Oct 06 Hurricane Matthew takes aim at southeastern U.S. By News Desk Hurricane Matthew is taking aim at the southeastern United States after the storm swept the Bahamas with 125 mile-per-hour winds, the Associated Press reported Thursday. Continue reading
Oct 05 Watch 2:52 U.S. officials brace for powerful hit from Hurricane Matthew By PBS News Hour Hurricane Matthew is the worst natural disaster to hit Haiti since the earthquake in 2010, prompting Haitian officials to postpone the presidential election set for next week. After causing damage in Cuba, the storm is next headed for the Bahamas… Continue watching
Oct 04 Watch 6:00 Hurricane Matthew carves a devastating path through Haiti By PBS News Hour Hurricane Matthew is one of the fiercest Caribbean storms in years. On Monday night, it roared across the tip of Haiti, the poorest country in the Americas. It’s projected to storm through Cuba on Tuesday night and hit Florida by… Continue watching
Sep 18 In Florida, a shifting Cuban vote could be the difference By Bill Barrow, Associated Press Many Cuban-Americans express solidarity with other Latin-Americans who see Donald Trump as anti-Hispanic. Continue reading
Aug 31 Watch 3:47 News Wrap: McCain, Rubio win their primaries By PBS News Hour In our news wrap Wednesday, Republican Senators John McCain and Marco Rubio sailed past their primary election opponents ahead of tough general election contests. Also, for the first time in more than 50 years, a U.S. commercial flight landed in… Continue watching
Aug 31 First U.S. flight to Cuba since 1961 lands safely By Nana Adwoa Antwi-Boasiako After a ribbon cutting ceremony and a performance from a Cuban band, 150 passengers boarded the JetBlue flight flying from Fort Lauderdale, Florida, to Santa Clara, Cuba. Continue reading
Aug 25 Watch 4:38 Peace accord between Colombia and FARC would end world’s longest conflict By PBS News Hour Colombia’s president delivered a historic peace deal with FARC rebels on Wednesday. The agreement outlines a timetable for the leftist group to disarm and re-enter society -- thus concluding one of the world’s longest-running conflicts, which resulted in some 220,000… Continue watching
Jul 16 Cuba’s Elian Gonzalez now a college graduate By Associated Press Elian Gonzalez, the young Cuban boy at the center of a tense 2000 international custody battle that raised tensions on both sides of the Florida Straits, is a college graduate. Continue reading
Jul 07 U.S. tentatively approves flights to Cuba from 10 cities By Joan Lowy and Scott Mayerowitz, Associated Press The U.S. government tentatively approved scheduled commercial airline service to Havana from 10 American cities, further bridging the gulf between countries as close as 90 miles. Continue reading
Jun 22 Colombian government and FARC rebels announce historic cease-fire By Daniel Moritz-Rabson After more than three years of negotiations in Havana, the Colombian government and leftist FARC group announced Wednesday they had reached a bilateral ceasefire. Continue reading