Facing worsening economic prospects, the Cuban government will allow joint ventures between state enterprises and local private companies, as well as what it calls “selective swap” operations with foreign companies, involving hotels and real estate, the country’s prime minister said in a speech before the National Assembly on Wednesday.

Cuba’s crucial and struggling tourism industry was hit with more US sanctions, as President Donald Trump’s administration ratchets up pressure on the communist-run island and its top officials.

Cuba's power grid has ground to a halt for a second time in as many days, leaving 10 million on the island without power and the Caribbean island in a growing sense of crisis. World.

Lina Luaces, center, is hugged by all the contestants after she being crowned Miss Universe Cuba 2025 during the beauty pageant at Milander Park on Tuesday, July 8, 2025, in Hialeah, Fla. Photo by Matias J. Ocner [email protected]

MANGUITO, CUBA – The majority of Marcos Perez’s friends fled the country last year. Now, he and his family are pooling their money to do the same. “Only a few of my friends are left, the ...

Ad Policy Cuban military personnel carry caricatures of US President Donald Trump as they pass in front of the Jose Marti monument during the May Day parade on May 1, 2019, in Hav

Cuba's Labor Minister claimed there are no beggars in the nation, drawing criticism from President Miguel Díaz-Canel. He highlighted visible poverty as a symptom of wider social inequality. The comments were made amidst economic hardships affecting the Cuban population,

A Texas man has been arrested after deputies say he made a voyage to Cuba in a boat he rented on Stock Island and did not return.