Cuba

US to revoke visas and impose restrictions on officials, alleging ties to Cuban labor program

August 14, 2025 6:35 am

The Cuban government has blasted US efforts to stop the medical missions, calling them a cynical excuse to go after its foreign currency earnings.

US sanctions Cuban President Díaz-Canel and other officials for human rights violations

July 12, 2025 3:06 pm

US Secretary of State Marco Rubio said on X that visa restrictions would target Cuban judicial and prison officials “responsible for, or complicit in, the unjust detention and torture of the July 2021 protesters.”

Cuba reconnects electrical grid, restores power to much of Havana

March 17, 2025 8:22 am

Cheers could be heard in neighborhoods across the city as the lights flickered on after two days without electricity.

Cuba suffers another massive power outage leaving millions in the dark

March 15, 2025 2:40 pm

Cuba’s Ministry of Energy and Mines said that at around 8:15 p.m. local time, an outage at the Diezmero substation on the outskirts of Havana had caused 'a significant loss of generation in western Cuba and, with it, the failure of the National Electric System.'

Biden moves to lift 'state sponsor of terrorism' designation for Cuba

January 15, 2025 2:29 am

The US would also ease some economic pressure on Cuba, as well as a 2017 memorandum issued by then-President Donald Trump toughening US posture toward Cuba.

Cuba's electric grid collapses after power plant failure, millions without light

December 05, 2024 1:54 am

The country's energy and mines ministry said the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas, the island's top electricity producer, had shut down at around 2 am, prompting the grid collapse.

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes, blackouts

November 11, 2024 3:43 am

On Wednesday, Category 3 Hurricane Rafael ripped through western Cuba, with strong winds knocking out power island-wide, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people.

Cuba restores power to parts of Havana following hurricane Rafael

November 09, 2024 6:44 am

The hurricane strike was the latest blow to the country's already precarious electrical grid, which just two weeks ago collapsed multiple times, knocking out power for days.

Hurricane Oscar makes landfall in the Bahamas and heads toward Cuba

October 20, 2024 6:46 pm

The National Hurricane Center in Miami said the storm's center arrived on Great Inagua island. It is expected to produce a dangerous storm surge that could produce significant coastal flooding there and in other areas of the southeastern Bahamas.

Cuba gets some electricity back after major power outage left millions in the dark

October 20, 2024 2:43 am

Energy minister Vicente de la O Levy said the country had 500 megawatts of energy in its electrical grid early Saturday.

In pics: Hurricane Ian hurtles through Cuba, with Florida in its sights

September 27, 2022 1:12 pm

Strongest tornado in 8 decades hits Cuba, hundreds injured

January 31, 2019 9:56 am

A quarter of the city's roughly 2 million people were without power Monday afternoon and more than 200,000 people had lost water service because of a broken main and power cuts that left pumps out of service

Cuba after the Castros: A look at legacy and challenges ahead

April 19, 2018 2:03 pm

The Cuban government on Wednesday selected 57-year-old First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez as the sole candidate to succeed Raul Castro. It is the first time in almost sixty years that a Castro will not be the president of Cuba.

Defying rain, Obama tours old Havana on foot with family

March 21, 2016 7:40 pm

President Barack Obama arrived to small but cheering crowds on Sunday at the start of a historic three-day visit to Cuba.

Obama set to make historic trip to Cuba

February 19, 2016 6:00 pm