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A vendor sells caps supporting Cuba and US President Donald Trump Trump, as a small group of Cubans gather to hold signs and wave flags hours after federal prosecutors announced charges against former Cuban President Raul Castro, May 20, 2026, in Miami, Florida. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)
May 22, 2026, 4:13 am
Trump, Rubio hint at possible US military action in Cuba amid doubts over diplomacy
Washington’s top diplomat says it’s unlikely deal over disputes will be reached ‘given who we’re dealing with,’ day after US announced charges on Cuba’s former ruler Raul Castro
By Matthew Lee and Will Weissert
A woman holds a flashlight while walking with a man on a street during a blackout in Havana on March 16, 2026. (Yamil Lage/AFP)
March 17, 2026, 10:02 am
Trump says he will ‘free’ Cuba after US is finished with Iran
US president tells reporters Washington is in talks with Havana but says ‘I can do anything I want with it’ as the island nation reels from massive power cuts
By Agencies
A man holds the gate of a damaged house after the passage of Hurricane Melissa in Boca de Dos Rios village, Santiago de Cuba province, Cuba on October 30, 2025. (Yamil Lage/AFP)
October 31, 2025, 8:20 am
Hurricane Melissa leaves nearly 50 dead after thrashing Caribbean
Storm flattens homes and businesses, forces hundreds of thousands to evacuate; US sends disaster relief, search and rescue teams to aid hard-hit areas
By AFP
A screen grab from an aerial video shows damaged buildings and structures in St. Elizabeth Parish, Jamaica, on October 29, 2025, after Hurricane Melissa tore through the island. (AFP VIDEOGRAPHICS / AFP)
October 30, 2025, 2:57 pm
Haiti, Jamaica, Cuba dig out of widespread destruction after deadly Hurricane Melissa
Caribbean residents face destroyed homes, power outages; at least 25 killed in Haiti, 18 missing; hurricane warning remains in effect in Bermuda
By ARIEL FERNÁNDEZ, ANDREA RODRIGUEZ and JOHN MYERS JR.
A man walks in Kingston, Jamaica, as Hurricane Melissa approaches, Oct. 28, 2025. (AP/Matias Delacroix)
October 28, 2025, 4:21 pm
Hurricane Melissa set to pummel Jamaica as its strongest storm on record
Government warns of catastrophic damage likely to be caused by Category 5 storm, expected to slash through island before heading toward Cuba; 7 deaths already reported
By JOHN MYERS JR. and DANICA COTO
People at the 40th Havana Biennale in Havana, Cuba, February 2025 (Courtesy Belu-Simion Fainaru)
February 4, 2025, 1:32 am
Haifa artists exhibit in Cuba, despite its non-recognition of Israel
Veteran artists Belu-Simion Fainaru and Avital Bar-Shay participate in Havana Biennale
By Jessica Steinberg
Genie Milgrom holding a plate of Chuletas. (Courtesy of Genie Milgrom)
December 29, 2024, 1:37 am
Cookbook author proves it’s possible to make delicious — and kosher — Cuban cuisine
New recipe compilation ‘Salsa!’ is the result of decades of trial and error to adapt beloved Cuban dishes so that they retain their layered flavor — minus the pork and shellfish
By Renee Ghert-Zand
(L-R) Cuba's Prime Minister Manuel Marrero, Cuba's President Miguel Diaz-Canel, and his wife Lis Cuesta take part in a march in support of the Palestinian people and against Israel's war with Hamas in Havana, Cuba on November 23, 2023. (Yamil Lage/AFP)
November 24, 2023, 8:51 am
Cuban president leads pro-Palestinian march in front of US embassy in Havana
Some 100,000 people said to participate in anti-Israel rally, including Palestinian medical students studying in Latin American nation
By Agencies and ToI Staff
Juan Bradman, center, with his brother Saloman and their father Julio, at their family’s shoe store in Matanzas, Cuba, 1949. (Courtesy Miriam Bradman Abrahams via JTA)
September 27, 2023, 6:47 pm
Juan Bradman, Cuban-Jewish exile whose life inspired a novel, dies at 90
Son of refugees was a circuit judge in rural Cuba when he fled Castro’s revolution for the US to start a new life as a social worker, then was a Holocaust and immigration educator
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
Cuban-born, US-based writer and art conservator Rosa Lowinger is the author of 'Dwell Time: A Memoir of Art, Exile and Repair.' (Scarlett Freund via JTA)
September 10, 2023, 4:07 am
A new memoir tries to mend the pieces of the author’s broken Cuban-Jewish family
In ‘Dwell Time,’ Rosa Lowinger draws on her background as a conservator to examine the cracks and flaws in her upbringing as the child of exiles – and how they made her stronger
By Andrew Silow-Carroll
A classic American car drives past utility poles tilted by Hurricane Ian in Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Sept. 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
September 28, 2022, 8:00 am
Hurricane Ian wipes out power in Cuba, takes aim at Florida
No immediate reports of deaths after island takes ‘catastrophic’ battering; US authorities urges residents to obey evacuation orders as weather system expected to gain strength
By Rigoberto DIAZ
Storm clouds are seen as Hurricane Ian approaches in St. Petersburg, Florida, on September 26, 2022. (Ricardo Arduengo/AFP)
September 27, 2022, 4:42 pm
Hurricane Ian hits Cuba, heads for Florida as Category 3 storm
Storm prompts mass evacuations and fears of widespread destruction along its path
By Leticia PINEDA
The Bolton family (left to right): Carol, Matilde, John, Judy, and Harold, circa 1966. (courtesy, Judy Bolton-Fasman)
October 10, 2021, 2:02 am
Author boldly goes against her dead father’s wishes to uncover his true identity
In her new memoir, Judy Bolton-Fasman investigates lifelong questions on the strange union between her assimilated American dad and her much-younger mom, a volatile Cuban refugee
By Renee Ghert-Zand
Pedro Montano holds his daughter Roxana Montano, 3, while she is being vaccinated against COVID-19 with Cuban vaccine Soberana Plus, on August 24, 2021 at Juan Manuel Marquez hospital in Havana, as part of a vaccine study in children and adolescents. (ADALBERTO ROQUE / AFP)
September 7, 2021, 1:11 am
In world first, Cuba starts COVID-19 shots for toddlers
Nation is using home-grown vaccines not recognized by the World Health Organization
By AFP
Protesters shut down part of the Palmetto Expressway as they show their support for anti-government protesters in Cuba, on July 13, 2021, in Miami, Florida. (Joe Raedle/Getty Images/AFP)
July 14, 2021, 12:02 pm
Iran denounces US ‘interference’ as Cuba rocked by rare protests
Iranian foreign ministry claims America is mainly to blame for the communist-ruled island’s woes, after deadly demonstrations erupt amid deep economic crisis
By AFP
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