President Donald Trump said Friday that Cuba “is going to fall pretty soon” and announced he is assigning Secretary of State Marco Rubio to negotiate a deal aimed at regime change on the island.
The Cuba Interior Ministry is reporting that a fifth person has died in connection to last month’s shootout between the Cuban government and a speedboat from Florida.
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier said on Wednesday that he had “reactivated” a state investigation into the deaths of four Brothers to the Rescue pilots about 30 years ago.
Opposition groups within the Cuban community came together in Miami on Monday, ramping up their effort for a regime change and presenting a concrete transition plan to see it happen.
For several miles along Bird Road, Cuban exiles filled the streets, waving Cuban flags and calling for freedom on the island.
As more comes to light after the shooting at sea in Cuba, investigators are finding links to Homestead, Miami Lakes, Big Pine Key, Tampa, and other areas of South Florida.
Mixed reactions are brewing in Little Havana after President Donald Trump floated what he called a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, describing the island as a failing nation in need of change.
On Thursday afternoon, Cuban officials reported Hector Cruz, who Monroe County Sheriff’s Office deputies listed as a boat-theft suspect, died after a shooting at sea on Wednesday morning off the coast of Cuba’s Villa Clara province.
Cuba’s government said late Wednesday that the 10 passengers on a boat that opened fire on its soldiers were armed Cubans living in the U.S. who were trying to infiltrate the island and unleash terrorism.
Local 10 News is searching for answers about a Florida-registered boat that was involved in a fatal shooting at sea in Cuba.
President Donald Trump’s administration announced on Wednesday that the U.S. will be allowing oil to fuel Cuba’s private sector.
U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio responded to the Cuban government’s report about a fatal shooting related to a Florida-registered boat on Wednesday.
The Cuban embassy in the U.S. announced on X on Wednesday that four people were dead and six were injured during a shooting after Cuba’s border patrol intercepted a Florida-registered boat in Cuban waters.
Singer Camila Cabello raised awareness about the crisis in Cuba and asked her fans to support the Catholic Church’s social services work on the communist island.
Leftist activists from New York and California and Republican lawmakers in Florida are all pushing for change in Cuba.
Sylvia G. Iriondo, a survivor of the Cuban Air Force shootdown of Brothers to the Rescue aircraft, stood before reporters on Thursday in Hialeah Gardens.
Mario de la Peña, Carlos Costa, Pablo Morales, and Armando Alejandre were flying in two unarmed Cessna 337 Skymaster light aircraft when they were killed on Feb. 24, 1996, over the Florida Straits.
Federal leaders, including some from South Florida, are now calling on the Trump administration to review the licenses of businesses who ship items to Cuba.
CubaMax, a shipping company with offices in Miami-Dade County, was only allowing one box per customer, as Cubans in South Florida rushed to send aid to relatives on the communist island.
Cuba has begun suffering a dire fuel shortage as the United States cuts off the country’s oil supply.
Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel announced on Thursday that he is willing to have talks with the United States.
After a news conference on Thursday morning, Cuban-American members of Congress shared more ideas for President Donald Trump and his administration to get tougher on Cuba.
During a meeting with Cuban exiles on Thursday morning in Miami-Dade County, U.S. Rep. Carlos A. Giménez said there are “cancers” in Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Cuba supporting U.S. enemies, but he feels hopeful about change.
Dariel Fernandez, Miami-Dade County’s tax collector, said he is going after businesses doing business with the Cuban government.
U.S. diplomats recently warned the public that the U.S. Embassy in Havana “is unable to address any issues” related to “forced departure” from Cuba.
As the Trump administration ramps up pressure on Cuba by siphoning off critical Venezuelan oil imports, the president is urging the communist-run island to cut a deal with the United States.
Cuban-Americans celebrated in Miami’s Little Havana neighborhood Sunday, waving Cuban flags and banging pots and pans outside Versailles Restaurant after President Donald Trump announced the U.S. would cut off Cuba’s supply of Venezuelan oil.
With his “Donroe Doctrine,” President Donald Trump said he seeks to implement his vision of U.S. “dominance” in the Western Hemisphere.
U.S. State Secretary Marco Rubio stood near President Donald Trump on Saturday in Palm Beach County and sent a message to leaders in Cuba.
Flags flew and people gathered on Saturday outside Versailles Restaurant Cuban Cuisine after President Donald Trump announced that U.S. forces had captured Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro.
Local 10 News This Week In South Florida Anchor Glenna Milberg interviews Carol Rosenberg, a New York Times reporter who covers the U.S. Naval Base at Guantanamo Bay in Cuba.
Much of the energy infrastructure in Cuba was built during Soviet times, and it’s getting older every year.
Laura Gil took to Facebook on Wednesday to reiterate her request to the Cuban government that her father’s trial in Havana be done publicly.
Melissa’s 10-day run as a tropical cyclone – culminating in a catastrophic Category 5 strike on western Jamaica Tuesday – will end Friday as it transitions into a powerful non-tropical storm, clipping Atlantic Canada’s southern Avalon Peninsula tonight before heading swiftly out to sea.
Hurricane Melissa was racing away from Bermuda early Friday after leaving a trail of destruction across Jamaica, Haiti and Cuba, where the storm killed dozens, flooded towns and left hundreds of thousands homeless.
After weakening to a Category 1 hurricane after its passage across the rugged terrain of eastern Cuba, by Wednesday afternoon Melissa was recovering over the waters around the speckled islands of the southeastern Bahamas.
Hurricane Melissa slammed into eastern Cuba on Wednesday, leaving behind widespread flooding, power outages and heavy damage — and sparking concern among Cuban Americans in South Florida.
Hurricane Melissa made landfall as a Category 3 storm on Wednesday in eastern Cuba.
Hurricane Melissa, which devastated western Jamaica as one of the strongest hurricanes ever recorded, briefly restrengthened between Jamaica and Cuba late Tuesday before making a second landfall shortly after 3 a.m. ET Wednesday as a Category 3 hurricane about 40 miles west of Santiago de Cuba – the country’s second most populous city – in eastern Cuba.
