Cuba

3 days ago - Cuba, officially the Republic of Cuba, is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises 4,195 islands, islets and cays, including the eponymous main island and Isla de la Juventud. Situated at the confluence of the Caribbean Sea, Gulf of Mexico, and Atlantic Ocean, Cuba is located east of ...

2 days ago - Exercise a high degree of caution in Cuba due to shortages of basic necessities including food, medicine and fuel.

3 days ago - Cuba, country of the West Indies, the largest island of the archipelago, and one of the more-influential states of the Caribbean region. A multicultural, largely urban nation, it has been ruled as a single-party communist state since shortly ...

1 week ago - An economic collapse in Cuba, just 90 miles from Florida’s shores, could bring with it stark consequences for the United States, given the high risk of human suffering over lack of food, energy and other resources that could drive mass migration, according to five former U.S.

Cuba is the friendliest and safest island in the Caribbean. The people are my number one reason for visiting the island, visits which started in the mid-1980.

2 days ago - Cuban foreign ministry called US military action ‘maritime terrorism’ under a policy of ‘economic suffocation’

3 days ago - Donald Trump has told Cuba to “make a deal” or face unspecified consequences, adding that no more Venezuelan oil or money would flow to the communist-run Caribbean island that has been a US foe for decades.

3 days ago - But Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said the Caribbean island nation had "the absolute right to import fuel" from any willing exporter "without interference or subordination to the unilateral coercive measures of the United States".

2 days ago - Cuba’s leader has pushed back on US President Donald Trump’s demand that the Caribbean nation “make a deal” with Washington, as Trump said Havana would be cut off from the Venezuelan oil and money that it’s relied on for decades.

1 week ago - The Cuban government, in a post on Facebook on Sunday, said 32 of its citizens were killed during the operation “in combat actions, performing missions on behalf of the Revolutionary Armed Forces and the Ministry of the Interior, at the request of counterparts of the South American country.” The government declared two days of mourning.

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1 week ago - Cuba is battling a 'surge' of several infectious diseases, the country’s most serious crisis in recent decades, according to an article published earlier this week.

August 22, 2025 - Explore historical sites, pristine beaches and salsa culture in our Cuba travel guide. Get expert tips for Havana, Viñales, Trinidad and Varadero.

1 day ago - United States policy is allowing Mexico to continue supplying oil to Cuba, a move that appears to contradict President Donald Trump's pledge to cut off the island's energy supply.

1 week ago - Cuban officials on Monday lowered flags before dawn to mourn 32 security officers they say were killed in the U.S. weekend strike in Venezuela, Cuba's closest ally, as residents of the island nation wonder what the capture of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro means for their future.

1775–83: The thirteen North American colonies rebel against Great Britain and establish the United States, thereby encouraging commerce between the newly independent nation and Cuba.

1 week ago - Conversely, President Donald Trump has suggested that a targeted regime change operation may not be necessary to bring about political change in Cuba. According to the American president, Cuba “now has no income” following the removal of Maduro and the expected reduction in the oil supply from Venezuela to Cuba.

1 week ago - The prospects for Cuba - a close ally of Nicolás Maduro's Venezuela - are now bleak, writes the BBC's Will Grant.

1 week ago - President Donald Trump and Secretary of State Marco Rubio have made clear that the collapse of Cuba’s communist government is not only a likely side benefit of Maduro’s ouster but a goal.