The Cuban government said late Thursday it has pardoned and released 2,010 prisoners, a sweeping move that comes as the island nation grapples with intense pressure from the Trump administration, ...

The White House announced a sweeping new round of sanctions against Cuba on Friday, expanding pressure on the island’s government and those tied to it. The measures build on a recent executive order ...

Pope Leo XIV and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio at a meeting at the Vatican on May 7, 2026. U.S. State Department Cuba’s leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, said Thursday that his government will accept a ...

In September 2010, an ailing Fidel Castro made a striking admission. The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg had asked him whether the Cuban model was still worth exporting. “The Cuban model doesn’t even work ...

John Ratcliffe, the C.I.A. director, is the highest-ranking official in the Trump administration to visit the country. By Julian E. Barnes Michael Crowley and Frances Robles Julian E. Barnes, Michael ...

The Trump administration’s efforts to tighten the economic noose on Cuba appear to be working, as more international firms announced they would leave the island. By Frances Robles Reporting from ...

Blackouts in Cuba have been common for years because the Cuba government has mismanaged and neglected its energy system, historians and foreign policy experts said. The U.S. government’s oil blockade ...