On his first day in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba 's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden just last week. Biden had announced plans to lift the designation as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.

Pro-slavery expansionists had long set their sights on the Spanish colony. American filibusters had launched expeditions to conquer the island but failed. However, Franklin Pierce’s win in the 1852 presidential contest gave fresh hope to those keen on securing new lands where slavery could thrive.

Cuba faced sharp criticism from rights groups, the United States and the European Union following the imprisonment of hundreds of protesters after riots on July 11, 2021, the largest since Castro's revolution. It was not immediately clear whether the ...

The move was part of a sweeping executive order signed by Trump on Monday night that rescinds 78 executive actions taken by Biden over the course of his presidency.

President Donald Trump plans to terminate a parole program for migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela in one of his first acts in office.

In a recent development, Gloria Chávez, the head of the Rio Grande Valley (RGV) sector along the United States' southern border, announced that over

As President Biden moves to lift the U.S. designation of Cuba as a state sponsor of terrorism, Cubans refrain from getting their hopes up.

A young Florida woman has pleaded guilty in a human smuggling operation that resulted in the deaths of 16 migrants, many of which were children younger than 7 years old, off of Cuba’s coast, authorities said.

The EFF has consistently called for the lifting of all sanctions on Cuba, which have crippled its economy and undermined its development for decades. Since the presidency of Ronald Reagan, the United States has relentlessly pursued an economic embargo and sanctions against Cuba,

Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards dollarization in the Communist-run country.

President Biden will remove Cuba from a list of state sponsors of terrorism, U.S. officials announced on Tuesday, as a part of a deal that is expected to free protesters jailed during a sweeping 2021 crackdown on dissent by the Communist government.

Migrants who waited months to cross the U.S. border with Mexico learned their CBP One appointments had been canceled moments after Donald Trump was sworn in as president.