HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring ...

Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an official ...

HAVANA (AP) – A Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White held its customary weekly protest without incident Sunday on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island. The lack of any ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuban women are embracing extravagant nail art with many willing to spend the money to have extremely long and intricate nails despite the economic obstacles. While over-the-top nail ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was an early leader in recognizing women’s rights and equality after Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959. Women were put in positions of power and responsibility, and the government ...

The death of one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents has come at an especially difficult time for Cuba's small opposition movement. Laura Pollan, the founder of the Ladies in White, died last Friday ...

Cuban officials say women boxers will be able to compete officially after decades of restrictions, though they didn't yet confirm if that would be... HAVANA — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - "Ladies in White" leader Laura Pollan was remembered on Saturday with a simple altar in her home in a crumbling Havana neighbourhood and vows that the group she founded in defiance ...

HAVANA — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. Today is a day she’s been waiting for since she started ...