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The skateboarders of Cuba are carving their way to official recognition of the sport

23 Jul 2019

With skateboarding making its Olympic debut in Japan next year, Cuban skateboarders are hoping their sport will finally be accepted at home.

US visits to Cuba almost double despite Trump sanctions

08 May 2019

Cuba's relationship with Donald Trump's administration may be worsening, but that didn't stop the island nation from welcoming more than a quarter million US visitors in the first four months of 2019.

Art frenzy takes over Havana as biennial kicks off

15 Apr 2019

Cones of white paper sprout from the seasalt-eroded pillars of one colonial building along Havana's seafront, elaborately painted curtains cascade from another while out front children play with an installation of multicolored hoses.

Dianelys Alfonso has become the pioneer of the #MeToo movement

15 Jul 2019

Dianelys Alfonso has a brassy presence - brightly colored tattoos, spandex bodysuits, Technicolor hair - and a clarion voice that won her the label "Goddess of Cuba" for her turns on songs ranging from ballads to reggaeton.

Young orchestra musicians bridge US-Cuba divide

25 May 2019

On Havana's National Theatre stage, where the Cuban American Youth Orchestra has been rehearsing all week, it's difficult to distinguish the different nationalities of the violinists, clarinetists and cellists as they play in perfect unison.

Prince Charles becomes first British royal to visit Cuba

25 Mar 2019

Prince Charles and his wife Camilla landed in Havana on Sunday for the first official trip by the British royal family to Communist-run Cuba even as Britain’s top ally the United States seeks to isolate the island nation.

The women boxers of Cuba are packing a hefty punch for equality

10 Jun 2019

Cuba’s legendary boxing tradition still disallows women from competing, and boxer Idamelys Moreno and her peers are fighting for their place in the boxing ring.

Havana's Chinatown dreaming of a new lease on life

09 May 2019

These are some of the last remaining Cuban residents who are 100 percent Chinese. Their descendants have embraced the local culture, and are more Cuban than Chinese.

Cubans seek to revive little-known tango legacy

22 Jul 2019

Cuba may be known now for upbeat salsa, but long before that genre even emerged its Afro beats fed into the melancholic Argentine tango which was widely popular on the Caribbean's largest island.

Cuba's worker bees boost thriving honey business

10 Apr 2019

In the floral valleys of Cuba's Matanzas province, old fashioned farming means bees can swarm without the threat of pesticides that have decimated populations across the world.

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