Cuba is no stranger to economic and political crises. But a combination of nationwide blackouts and a fuel shortage–made worse by a U.S.-imposed oil blockade–have recently led to escalating political ...

President Donald Trump issued a clear warning on Saturday morning, hinting at a potential U.S. takeover of Cuba in a five-word message. The president is hosting Latin American leaders at the "Shield ...

Cuba is facing a shortage of religious vocations to the point that the country is losing almost one women’s religious congregation each year. Even so, the presence of consecrated men and women remains ...

Juan Gonzalez sits next to his altar adorned with Santeria and Catholic deities, along with a photo of the late Cuban leader Fidel Castro, at his home in El Cobre, Cuba, on Feb. 10. Diverse beliefs ...

Cuba is working to restore its electricity supply after another islandwide blackout this weekend. Since early January, the Trump administration has shut off the flow of oil to Cuba in an attempt to ...

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 ...

Cuban writer Leonardo Padura poses for a portrait in the street in Havana, Cuba, April 10. Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, ...