When Minerva Alvarez gazed out of her window as dawn broke two weeks ago, she spotted something colorful lying on the bare concrete patio in her front yard. Stepping out...
In a nation dominated for generations by President Fidel Castro and the Communist Party, one group is emerging as a refuge for those chafing under the constraints of daily life...
A militant Cuban exile applied Tuesday for political asylum in the United States despite being accused of blowing up a Cuban airliner and trying to assassinate Fidel Castro. After years...
A poor housewife from rural Chiapas, Angela San Martin considers herself a die-hard Roman Catholic, just like her parents. She swears she would never leave the church. The temptations are...
In a powerful gesture to Cuba's Roman Catholic Church, President Fidel Castro attended a funeral mass Monday for Pope John Paul II in a towering cathedral in the colonial section...
President Fidel Castro expressed "heartfelt condolences" and declared three days of mourning, canceling public celebrations and postponing the island's popular baseball championship. "Humanity will preserve an emotional memory of the...
Millions of the faithful around the world appealed Friday for the recovery--or the eternal rest--of a man who has symbolized Catholic devotion and the fight against government tyranny for more...
At the posh Hay-Adams Hotel last month, a handful of U.S. officials, legislators and other heavyweights met to discuss the political situation in Cuba. Among those present were James Cason,...
Far from the White House and Havana, in strip malls and nondescript buildings along South Florida's sunlit streets, a multimillion-dollar infusion from the U.S. government has rejuvenated Cuban-American non-profit groups...
As relations between the U.S. and Cuba sink to the lowest point in years, the two countries are cooperating in one key area of mutual interest: anti-narcotics operations. Despite increasing...