This is the first time the U.S. government has imposed sanctions on Díaz-Canel, Cuba's handpicked president and head of the Communist Party, a civilian figure who was spared in several rounds of ...

Convicted in 2002 of spying for Cuba, Montes has been called "one of the most damaging spies in American history." ...

He was sentenced to 10 years in prison for charges of “assault” and “public disorder.” He is currently being held at the Boniato maximum-security prison in Santiago de Cuba.

The call for justice echoes loudly in Santiago de Cuba as the trial begins for Alberto Pérez Massó, charged with attempting ...

"Enough of these crimes against me, murderers! Why do they imprison my son and not Sandro Castro?" These are the impassioned ...

The organization also condemned the harassment of former prisoners who have been released and called on foreign states to support human rights activists in Cuba. HRW described the arrests of Cuban ...

The United States on Friday announced for the first time sanctions against Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel for his role "in ...

Formerly a U.S. territory, Cuba was allowed independence in 1902, subject to an agreement that the U.S. would still have a presence -- including the military base at Guantanamo Bay and the ability ...

Medicina Cubana links to a news story about the sudden imprisonment in Cuba of a US citizen who runs an organisation which, for several years, has been sending donated medical equipment to Cuba: “In ...

On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned. He ...