
Alarm over vanishing frogs in the Caribbean
A curtain of sound envelops the two researchers as they make their way along the side of a mountain in darkness, occasionally hacking their way with ...

Under the radar, Cuba and US often work together
Cuba and the United States may be longtime enemies with a bucket overflowing with grievances, but the fast return of a Florida couple who fled U.S.
Couple accused of kidnapping kids booked into jail
The couple accused of kidnapping their two young sons and fleeing by boat to Cuba has been booked into a Florida jail after being handed over to U.S.

Cuba turning over Florida couple and children
Cuba on Tuesday said it will hand over to the United States a Florida couple who allegedly kidnapped their two young sons from the mother's parents ...

Treasury: Beyonce, Jay-Z Cuba trip licensed
U.S. Treasury officials say the trip by Beyonce (bee-AHN'-say) and Jay-Z to Cuba was licensed as an educational exchange. Assistant Treasury Secretary ...

Experts: Fla. couple may not be welcome in Cuba
The Florida couple accused of snatching away their two sons and fleeing to Cuba may have thought they could find a refuge from U.S. authorities on the ...
US now naming force-fed Guantanamo prisoners
The U.S. government has begun notifying lawyers of Guantanamo Bay prisoners if the men they represent are being force-fed to prevent them from ...
Cuban-American politicians decry Beyonce Cuba trip
Beyonce and Jay-Z's trip to Cuba has angered two Cuban-American politicians who are demanding information on whether the couple's visit to the ...
Miami-Cuba seaborne shipping stops after big start
It was two weeks before Christmas, and Robinson Perez had bundles of gifts ready for his family in Cuba: A giant plastic Barbie doll and stuffed ...
Cuba culture official demoted after NY Times op-ed
A leading Cuban cultural official said Friday that he has been demoted nearly two weeks after he published an opinion piece in the New York Times that ...

Venezuela's Capriles: Maduro won't last
Venezuela's opposition presidential candidate says he'll cut off subsidized oil to Cuba, distance his country from nations that disrespect human ...

Tax haven data leak names names, raises questions
It's a data leak involving tens of thousands of offshore bank accounts, naming dozens of prominent figures around the world. And new details are being ...

Beyonce, Jay-Z turn heads in Havana
Beyonce and Jay-Z caused a big stir in Havana as they marked their fifth wedding anniversary Thursday. R&B's power couple was mobbed by dozens of ...
Haiti historian who chronicled capital dies at 88
George Corvington, a prominent Haitian historian best known for his exhaustive study of the Caribbean nation's capital of Port-au-Prince, died ...
US won't allow Russians to see Guantanamo prisoner
The U.S. won't grant Russia access to one of its citizens held at the Guantanamo Bay prison because the prisoner refuses to meet with the delegation ...
UN: Haitians aren't getting enough food
The United Nations said Tuesday that a growing number of people in Haiti are not getting enough to eat following a heavy storm season that damaged ...
UN says not enough people in Haiti eating enough
The United Nations says a growing number of Haitians are not getting enough to eat. The U.N. mission in the Caribbean nation of 10 million people said ...

Justice Sotomayor visits Puerto Rico on book tour
U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor visited Puerto Rico to present her new memoir on Tuesday, drawing hundreds of fans in her parents' homeland

In Miami, Cuban dissident blogger calls for unity
They came from all over to hear her speak. Old Cuban ladies with wrinkled faces and pristine makeup. Young students with iPhones and digital cameras.
US says Guantanamo strike grows; extent in dispute
One of the best known prisoners in Guantanamo says a hunger strike at the U.S. base in Cuba has grown to include 130 men in a protest over their ...

Yemenis demand release of Guantanamo detainees
Activists and relatives of around 90 Yemeni detainees held in Guantanamo Bay protested outside the U.S. Embassy in Sanaa on Monday to demand the ...

Caribbean nations search for oil amid spill fears
The turquoise waters that have long brought treasure seekers to the Caribbean now are drawing a new kind of explorer as countries across the region ...
Jamaica to approve bill targeting lottery scams
The House of Representatives in Jamaica has passed a bill this week calling for tougher prosecution of those involved in multimillion-dollar lottery ...

Cuban Revolution gets video game treatment
Fight your way through mangrove swamps shoulder-to-shoulder with bearded guerrillas clad in the olive green of Fidel Castro and Ernesto "Che" Guevara.
Striking Guantanamo prisoners say water denied
Prisoners taking part in an expanding hunger strike at Guantanamo Bay leveled new complaints about their military jailers Wednesday as a team from the ...