Cuba News

The San Francisco 49ers announced Monday that Ted Robinson will become the fifth play-by-play voice in the 63-year history of the organization. Robinson joins a prestigious group of announcers that have held the play-by-play position, including Bob Fouts (1946-62), Lon...

Another sign of change has cropped up in communist Cuba with President Raul Castro 's announcement that Cubans can build their own homes with their own money. Castro's housing edict Sunday is the latest in a series of reforms since...

Fifty years ago saw the triumph of the Cuban revolution, led by Fidel Castro. A key figure in that success was Ernesto Che Guevara, who led rebel fighters into Havana on 2 January following the overthrow of Cuba's dictator Fulgencio...

An eye for an eye leaves the whole world blind.” These are the words of Mahatma Gandhi. “Darkness cannot drive out darkness; only light can do that. Hate cannot drive out hate; only love can do that.” These are the...

Late-season Hurricane Paloma strengthened into a Category 3 storm as it lashed the Cayman Islands with wind and rain Friday, knocking down trees and signs. The storm was expected to lose some strength overnight before punching Cuba's midsection on Saturday,...

Hurricane Paloma lashed Grand Cayman island with strong winds and heavy rain early Saturday as it prepared for to make landfall before moving on to Cuba. Winds howled at up to 120 miles an hour (195 km an hour) as...

Hurricane Paloma downed power lines, toppled trees and damaged homes as it roared across Cuba Sunday, forcing hundreds of thousands of people to evacuate. The storm once had winds of more than 200 kilometers-per-hour, but has weakened while crossing Cuba....

The Cayman Islands are bracing for a strengthening Hurricane Paloma which formed days after the official end to the June 1 to November 30 Atlantic hurricane season, and Governor Stuart Jack has given the assurance that the country is ready...

President-elect Barack Obama should lift the 46-year-old trade embargo against Cuba, the head of human rights group Amnesty International said on Friday. Obama has said he would grant Cuban Americans unrestricted rights to visit Cuba and send cash to their...