About 200 Cuban artists demonstrated outside the country's culture ministry on Friday in a rare show of dissent over freedom of expression. The demonstration followed the expulsion by authorities on Thursday night of protesting members of an artists' collective from their premises in the historic center of Havana.

Cuba sees unusual display of dissent over freedom of expression

In the US election 2020, one of the wins for Donald Trump was from the state of Florida, where many conservative Cuban Americans backed his denunciation of leftist governments in Latin America.

Why Cubans prefer any US president other than Donald Trump

Tropical Storm Eta headed towards Florida on Sunday and was set to strengthen into a hurricane again after slamming Cuba and earlier cutting a deadly path through Central America and southern Mexico.

Storm Eta lashes Cuba, tracks towards Florida

COVID-19 pandemic has made lives particularly tough for the visually impaired, they're struggling to survive and make ends meet. Watch the story of a Cuban piano tuner who is struggling hard to find work but vows to keep on tuning the pianos in Havana.

67-year old blind Cuban piano tuner struggles to make her ends meet

US President Donald Trump on Wednesday imposed new curbs on imports of Cuban rum and cigars and banned Americans from staying at properties owned by the Cuban government, as he seeks to lock in the Cuban-American vote in the swing state of Florida ahead of November's presidential election.

Trump unveils new sanctions against Cuban rum and cigars

Communist-run Cuba will soon devalue the peso’s one-to-one exchange rate with the US dollar for the first time since the 1959 revolution, according to three sources who requested anonymity due to the sensitivity of the subject.

Cuba plans first official peso devaluation since 1959 revolution | Sources

Havana was once dubbed the 'Paris of the Caribbean' for its beautiful architecture, vibrant arts scene, and flourishing nightlife. Now it even has its own Eiffel Tower.

Havana, the 'Paris of the Caribbean,' gets its own Eiffel Tower

To protect herself from the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19) outbreak, in Havana, Cuba, Retired nurse Feridia Rojas wears cardboard shaped into a house at a market. Watch report.

Cubans dons full-body cardboard shield | COVID-19 Pandemic

COVID-19 Pandemic: Cubans dons full-body cardboard shield

The Trump administration has ordered Marriott International to wind down hotel operations in Communist-run Cuba, a company spokeswoman said. Starwood Hotels, now owned by Marriott, four years ago became the first US hotel company to sign a deal with Cuba since the 1959 revolution amid the normalisation of relations pursued by former president Barack Obama.

Marriott ceases Cuban operations after new Trump sanctions

Cuban opera singer Andrés Sánchez found a new audience on Sunday night to perform his arias for, since concert halls were shut down on the island as part of a lockdown due to the novel coronavirus.

Opera singer performs from his balcony in Havana

The coronavirus pandemic is highlighting growth in inequality in Communist Cuba as worsening shortages force most citizens to spend hours in line to purchase basic goods while the better-off are shopping online.

Online shopping highlights Cuba's inequality in time of coronavirus

Several artists have taken to Cuba's walls to express anguish but also hope vis-a-vis the virus - some in public spaces, others in private for fear of running into trouble again with Communist authorities.

Cuban graffiti artists take over walls and rooftops to illustrate life amid pandemic

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The Silva twins were supposed to be on an international tour with their dance company last week, performing for large crowds to cheers and applause. Instead, they found themselves on their terrace, practising to the sound of the ocean in the light of the sunset, occasionally interrupted by their two rambunctious dogs.

Dance on rooftops, seaside sunsets: Cuban artists find inspiration in coronavirus quarantine

The family of Emilia Montoya, 79, sacrificed four white doves and two roosters, chanted in the African language Yoruba and pounded a wooden staff rhythmically on the floor in a ceremony to protect Montoya from coronavirus

With bird sacrifices and chants, Cuba's Santeria seek protection from coronavirus

Cuba announced on Friday the closure of its borders to non-residents due to the coronavirus pandemic, having previously tried to remain open to keep its key tourism industry alive.

Cuba closes borders to non-residents over virus: President Diaz-Canel

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A South African court issued an arrest warrant for former president Jacob Zuma on Tuesday after he skipped court on grounds of needing medical treatment, but the judge stayed the warrant until his corruption trial resumes on May 6.

South African court issues arrest warrant for ex-president Zuma in graft trial

The beaches, hotels and pools that Cuba hopes to have thronged by foreign tourists appear far emptier than normal as the Caribbean nation's tourist sector has been hard hit by the Trump administration's tightening of U.S. restrictions on travel there.

U.S. sanctions sting Cuba's tourism sector

In the colonial Cuban city of Trinidad, handicrafts shop owner Lourdes Milan says she has already slashed prices due to the drop in US visitors following Washington's tightening of sanctions and she's worried the situation will worsen this year.

Cuban tourism sector braces for further drop in US visitors

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