China strengthens Cuba tie with trade deals

HAVANA - China's president was signing dozens of trade and investment deals with communist ally Cuba yesterday, part of a Latin American trip on which Chinese business...

Deadly Ike slams Cuba

CAMAGUEY, Cuba - Hurricane Ike roared onto Cuba yesterday after destroying houses and crops on low-lying islands and worsening floods in Haiti that have already killed...

Deadly Ike rakes Cuba, could hit Havana head-on

Deadly Hurricane Ike roared across Cuba on Monday, blowing buildings to rubble and sending waves surging over homes. Some 900,000 Cubans evacuated from its path, which...

Ike Slams Into Eastern Cuba; Thousands Begin Evacuating

CAMAGUEY, Cuba, Sept. 7 -- Hurricane Ike struck eastern Cuba after roaring across low-lying islands Sunday, tearing apart houses, wiping out crops and worsening floods...

One shining moment

HAVANA - With few fans in the stands and little light on the field, the United States hung on to win its first soccer game in Cuba since 1947, beating the hosts, 1-0, ...

Give 'em a cigar: U.S. beats Cuba

Clint Dempsey scored late in the first half and the United States held on to beat Cuba 1-0 in a sloppy and low-energy World Cup qualifier Saturday night, the Americans...

Washington offers aid to help Cuba recover from Gustav damage

With 212-mph gusts, storm hits Cuba

HAVANA - Hurricane Gustav smashed tens of thousands of homes, toppled trees and telephone poles, and washed out roads in Cuba, but no deaths were reported yesterday as...

Gustav swells to dangerous Cat 4 storm off Cuba

Gustav swelled into a fearsome Category 4 hurricane with winds of 145 mph (235 kph) on Saturday as Cuba raced to evacuate more than 240,000 people and Americans to the...

Dissident files criminal complaint against Cuba

A Cuban opposition leader said Tuesday she has filed a criminal complaint against the communist government for airing on state television evidence it collected by bugg...

Cuban dissident quits support group for prisoners

A top Cuban dissident on Monday abruptly left an activist support group she helped found for mothers and wives of Cuban political prisoners, saying she would rather fo...

Castro warns tough economic times on horizon

SANTIAGO, Cuba - President Raul Castro warned Washington that Cuba would stay focused on defense regardless of who wins November's presidential election, but failed to...