#cuba

#cuba

In 1820, Thomas Jefferson declared that his country should seize the first opportunity to annex Cuba, reflecting early American expansionist ambitions.

Members of a convoy that delivered humanitarian aid to Cuba were detained and interrogated by Customs and Border Protection upon returning to the United States on a charter flight from Havana.

International convoys are bringing aid to Cuba to protest the US fuel blockade, as Cuba continues to fend off US threats of a takeover.

Only candles and the odd solar lamp can be glimpsed inside the immense colonial houses eaten away by the salt from the sea and Cuba's decades of struggle.

The Russian-flagged Anatoly Kolodkin is expected to reach Cuba in 10 days, carrying 730,000 barrels of fuel, marking the first oil shipment in three months due to a U.S. energy blockade.

The United States-imposed fuel crisis in Cuba is also turning into a waste and health crisis, as many collection trucks have been left with empty fuel tanks, causing refuse to pile up on the streets of the capital, Havana, and other cities and towns. Only 44 of Havana's 106 rubbish trucks have been able to keep operating due to the fuel shortages, slowing rubbish collection, as waste piles up on Havana's street corners, the Reuters news agency reported on Monday, citing state-run news outlet Cubadebate.

When Rosaly Estevez self-deported from Miami to Havana last November, US immigration officers bid farewell by removing her ankle monitor. The 32-year-old had been told she was about to be detained, so she left with her three-year-old son, Dylan, a US citizen. It's been brutal, said Estevez. Imagine Dylan hugging his phone every night when he sees his dad. I wouldn't wish this on any mother.