The U.S. embargo continues to hinder Cuba’s healthcare system by restricting access to essential medicines, medical equipment ...

For centuries, Cuba was one of the world’s great sugar producers, with a long history of enslavement and exploitation of ...

Born into poverty and abandoned by her parents, Andrea Evangelina Rodríguez Perozo rises from a life selling sweets in the street to become the first female Dominican doctor in 1911 ...

The politics of the early republic weren’t so different from those of today—often messy, fiercely competitive, and driven by ...

Euri Cedeno Martinez hails from a family of boxers, all influenced by their deceased dad. Their dad, Aquino Cedeno Saverino, an ex-military man and ...

Boxer Melani Girado, competing in the 57kg category, secured victory on March 10, without having to throw a punch because her ...

Female Cuban musicians demonstrated their mastery of the tres at a concert that also coincided with International Women's Day in the Caribbean island on Saturday. (AP video by Ariel Fernandez and Mile ...

The Gudina Tumsa Foundation (GTF) held a successful consultative meeting on the current state of women’s economic empowerment in Oromia as part of its Health ...

Isidora Uribe Silva tried as a teen to promote inclusive spaces for girls, women and disabled people in Chile. She has taken ...

On a positive note, Colombia, Cuba, the Dominican Republic, Sierra Leone, and Zambia have all recently introduced laws ...

Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. In this photo reviewed by U.S. military officials, flags fly at ...

Days after Caribbean leaders announced plans to invite President Donald Trump for a visit, his administration is taking them up on their offer — sort of. Secretary of State Marco Rubio, whose ...