NASSAU — Hurricane Oscar made landfall early today in the southeastern Bahamas and was heading towards Cuba. Oscar, which the hurricane center characterized as “very small,” is the 15th named storm of the hurricane season.…
HAVANA — As Cuba’s electrical grid shut down Friday, leaving millions of Cubans without power nationwide hours after the government declared an “energy emergency,” authorities have not said when the lights will be back on.…
HAVANA — More than half of Cuba was without power on Thursday evening as fuel shortages and broken-down power plants left the government with little choice but to black out a vast swath of the…
HAVANA — Cuba’s communist-run government slashed by a quarter the weight of its subsidized ration of daily bread, the latest shortage to strain a decades-old subsidies scheme created by the late Fidel Castro. The bread,…
CRAWFORDVILLE, Florida (AP) — Hurricane Helene made landfall Thursday night in northwestern Florida as a Category 4 storm as forecasters warned that the enormous system could create a “nightmare” storm surge and bring dangerous winds and rain across much of the…
HAVANA — Cuban lab chemist Deisy Herrera was crushed when her two sons left the island in search of a better life. “Those were terrible times,” the 61-year old pharmaceutical worker said in tears during…
HAVANA — Cuba`s government said it would double down on price controls and continue to fight tax evasion in an increasingly desperate bid to tamp down on a ballooning fiscal deficit and spiraling inflation that…
MIAMI — The Biden administration has relaunched a humanitarian parole program for Cuba, Nicaragua, Venezuela and Haiti and has strengthened the process’ security measures after the government found some fraudulent applications. The Department of Homeland…
HAVANA (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent months, federal health officials said Tuesday. They all had Oropouche virus disease,…
PARIS (AP) — Erislandy Álvarez didn’t expect to carry the weight of a proud boxing nation on his shoulders when he takes the ring Wednesday night in an arena packed with fans rooting for his…