Cuba

WASHINGTON (AP) — While President Joe Biden travels in Asia, his administration is scrambling to salvage next month’s summit focused on Latin America. The Summit of the Americas, which the United States is hosting for the first time since the inaugural event in 1994, has risked collapsing over concerns about the guest list. Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has threatened to boycott if Cuba, Venezuela and Nicaragua aren’t included. Unlike Washington, which considers the three autocratic governments as pariahs, Mexico’s leftist leader maintains regular ties with them.

Elian Lopez hoped his life-changing journey would go smoothly - then the wind changed and the sun went down. His harrowing ordeal in the deadly waters between Cuba and Florida highlights the risk record numbers of migrants are prepared to take to reach the US. A Cuban fisherman who's unsuccessfully...

With his fluffy black dog in tow, Gilberto Rodriguez left Venezuela two months ago on a perilous eight-country journey, mostly on foot, with dreams of a better life in the United States. Leaving behind his wife and two children, aged six and eight, Rodriguez has slept rough, gone hungry, witnessed...

HAVANA/WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The Biden administration on Friday once again placed Cuba on a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, further inflaming tensions with its long-time rival. Secretary of State Antony Blinken, in the final assessment published...

At one point in its history, the Detroit River was the busiest commercial hub in the world. Although that’s no longer the case, Detroit is still known for its diverse food scene, thanks, in large part, to its diverse immigrant communities. Motor City makes it possible to taste the culinary traditions of Cuba, Poland, Lebanon, and more, all without leaving the U.S.–Canadian border.

Travis Barker welcomed Architectural Digest into his Calabasas home in 2022. The 46-year-old said that the vibe of his house is “zen” and gave viewers a complete tour showing his matcha station, Dior bikes, swimming pool, cement ping pong table and much more. Kourtney Kardashian can be seen...

A 74-year-old Tampa Bay Downs trainer died Sunday of septic shock after a small cut got infected by bacteria in the waters of an Oldsmar beach, according to a statement Monday from the racetrack. Robert “Bobby” Raymond, who trained nearly 1,300 winners during his 43-year career, visited Mobbly Beach Park,...

HAVANA/WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - Biden administration officials are considering inviting a Cuban representative to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas, a person familiar with the matter said, as Washington scrambled to head off a potentially embarrassing boycott by some regional leaders. Discussion has focused on allowing a Cuban presence...

PEMBROKE PINES, Fla. – Cuban-Americans said Los Van Van collaborated with the Communist Party in Cuba. The dance band played on Friday at the Charles F. Dodge City Center, a venue owned by the city of Pembroke Pines. The city also approved a protest permit at the City Center...

WASHINGTON, May 20 (Reuters) - The Biden administration has sent out the first batch of invitations to the U.S.-hosted Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles next month, an administration official said on Friday. But the official, speaking to Reuters on condition of anonymity, declined to say which countries are...

ORLANDO, Fla. – A severe thunderstorm warning was issued Friday morning for Orange and Osceola counties as tropical moisture pours into Central Florida. The warning expired at 9:30 a.m. [TRENDING: Here’s what could happen if the St. Johns River rises by 1 foot | Hanson, Boyz II Men and...

GRAVES COUNTY, KY — The Graves County Sheriff's Office is searching for a man reported missing in the Cuba area of the county. The sheriff's office says Kevin Myrick was last seen around three days ago in the Cuba area around Kentucky 30 and Kentucky 83. Investigators say McKinney...

Boy Wonder technocrat, Boss Fulop, an arrogant guy who acts as if he knows it all, is at a loss -- a loss -- as to what to do with the landmark Powerhouse on Jersey City’s east side. This, following years of neglect designed to yield a result sought by the city and greedy developers: yet more room for expensive towers.

Electoral politics is all about timing, and sometimes that timing can backfire. Such could be the fallout from this week’s announcement from the Biden administration that the U.S. will end Trump-era restrictions on Cuba. Biden’s policies, including more travel, more remittances and more visa processing, mimic those that were praised when former President Barack Obama implemented them. But that day is gone. Only 40 percent of Florida’s Cuban voters were against Obama’s normalization of relations with the Caribbean nation in 2015, but in a 26-point shift, a 2021 poll asking the same question resulted in 66 percent of such respondents saying Biden should not repeat Obama’s normalization push.

As the Island nation of Cuba continues to suffer after more than 60 years of Communist, dictatorial rule, the City of Union City, home to the second largest contingent of Cuban-Americans outside of Miami, today celebrated the country’s 1902 independence, which lasted until 1959 when Fidel Castro’s Communist Party takeover and Revolution was in full force.