With slow-moving Tropical Storm Melissa expected to strengthen into a Category 1 hurricane as soon as Saturday as it churns towards Jamaica and southwest Haiti, the United Nations said Friday it's actively helping the Caribbean respond to any devastation.

Hundreds of people in Cuba have attended a Mass to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Celia Cruz’s birth just days after authorities canceled a theater performance in honor of the revered singer without explanation,

In reparto, Cuba’s rising urban music sound, the lyrics paint women as objects, conquests and fantasies. Cuban reparteras — female reparto artists — say it’s time to flip the script.

Cuba’s 94-year-old ruler Raúl Castro, who is officially retired, reappeared this week to preside over a rare national defense council meeting and reassert that he is Cuba’s ruler amid Havana’s increasing fears over chances of a U.

Much has been made of the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, to interdict and sink ships belonging to drug

Cuba will submit a UN resolution condemning the US blockade, seeking continued international support, including from India, citing 65 years of strained relations.

Speaking in Havana on Wednesday, Rodríguez said the Cuban government had “reliable information” indicating that US officials were pressuring several countries, particularly in Latin America and Europe,

Cuban envoy urges UN support against U.S. blockade, seeking enhanced ties with BRICS for economic recovery and investment.