HAVANA, Cuba --Crowds are gathering in Havana’s Revolution Square for the beginning of a two-day memorial for Fidel Castro. The former dictator, who ruled Cuba for 49 years, died Friday. Throughout ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (UNHCR) - Marie Rose has not wasted her time. The 34-year-old slightly built Burundian has a scroll full of diplomas which she shows with a shy but proud smile. They certify she ...

Sometimes I wish I lived in the country they show on television. This hopeful nation of rose-colored dreams presented by the official press. A place of props and slogans, where factory production ...

Cuba's Fidel Castro, one of the most controversial world leaders of modern times, died on Friday at 90 years old. The Communist dictator became a revolutionary hero to millions and an evil despot to ...

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On Havana's main concourse outside the newly-established U.S. embassy, three DJs made history and put on a show. It seemed like every young person in Havana was there to witness it, reports "CBS This ...

Ahead of his historic Major Lazer show in Cuba on Sunday (March 6), Diplo sat down with his "homie" Charlie Rose to discuss the significance of "the most important event" he's ever done. By Matt ...

“He put a double-nine in front of Raul, and now he has to figure out how to play it.” In Cuban dominos, the double-nine is both an opening gambit and a blocking move — forcing a response, and that is ...

During the winter season, Cuba said it drew a record 809,937 vistors, a 2% increase from a year earlier. In 2008, Cuba welcomed more than 2.3 million visitors, up 9% over 2007 and second only to the ...

oCuba Through Rose-Colored Glasses This is Diana Nyad for KCRW, and this is The Score. The scene has rendered high emotions this past week. Jos- Contreras reunited with his wife and two young ...