Cuba

Guantánamo Bay Jobs: Military Prison in Cuba Seeks to Educate Children

Guantánamo Bay is looking to hire substitute teachers. Guantánamo Bay is looking to hire substitute teachers. According to the Federal Government Jobs website, the government's Department of Defense is looking to hire a substitute teacher and pay them $50.

2014 Poll Finds Small Majority of Cuban-Americans in Miami-Dade, Florida Want Cuba Embargo Lifted

According to Florida International University's annual survey on United States relations with Cuba, a small majority of Cuban-Americans residents of Miami-Dade County opposes the embargo of the communist island.

Buena Vista Social Club to Disband After Farewell Tour: Iconic 'Chan Chan' Singers to Hold Final Performance in Havana, Cuba

Buena Vista Social Club has announced its last tour. The legendary Cuban band will call it quits next year after two decades of making music.

History of the Mojito: How Ernest Hemingway's Favorite Cuban Drink Became an Artisanal Latin Staple

"A mojito is one of Cuba's oldest cocktails — it comes from the African word mojo, which means to place a little spell." — The Havana Journal. As history has shown, a spell has indeed been cast.

Female Cuban Drummers Break Into the 'Boys Club' of Cuban Percussion

Breaking into the Cuban world of percussion was especially difficult for Wendy Garcia of the Obiní Batá orchestra of women percussionists, who plays the drums in Old Havana, Cuba.

International News: Cuba Rep Calls for US Government Rapprochement, Says Communist Island Could Wait '55 More' Years to Talk

On Wednesday, Jose Ramon Cabañas, Havana, Cuba's representative in Washington, recommended that the United States government consider calls for rapprochement with the communist country.

Cuba's Internet: Opening Up the Country in Fits and Starts

Last week, a new website started by a Cuban dissident blogger began publishing, was hacked, and then banned. But now it's reportedly been unbanned as the Cuban internet, still far from modern or open, continues to make tiny steps toward opening up in terms of Cuban access, censorship and connectivity to the rest of the world.

Cuba News: Blogger Yoani Sánchez Launches Independent Online Cuban Newspaper, State Officials Question Team

Cuba is getting its first independently-owned newspaper (online) in five decades thanks to one ambitious blogger, Yoani Sánchez.

MLB The Show 14 PS4 & PS3 Gameplay & Review: Get Your Hands on the Hottest Baseball Video Game Around

Fancy yourself a pitcher? Fancy yourself a pitcher? Why not play a game of baseball? You could round up a few of your buddies and head out to the local field to play ball.

International News: Cuban Government Says It Stopped a Terrorist Attack

What really happened? Was it indeed a terrorist plot? And against whom? The Cuban government claimed last Wednesday that they captured four terrorists plotting an attack against their country.

Breaking International News: Costa Rica Seeks Answers on Secret US 'Cuban Twitter,' ZunZuneo

The United States government's attempt to create a fictitious social media network to undermine the Communist regime in Cuba continues to anger one Central American nation. The government's silence on the issue and further revelations by The Associated Press' investigation has caused tensions between the U.S. and Costa Rica.

Cuban Fugitive Raonel Valdez Arrested in Mexico for $2.8M Gold Heist: Recruited by DEA Against Zetas Drug Cartel, US Now Seeks Extradition

After alluding capture by U.S. authorities in December 2012, the Cuban fugitive, Raonel Valdez, went on the run to the Caribbean before eventually getting arrested in Mexico where he awaited justice for allegedly participating in a $2.8 million gold heist.

Cuba Travel & Embargo: Pro-Cuba Group Urges United States to Change Policy on Cuba

Group wants changes to occur quickly. A new advocacy group called #CubaNow is urging President Obama and the United States to change its policy toward Cuba by launching an advertising campaign in Washington, D.

USAID Embroiled In Controversy Following Fake Social Media Account; What Happens Next?

What kind of of social society is Cuba? What or Who is USAID? The U. S. government failed to influence openness in Cuba via a fake Twitter account called "ZunZuneo.

Congress to Examine USAID's Cuban Twitter in Hearing Next Week

This week the Associated Press dropped a bombshell report detailing how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) secretly created ZunZuneo, a "Cuban Twitter" network, in what appears to have been an attempt to damage the Cuban government's standing. Now Congress has decided to look into the matter.

U.S. Government Attempted to Undermine Cuba's Government with "Cuban Twitter" - Report

The U.S. government reportedly tried to create unrest in Cuba to undermine its communist government by secretly creating a "Cuban Twitter." The project, seemingly a throwback to the U.S.'s Cold War anti-Castro tactics, had ties to the State Department's U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID).

Cuba Opens Up: National Assembly Passes Law Allowing Foreign Capital To Enter Country

The Communist nation passes law to attract foreign investment. After half a century of being shuttered behind a state-run economy and United States imposed trade embargo, Cuba has begun to open its economy to foreign investment.

Celia Cruz Is the First Latin Artist to be Honored with a Place on Apollo's Walk of Legends

¡Viva Celia Cruz! The late "Queen of Salsa" continues to reign as she did in life; the iconic singer has been honored with a place on the Walk of Legends at New York's Apollo Theater.

Colombia News: Bogota Mayor Gustavo Petro Removed

The left-wing mayor of Colombia's capital has been removed from office, guilty of mismanagement.

Venezuela Protesters vs. President Nicolás Maduro: What Outcome Should The World Expect?

Venezuela is a country in turmoil and its political landscape may be forever changed. Venezuela is a country in turmoil and its political landscape may be forever changed.

Hemingway's Relics at JFK Museum Reveal Pieces of Iconic Author's Past in Cuba

Ernest Hemingway fans who celebrate the iconic author's American classics, will be thrilled to learn that another window to his life has been open, revealing more details about the complex character from what concoction he liked to drink at the bar, or what he like to make in the kitchen.Bar bills, personal notes, telegrams and even recipes from Nobel Prize-winning author Ernest Hemingway are available-at least in digital form-for the first time at Boston's John F. Kennedy Presidential Library and Museum.