Recent data shows that between 2019 and 2021, life expectancy (LE) in the US plunged almost three years while for Cuba it edged up 0.2 years. Yet, in 1960, the year after its revolution, Cuba had a LE ...

Cuban actress Susana Pérez recently took to Facebook, sparking a flurry of reactions as she reflected on her life experiences ...

These glimpses of daily life in Cuba were taken two weeks ago during my eighth trip to the island. There's nothing extradorinary about the scenes. (Read my column about Cuba published last Sunday.) ...

Since Fidel Castro ceded authority to his brother Raul in 2006, life in Cuba has slowly been changing. Young Cubans are more comfortable talking about their government and cellphones have begun to ...

Only 90 miles from the United States, Cuba is close. But it is time, not distance, that makes the island seem far away. Home to 11 million people, Cuba is a country where music can be heard anytime of ...

While Cuba and US diplomats discuss a thaw of their 50+ year frozen relationship, we show you the lives many Cubans live everyday.Take an inside look at life in Cuba.MOBILE/TABLET USERS: Tap Here for ...

Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters each year, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Statistically, 920,000 of those animals ...

Photography is a great medium for social documentation. Think of nineteenth-century French photographer Eugène Atget, who produced thousands of photographs of Paris with direct, novel, and poetic ...

Love Fidel Castro or hate him, there’s no denying his momentous achievement Monday of turning 75 while still in power. After all, the most powerful nation on earth has spent four decades trying ...

I recently had the opportunity to travel with a group of musicians (who played at a number of venues in Havana) and other interested folks with a focus on attending the yearly International Jazz ...

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