Cuba's top cigar maker Habanos said on Monday that sales of the company's luxurious smokes had soared to a record $827 million in 2024 as revenue poured in from fast-growing markets in China and elsewhere in Asia.

Billiards are making a comeback in Communist-run Cuba as men and women take to tables in private bars and clubs, while fans hope someday the game will be officially recognized as a sport.

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Like many countries, Cuba is dealing with an aging population, but the elderly in the Caribbean nation are also dealing with insufficient pensions and relying on remittances from family members abroad.

One of President Donald Trump's executive orders is disrupting the humanitarian work of Agape Flights, a Venice-based nonprofit that delivers aid to struggling Caribbean nations. The organization has indefinitely postponed a planned relief mission originally destined for Cuba due to the fallout of new restrictions implemented under the Trump administration.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inaugurated the first of 92 solar parks on Friday as part of a Chinese-backed plan to ease hours-long blackouts across the Caribbean island nation.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel Tuesday to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), Cuba, marking his first visit to the base

Plans to transform part of the building that played host to a well-known bar and nightclub into flats were approved last week.

At one time in her life Jessica Rivero Altarriba planned to be a salsa singer. Instead, she became assistant conductor at the Utah Symphony.

The Republican senator argues that U.S. travel to Cuba financially benefits the Cuban military and fuels government repression.

The USA and Cuba will meet in the 2025 Concacaf U-17 Men's Qualifiers on Saturday at the Estadio Alejandro Morera Soto in Costa Rica.

The Cuba American Legion Auxiliary will host its monthly breakfast buffet 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. (or until sold out) Saturday at the Post, 5 E. Main St.