Spectacular and winding its way high on the mountainside, La Farola crosses the Sierra del Purial in a dizzying ascent.

For political reasons, Cuba did not take part in the 1984 Los Angeles or 1988 Seoul Olympics. After a long absence of twelve years, the island triumphed at the Barcelona Olympics in 1992.

Americascategory· January 24, 2025 As Cuba-US relations sour, the island needs dollars more than ever Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on ...

U.S. policy toward Cuba during that period was governed by the Platt Amendment, which, in exchange for an end to the U.S. military occupation of the island, imposed a set of conditions on the ...

"Now that I visited the only free part of Cuba, I want to make sure that the rest of the island is also free from ... Bay and the rest of Cuba. While East Berlin had Checkpoint Charlie, and ...

Cuba’s ageing energy infrastructure leaves the island dependent on Turkish 'powerships' for offshore electricity. But as its energy problems mount up, so is its foreign debt. (Leer en español ...