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 ones who lack ...

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo. Germinares Cardero Céspedes lives in hilly Segundo Frente, a coffee-growing community at the ...

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo. Lights out: People gather against a backdrop of unlit buildings in Havana, as Cuba’s national ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - On weekend nights in Havana, young hipsters fill the sidewalks at a busy intersection near the seafront and spill into the park below, passing rum bottles between them, smoking ...

Since Fidel Castro ceded authority to his brother Raul in 2006, life in Cuba has slowly been changing. Young Cubans are more comfortable talking about their government and cellphones have begun to ...

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, ...

When she fell in love with Maikel, Yen Nhi discovered Ropa Vieja (Spanish for old clothes), a dish that mirrors everyday life in Cuba. The national dish is made from shredded beef stewed with tomato ...

At 32, Conner Gorry left New York and moved to Havana for a job as a journalist. After living there for 20 years, she saw herself as an immigrant, rather than an expat. Since her return last year, ...