attend an event marking the 172nd anniversary of the birth of national independence hero Jose Marti, in Havana, Jan. 27, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa, File)

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a key figure of the Cuban Revolution and ally of Fidel Castro, has died

June 21, 2026 at 5:37 p.m.

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, a former vice president and a key figure of the Cuban Revolution who fought alongside Fidel Castro, died Sunday, the Communist Party and Cuba’s government said. He...

The church of Lacovia Tombstone, Jamaica, sits damaged in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa, Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2025. (AP Photo/Matias Delacroix)

Haiti, Jamaica and Cuba pick up the pieces after Melissa’s destruction

October 30, 2025 at 8:16 a.m.

People across the northern Caribbean were digging out from the destruction of Hurricane Melissa on Thursday as deaths from the catastrophic storm climbed.

A man walks in the rain before the arrival of Hurricane Melissa in Canizo, a village in Santiago de Cuba, Tuesday, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP Photo/Ramón Espinosa)

Hurricane Melissa leaves dozens dead in trail of destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica

October 29, 2025 at 4:35 p.m.

Hurricane Melissa left dozens dead and widespread destruction across Cuba, Haiti and Jamaica, where roofless homes, toppled utility poles and water-logged furniture dominated the landscape Wednesday.

Cuba’s President Miguel Diaz-Canel attends the 17th annual BRICS summit in Rio de Janeiro, Sunday, July 6, 2025. (AP Photo/Eraldo Peres)

US sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations

July 12, 2025 at 10:36 a.m.

The United States government announced Friday it was sanctioning Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel and other top officials for human rights violations and restricting access to visas on the anniversary of...

ONG reporta nuevas liberaciones de presos en Cuba como parte del acuerdo de enero con papa Francisco

March 4, 2025 at 1:02 p.m.

Una organización no oficial que monitorea la situación de derechos humanos en Cuba reportó el martes que el día anterior fueron excarceladas dos personas, presumiblemente como parte del acuerdo con...

Un artesano construye un humidificador de cigarros en el Taller de Creación de Arte Humidores Habana en La Habana, Cuba, el miércoles 19 de febrero de 2025. (AP Foto/Ramón Espinosa)

Los estuches cubanos para guardar puros, un nuevo objeto de deseo

February 25, 2025 at 12:30 p.m.

Cuba es famosa por sus puros hechos con hojas de tabaco de alta calidad torcidas a mano, pero cada vez son más los aficionados que entienden el valor real de...

A Cuban flag shredded by the winds of Hurricane Rafael flies above the statue of General Calixto Garcia in Havana, Cuba, Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

Cuba left reeling after Category 3 hurricane ravages island and knocks out power grid

November 7, 2024 at 8:12 a.m.

Cuba was left reeling Thursday after a fierce Category 3 hurricane ripped across the island and knocked out the country’s power grid.

A man walks past the the U.S. Embassy during rains brought on by tropical storm Rafael in Kingston, Jamaica, on Nov. 5, 2024. (AP Photo/Collin Reid)

Hurricane Rafael plows across Cuba as a Category 3 storm after knocking out power on the island

November 6, 2024 at 7:24 p.m.

Rafael strengthened Wednesday into a powerful Category 3 hurricane ahead of its expected landfall in western Cuba, where it was forecast to bring “life-threatening” storm surges, winds and flash floods.

Leandro Rodríguez, de 69 años, lleva un paquete de alimentos donados por varios países después de recogerlo en una bodega estatal, donde los residentes recogen sus raciones mensuales de alimentos básicos subsidiados por el gobierno en La Habana, Cuba, el viernes 13 de agosto de 2021. (AP Foto/Ramón Espinosa)

Cuba lanza operativo para distribuir donaciones

August 13, 2021 at 3:01 p.m.

Cuba comenzó el viernes a distribuir masivamente a la población alimentos donados por distintos países mediante módulos para cada familia y salió al cruce de noticias falsas que circularon en...

Eduardo Montufar suelta su paloma llamada 'El Mexicano', cuyas alas están teñidas de rojo y azul, desde el tejado de su casa en La Habana, Cuba.

Furor en Cuba por las palomas

May 15, 2019 at 11:08 a.m.

Los cielos de Cuba viven una guerra de conquista. Los combatientes se llaman “Azul Buchetu”, “Coliblanco”, “Cenizos de los huecos”, “Ripiado” y “El Mexicano” y campean por los aires mostrando...

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