Joanne Chesimard, also known as Assata Shakur, died in Cuba, where she had been living since escaping prison. Who was she, ...

Shakur, U.S. citizen and fugitive born Joanne Deborah Byron, died Thursday from "health problems and advanced age," the Cuban ...

Aside from the weight of US policy, the Cuban state has become increasingly sclerotic and unable to meet the growing demands ...

Patrick Oppmann was a 21-year-old college student doing a stint with CNN’s Havana bureau when he tasked himself with finding a woman who had evaded the long arm of American law enforcement for nearly ...

Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters each year, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Statistically, 920,000 of those animals ...

CineFest Latino Boston features Yael Bridge's film on Cuba's small Jewish community and the preservation of faith and culture ...

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura poses for a portrait in the street in Havana, Cuba, April 10. Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, ...

Recent data shows that between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy (LE) in the US plunged almost three years while for Cuba it edged up 0.2 years. Yet, in 1960, the year after its revolution, Cuba had a LE ...

Friday, Sept. 26, 2025 at 8 p.m. on KPBS TV / KPBS+. Meet the beloved Cuban singer Omara Portuondo, who has thrilled audiences for over half a century, from the stages of Havana's legendary nightclubs ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. HAVANA (AP) — His novels recount gruesome ...

Love Fidel Castro or hate him, there’s no denying his momentous achievement Monday of turning 75 while still in power. After all, the most powerful nation on earth has spent four decades trying ...