Cuba

On Monday, Cuba’s Communist Party congress — as expected — chose Miguel Díaz-Canel to be its leader, adding that crucial post to the title of president he assumed in 2018. In both cases, he replaces his mentor Raul Castro, 89, sealing a political dynasty that had held power since the 1959 revolution.

Raul Castro said Friday he is resigning as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution. The 89-year-old Castro made the announcement Friday in a speech at the opening of the Eighth congress of the ruling party, the only one allowed on the island….

This week’s Communist Party congress in Cuba could be the last with a Castro at the helm of the island’s all-powerful political institution

If you don’t have potato, use malanga root. If you can’t find zucchini, replace it with cucumber. Maybe peanuts in place of beans at times. Those are the sort of tips Yuliet Colón and other cooks are offering fellow Cubans via Facebook as they cope with ever-evolving shortages during a time of pandemic, sanctions and local economic woes....

The U.S. military has closed a once-secret prison unit at its Guantanamo Bay detention center that had fallen into disrepair

Cuba has approved a second vaccine to fight COVID-19, Abdala, for clinical trials after the country started late-phase trials of its experimental vaccine, Soberana, this month.

In an Instagram post on Wednesday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos said policymakers need to pave a path to citizenship or so-called Dreamers.

Cuba aims to be one of the first countries in the world to vaccinate its entire population in 2021.

The White House says President Joe Biden will seek to close the prison on the U.S. base at Guantanamo Bay following a review process

A top Cuban official says declassified U.S. documents pointing out deficiencies in the response to health issues reported by American diplomats on the island show some of the falsehoods the Trump administration used to impose measures against Cuba.

The Trump administration on Monday re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism,” hitting the country with new sanctions that could hamstring President-elect Joe Biden’s promise to renew relations with the communist-governed island. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced the step, citing in particular Cuba’s continued harboring of U.S. fugitives, its refusal to extradite a coterie of Colombian guerrilla...

Dozens of cars participated in a car caravan from the federal building in West LA to Echo Park, demanding to normalize U.S. relations with Cuba. As seen on the NBC4 News at 9 p.m. on Sunday, Dec. 27, 2020.

The mysterious neurological symptoms experienced by American diplomats in China and Cuba are consistent with the effects of directed microwave energy, according to a long-awaited report by the National Academies of Sciences that cites medical evidence to support the long-held conviction of American intelligence officials. The report, obtained Friday by NBC News, does not conclude that the directed energy was…

Heavy rain from Tropical Storm Eta is causing dangerous flooding across Florida’s most densely populated urban areas. The system stranded cars and swamped entire neighborhoods with fast-rising water that had no place to drain.

More than 400 Western Union offices that Cubans heavily rely on for remittances sent by family abroad are in danger of closing amid a growing number of sanctions the U.S. government has placed on the island

Cuba is relaxing coronavirus restrictions in hopes of boosting its economy

A strengthening Hurricane Delta was on a course to pass by the Cayman Islands early Tuesday before hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula potentially as a major storm and continuing on to strike the U.S. Gulf coast later in the week.

Cuban Americans in South Florida have historically voted Republican. The demographic, which still has fresh memories of Fidel Castro’s repressive regime, has largely backed Republicans, whom they believed would hold a firm line against communism. But that trend is changing among younger Cuban Americans.

Hispanic Heritage Month has been a big celebration in the U.S. for more than 40 years. Hispanics across the country celebrate this month with pride and joy, while commemorating the importance of diversity. Here are five things you should know, related to the Hispanic Heritage Month.

America’s approach to Cuba, under a Joe Biden administration, would be very different than it is today.  That’s what the former vice president said in an exclusive interview with NBC 6 Anchor Jackie Nespral. “I’d try to reverse the failed Trump policies, it inflicted harm on Cubans and their families,” Biden said. “It’s done nothing to advance democracy and...