#cuba

#cuba

The Cuban cigar industry is facing its greatest challenge yet due to the U.S. oil blockade, which has compounded existing supply-side problems from poor harvests and hurricanes.

I make 1,200 pesos (1.80) a day, so I have to work two days to buy a bottle of oil. It has been weeks since he ate meat. His last meal, last night, was a dish of white rice and fried banana.

Cuba's decision to pardon 2,010 prisoners is framed as a humanitarian gesture during Holy Week, reflecting ongoing US pressure for political change in the country.

In 1820, Thomas Jefferson declared that his country should seize the first opportunity to annex Cuba, reflecting early American expansionist ambitions.

Members of a convoy that delivered humanitarian aid to Cuba were detained and interrogated by Customs and Border Protection upon returning to the United States on a charter flight from Havana.

Only candles and the odd solar lamp can be glimpsed inside the immense colonial houses eaten away by the salt from the sea and Cuba's decades of struggle.

The island's energy, trade and financial dependence on the recently-dissolved socialist bloc resulted in shortages of fuel, food, and raw materials, as well as a GDP drop of more than 40% in just three years.

The Russian-flagged Anatoly Kolodkin is expected to reach Cuba in 10 days, carrying 730,000 barrels of fuel, marking the first oil shipment in three months due to a U.S. energy blockade.