Havana, Cuba News

Shrinking population, long life expectancy may be demographic time bomb. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa A man gets a haircut at the Santovenia Asylum in Havana, July 6, 2009.

Critics of West New York Mayor Silverio "Sal" Vega are always comparing him to Cuban dictator Fidel Castro, who is seen here in 2005 in Havana, Cuba.

Cuba is letting workers hold multiple government jobs for the first time under an overhaul of the island's labor system.

Direct flights from Los Angeles to Havana, Cuba, will resume Tuesday, two months after President Barack Obama vowed to ease travel restrictions to the country.

Bogota, Jun 30 A warm welcome was given to participants to the 1st Cartagena-La Habana Son Festival in Cartagena, a Colombian city that shares cultural similarities with Havana.

Angelenos with family in Cuba will have another option for travel today, when a Long Beach-based company kicks off nonstop flights from LAX to Havana.

To record his next hit El Micha, one of the rising stars of Cuba's reggaeton music blending reggae, Latin and electronic rhythms, just has to knock on his neighbour's door.

Sun Jun 28, 2009 6:48pm EDT HAVANA - Cuba on Sunday condemned the military coup in Honduras as "criminal, brutal" and demanded the immediate return to office of deposed leftist President Manuel Zelaya.

Communist Cuba may boast a doctor on every block and schools for all its children, but when it comes to telephones, computers and the Internet it lags behind other countries in the hemisphere, a government report showed on Thursday.

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Change is coming to Cuba - and this means private holiday homes on sale to foreign buyers for the first time in 50 years.

The 19th Annual Havana International Book Fair - Feria Internacional del Libro de La Habana - considered by some to be the most important in Latin America, is scheduled for February 13-20, 2010.

Havana, Jun 16 Cuba's policy to fight world drug trafficking is effective, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime higher legal advisor Leonard Leroy asserted.

Chances are, if you are an American citizen, you can pack your bags for a propaganda-filled tour of North Korea but you cannot order up a daiquiri at El Floridita , the bar Ernest Hemingway made famous in Old Havana.

Ernest Hemingway and Fidel Castro. This Havana house is more than a home, it's a time capsule.

Five Cubans convicted in 2001 of spying for the Castro regime had their appeal tossed out Monday by the Supreme Court.

The US supreme court today turned down the case of the so-called Cuban Five, who were jailed for espionage in Miami nearly 10 years ago.

The US Supreme Court Monday refused to hear the case of five Cubans serving prison sentences for spying in the United States, effectively upholding their conviction by a lower court.

Cuban dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez says the island is headed for "inevitable" change since former leader Fidel Castro retired, and Cubans have become more outspoken than ever in their criticism of the government.

A once prominent neurosurgeon who became a political pariah after criticizing Cuba's health system flew to Argentina on Saturday, quickly taking advantage of the communist government's surprise decision to let her leave the island after years of rejecting her requests.