Other countries whose governments were identified in the latest report as endorsing human trafficking were Afghanistan, Belarus, Burma, Cambodia, Cuba, Eritrea, Iran, North Korea, Russia, South Sudan, Sudan, and Syria.

Trump signed an executive order on Jan. 29 threatening fresh sanctions on any country selling oil to Cuba.

Martinez is originally from Cuba, and said he understood how destructive communism is, and the attitude these regimes take against religion.

Cuba is facing another nationwide blackout amid economic instability. U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio says a dramatic change in leadership is needed.

(AP Photo/Matias Delacroix) Hurricane Melissa is expected to make landfall in Cuba Tuesday night as it moves through the area. Heavy rainfall is expected to reach 10-20 inches in Cuba.

Do away with that, and we go the way of the old Soviet Union or Cuba or Venezuela. And what do we see now?

In 2023, the Biden administration acknowledged the existence of a Chinese spy base in Cuba. Then-Sen.

personal experience growing up under the regime and his expertise in geopolitics and national security, Martínez explains how Venezuela fell from prosperity into dictatorship, why more than 8 million citizens fled, and how foreign adversaries like China, Cuba

The war against Maduro, then, is a war against Russia, China, Cuba, and, to a degree, Iran.

The Cuban regime, led by Miguel Díaz-Canel, secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba, did not immediately respond to Rubio's announcement.

This comes as the president declares a national emergency over Cuba. Former CNN anchor Don Lemon has been arrested, taken into custody by federal agents in connection with a protest that disrupted a Minnesota church service.

Meanwhile, President Donald Trump posted a new warning for Cuba. Around 1,000 more federal immigration officers were set to be deployed in Minnesota on Saturday evening.

An earthquake hit today off the northern coast of Cuba. The 4.3 magnitude quake hit 16 miles from Marti and 19 miles from Corralillo. It was also 35 miles from Cardenas, 27 miles from Varadero, and 99 miles from Havana.

The Reps issued a joint letter decrying the oil embargo against Cuba, calling it “an economic bombing of the infrastructure of the country.” 

In addition to VOA and the Office of Cuba Broadcasting, USAGM oversees Radio Free Europe/Radio Free Liberty, Radio Free Asia, the Middle Eastern Broadcasting Networks, and the Open Technology Fund.

TV-MA |1h 32m | Documentary | 2024 Advocating for democracy in Cuba has been Rosa María Payá's family business—and business has been a struggle.

Protesters attacked a Communist Party office in central Cuba early on Saturday, in a rare outburst of public dissent triggered by blackouts.

Diana Nyad completed the 110-mile swim from Cuba to Florida on Monday, becoming the first person to do so without a shark cage. Nyad arrived in Florida just before 2 p.m., it was reported.

He compared Beijing’s defiance to the European Union’s longstanding “blocking statute” regarding sanctions on Cuba, emphasizing that Washington will have "hard conversations" with any partner that undercuts American interests.

Cuba is, however gradually, reforming its economy which is great.

So what I’m getting at: If that happens ... you see a different government in Cuba, Venezuela, and a tidal wave of reform in Latin America ...

Deadly storm Earlier in the week, Imelda battered the northern Caribbean, unleashing widespread flooding in eastern Cuba, where two people died.

Army Corps where she cared for wounded and ill soldiers in the southern United States and Cuba.

President Donald Trump said he doesn’t object to other countries, including Russia, sending oil to Cuba despite U.S. sanctions.

Gimenez, who fled Cuba as a child after the communist dictatorship takeover, wanted to know why a U.S. government agency would welcome officials from Cuba, designated as a terrorism sponsor and home to a secret Chinese spy base.

The United States is pausing all visa processing for 75 countries, including Somalia, Russia, Nigeria, Cuba, Pakistan, and Thailand.

The government has close relations with not only Venezuela, but also China, Cuba, Nicaragua, and, allegedly, drug traffickers.

Under these conditions, we could end up like Cuba, where all cars are old cars because socialism doesn’t know how to make new ones.

The ruling came in a class-action lawsuit filed by three people from Venezuela, Cuba, and Haiti, as well as the advocacy group Venezuelan Association of Massachusetts, who argued that the Trump administration's action constituted an abrupt, unlawful move

Rafael is then predicted to approach Cuba on Nov. 6, intensifying to a Category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 97 mph.