Cuba will release artist and political prisoner Otero Alcántara to exile in Miami

Visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was the principal organizer of the San Isidro Movement in Havana, Cuba, a group of artists demanding greater freedoms on the island. In the photo, Otero ...
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Cuba’s power grid buckles as people face extended blackouts

Cuba’s entire national power grid collapsed this week — for the third time in less than 10 days. The island’s aging power ...

Chicago Rep. Delia Ramirez says Cuba needs help amid power outages, embargo

U.S. Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-Chicago) traveled to Cuba with a congressional delegation this week and said the island nation ...

Cuba plunged into 3rd nationwide blackout in 2 weeks as fuel runs low

Cuba is suffering another nationwide blackout, leaving the entire country without power. It's the third incident in two weeks ...

Inside one Havana apartment building as Cuba went dark

By Ayose Naranjo and Laura Gottesdiener HAVANA, July 13 (Reuters) - Most nights, Frank Alfonso sleeps on the roof to escape ...

Trump administration hits Cuba's tourism, trade, energy sectors with crippling sanctions

The State Department also sanctioned four other entities for their link to the repression of Cubans.

Democratic members of US Congress visit Cuba and compare US energy embargo to ‘silent Gaza’

Four Democratic U.S. Congress members have described the energy embargo on Cuba as a “silent Gaza.” The embargo was imposed ...