Cuba’s military wants to show readiness. Footage reviewed by CNN reveals its limits

Hundreds of videos and images published online by Cuban authorities in recent months illustrate the reduced state of its ...

US Supreme Court opens the courthouse door to lawsuits tied to Cuba’s property seizures 6 decades after the fact

Cuba’s economy is collapsing, and its government assets in the United States remain largely frozen. But U.S. corporations ...

Cuba’s Fuel Crisis Brings Schools to a Standstill

The country’s already-struggling schools are ending the academic year early because of a crippling fuel shortage caused by ...

Cuba's sweeping economic reforms met with skepticism

Cuba's parliament approved a package of 174 economic reforms in just one week, marking the most significant shift in ...
WLRN

Worse than 'Periodo Especial': AP journalist reports on Cuba’s 'apocalyptical' energy, food crisis

The communist nation of Cuba is at a crossroads. Even the government acknowledged as much when last week it issued the most sweeping economic reforms that Cuba has seen since the earliest days of ...

Ramiro Valdés Menéndez, Architect of Cuba’s Surveillance State, Dies at 94

Considered the country’s most powerful leader after the Castro brothers, he was the first director of the Interior Ministry, ...
The Christian Century

With Cuba in crisis, faith groups work to influence policy, deliver aid

In the face of an accelerating US pressure campaign, deteriorating public utilities, and economic inefficiency, Cuba’s ...
Crude Oil Prices

Cuba's Fragile Power Grid Finds a Powerful New Partner

The recent extended blackout in Cuba, following a weekslong US oil blockade, has served to deepen Cuba's energy alliance with China. China is significantly increasing its support for Cuba's ...
Reuters

At Cuba's Bay of Pigs, a victory against U.S. invaders stirs pride, fresh parallels

BAY OF PIGS, Cuba, April 17 (Reuters) - Orestes Chamizo points at a scrubby patch of sand on Cuba's Bay of Pigs, showing the spot where a brigade of U.S.-trained Cuban exiles landed on the ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Ada Ferrer on Cuba: What Threat Can a Collapsing Country Be?

In 2022, historian Ada Ferrer won a Pulitzer Prize for her acclaimed Cuba: An American History, which traced the island’s entwined relationship with the United States. Her latest book, Keeper of My ...
Forbes

Cuba’s Nationwide Blackouts Reveal Fragile Energy System

TOPSHOT - A car drives along a street during a nationwide blackout caused by a grid failure in Havana. Cuba's repeated energy shortages reflect broader economic troubles and failures in energy ...