While Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel cynically reminisces about Christmas Eve 1959—when dictator Fidel Castro shared a meal ...

Cuba ranked 11th in the world in the number of doctors per capita. Many private clinics and hospitals provided services for the poor. Cuba's income distribution compared favorably with that of ...

Cuba's energy crisis ... In a country where much of the population is living in poverty, the energy crisis is exacerbating the poor standard of living. The public has been warned not to protest ...

Many Cubans had been voicing their anger on state media websites long before Sunday's nationwide protests Cuba's communist rulers and state-controlled media are alleging that anti-government ...

"These poor people have no idea what they are coming ... the eastern end of country causing heavy wind and some flooding.

A recent report from the official newspaper Granma underscores the severe housing crisis in Cuba: a mere 65% of the country's ...

The procession of St. Lazarus is one of the largest yearly religious processions in officially secular Cuba and also one of ... became the patron saint of the poor and the sick.

Cuban officials blame US sanctions for the country's poor economic stateImage ... the US sanctions for the economic crisis plaguing Cuba. "If we didn't have the blockade, we would not be facing ...

Amid such harsh treatment, some Cuban gay rights' activists say the Rainbow Hotel is an attempt by the state to mask its poor human rights record. "Every visitor to Cuba is, of course, very ...

Cuba’s national power grid has collapsed again, leaving millions of people across the Caribbean island without electricity in the latest such failure in recent months. Authorities said the ...

A Carnival cruise ship rescued 27 Cuban nationals found adrift and signalling for help roughly 20 miles west of Cuba this weekend. The small wooden boat was in visibly poor condition, fitted with ...