"First of all, we're doing this as part of the framework with a sovereign nation," she said. "Second, this is part of an agreement that we have with Cuba, and thirdly, we're doing this to avoid a crisis of blackouts on the island.

Cuba denied it had reached out to the United States about what the region would look like without President Nicolas Maduro leading Venezuela, calling the media report "absurd and false."

After Americans flocked to Havana following President Barack Obama's historic restoration of diplomatic relations with Cuba in 2015, the island's most powerful entity, the military, made a big bet: Its economic arm would use most of the country's foreign revenue to build luxury hotels that would cater to Americans and others that surely would continue visiting Cuba.

Hospitals are overwhelmed and fatalities are soaring. The island is suffering from combined viruses that include dengue, chikungunya, Oropouche and other respiratory diseases

Cuba arrancó el jueves su mecanismo flotante de cambio de divisas a un precio un poco más bajo que el del mercado paralelo, pero tres

Protests are intensifying across Cuba as residents endure blackouts lasting up to 20 hours, with the island’s power grid suffering repeated partial and total collapses. Crowds have gathered in the streets throughout the week,

El gobierno cubano criticó el martes la decisión del presidente estadounidense Donald Trump de declarar al fentanilo como un arma de

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious congregation each year.

President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.