Cuba on Edge
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Cuba will begin allowing transactions in dollars and other foreign currencies as it tries to stabilize an economy that’s been crushed by US sanctions, sweeping power outages and decades of mismanagement.
President Trump’s secretary of state and national security adviser has long sought to cripple or topple Cuba’s government, which has close security and economic ties to Venezuela.
Cuba’s top court says a former economy minister was sentenced to life in prison for espionage, in the highest-profile case against an ex-official in recent years on the island
Protests are intensifying across Cuba as residents endure blackouts lasting up to 20 hours, with the island’s power grid suffering repeated partial and total collapses. Crowds have gathered in the streets throughout the week,
Most of the deaths were attributed to chikungunya, a mosquito-borne virus that causes joint aches, fever and fatigue.
Cuba on Monday confirmed the deaths of 33 people from mosquito-borne illnesses in recent months in an epidemic that has hit at least one-third of the population, according to official reports.
A blackout has hit the western half of Cuba, including Havana, leaving millions of people without power on an island struggling with chronic outages blamed on a crumbling electric grid
The Department of Homeland Security said Friday that it was terminating “all categorical family reunification parole (FRP) programs for aliens from Colombia, Cuba, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti,
Cuba denied it had reached out to the United States about what the region would look like without President Nicolas Maduro leading Venezuela, calling the media report "absurd and false."
This Saturday, December 13, 2025, brings a notable shift in Cuba's informal currency exchange market, highlighting the uneven paths of the three
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