Hurricanes have helped shape modern Cuba’s economy and society since the nineteenth century. When successive storms in 1844 and 1846 destroyed much of the coffee and food crop production in the ...

It’s been said Cuba is gearing up for big fundamental changes now that diplomatic relations with the U.S. have re-opened, so here are 20 photos of Cuba, from Havana to Santiago, as of May 2015.

It may not be revolutionary, but Cuba’s modern dance company is keeping up with the times. More than half a century old, the Danza Contemporanea de ...

Visiting Cuba feels like sitting in the middle of a history book. I traveled to Cuba in early February with my camera, a couple of paint brushes, oil paints and a group of 100 artists on the ...

The official picture is one of collective mourning by masses of people over the loss of the founder of modern Cuba. Immediately after President Raúl Castro announced the death of his older ...

Castro's art scene: a model for modern Cuba In a series of reports from an island in flux, David Usborne discovers why the privileges enjoyed by artists may soon be coming to all ...

By integrating traditional elements into modern expressions of beauty and self-identity, the Afro-hairstyle revival in Cuba serves as a crucial element in a larger narrative about resilience ...

A fairy-tale romance between a dancer from Connecticut and a young Cuban studying at Columbia turned into a political thriller — and resulted in the unlikely birth of a new art form in Cuba.

On Sunday morning, a group of animal-lovers will march a mile down one of Havana's main thoroughfares waving placards calling for an end to animal cruelty in Cuba.

HAVANA (AP) — The first train using new equipment from China pulled out of Havana Saturday, hauling excited passengers on the start of a 915-kilometer (516-mile) journey to the eastern end of ...