Ex-US diplomat accused of spying for Cuba sentenced to 15 years in prison
A former career American diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after authorities say he served as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
Cuban political dissident to receive 2024 International Women of Courage award by US government
Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello, a veteran Cuban dissident and leading proponent of human rights who was imprisoned twice but never left the island, will be awarded the 2024 International Women of Courage Award, a recognition granted by the U.S. Department of State.
Griselda archives: Cocaine dirty money affords foreign brutal killers luxury in Miami
Luis Garcia-Blanco, a Cuban who had arrived in Miami on the Mariel boatlift, was accused of shooting his ex-girlfriend Maricel Gutierrez in the head with a machine gun in 1980, in Miami-Dade. He had allegedly also cut off her finger and kept it in a Bible.
Former career US diplomat charged with secretly spying for Cuban intelligence for decades
The Associated Press has learned that a former American diplomat who served as U.S. ambassador to Bolivia has been arrested in a long-running FBI counterintelligence investigation and is accused of secretly serving as an agent of the Cuban government.
Trump will try to upstage the GOP debate with a rally targeting South Florida’s Cuban community
Former President Donald Trump has appealed to South Florida’s Cuban community during a rally aimed at upstaging his 2024 Republican presidential rivals while they engaged in their third debate without him a half-hour’s drive away.
Cuban exile Ramón Saúl Sánchez appears in court on immigration case over militant past
Ramón Saúl Sánchez was 12 years old when his family in Cuba sent him to the United States, and he was 15 when he joined a Miami-based paramilitary organization formed by Cuban exiles to fight Communism, and he went on to engage in decades of non-violent resistance.
Elián González 2 decades on: From a focus of international tug-of-war to a member of Cuba’s congress
Elián González has the same big, expressive eyes he did 23 years ago when an international custody battle transformed him into the face of the long-strained relations between Cuba and the United States.
Cuba beats Australia, reaches 1st WBC semifinal since 2006
Cuba advanced to the World Baseball Classic semifinals for the first time since 2006 with a 4-3 win over Australia as Alfredo Despaigne hit a tiebreaking sacrifice fly and Yoelkis Guibert followed with a two-run single in three-run fifth inning.
Cubans respond with zeal to new US migration policy
Overwhelmed by thousands of Cubans crowding its southern border after making the dangerous trip through Central America and an increase in makeshift boats crossing the Florida Straits, the United States in early January approved a policy change that makes migrants request a permit online before arriving with the sponsorship of a relative or friend in the U.S. Although the parole program also applies to Nicaraguans, Haitians and Venezuelans, Cubans have especially taken advantage of it,...
Cubans reunite with loved ones outside US Border Protection station in Broward, others search in anguish
The hugs started early Thursday morning outside of The U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s station in Dania Beach after migrants survived the treacherous sea in makeshift vessels and endured a few days in detention