Politics Jul 16 Puerto Rico’s governor in crisis amid online chat scandal The scandal that is threatening to buckle the 40-year-old Ricardo Rosselló centers on a profanity-laced and at times misogynistic online chat with nine other male members of his administration.
World Jun 24 What’s an advanced Russian warship doing in Havana harbor? Russia has not provided details about the purpose of its trip, but the Kremlin has moved to bolster Russia's military capability amid tensions with the West.
Nation Jun 04 Trump administration bans educational and recreational travel to Cuba A Treasury Department statement says the U.S. will no longer allow the group educational and cultural trips known as "people to people" travel to the island.
World Apr 07 In possible first, Cuba allows march by animal activists A march by independent civil society groups seeking government action will be a remarkable sight in a country where, for nearly 60 years, virtually every aspect of life was part of a single chain of command ending in a supreme…
World Mar 04 Trump administration prepares to tighten Cuba trade embargo Under the new rules, the U.S. would allow lawsuits against foreign companies using properties confiscated by the Cuban government after the 1959 revolution.
World Jan 14 Men dressed as police massacred civilians in Haiti, witnesses say Witnesses, a human-rights group and a Catholic charity told The Associated Press that at least 21 men were slain over a 24-hour period in a Nov. 13 massacre.
Nation Dec 19 Deal allows Cubans to sign with big league baseball teams without defecting Major League Baseball, its players' association and the Cuban Baseball Federation reached an agreement that will allow players from the island nation to sign big league contracts without defecting, an effort to eliminate the dangerous trafficking that had gone on…
World May 20 Company in Cuba plane crash had received safety complaints The Mexican charter company whose 39-year-old plane crashed in Havana had been the subject of two serious complaints about its crews' performance over the last decade.
Nation May 18 Army Corps of Engineers to leave Puerto Rico with hurricane recovery unfinished On Friday, the restoration of thousands of miles of downed power lines will be handed back to the U.S. territory's bankrupt public utility, the Puerto Rico Electric Power Authority, or PREPA.
World Sep 14 In Cuba, mystery deepens over attacks on U.S. diplomats Suspicion initially focused on a sonic weapon, and on the Cubans. Yet the diagnosis of mild brain injury, considered unlikely to result from sound, has confounded the FBI, the State Department and U.S. intelligence agencies involved in the investigation.