Vice President Vance said the Trump administration is in discussions with Cuba and is open to improving relations if Havana makes key changes. Responding to questions about President Trump's remark that "Cuba is next,

The number of foreign visitors is down by 58% compared to last year, Cuban officials say, amid sanctions and an effective oil blockade.

Measures are expected to further decentralize Cuba’s state-run economy. Under the island’s current economic model, the government largely determines what is produced, who produces it, the prices at which goods are sold and how the country’s resources are allocated.

It also said 100,000 children younger than 7 are no longer receiving the daily liter of milk previously provided by the state and that the country’s 16-vaccine immunization program for infants is “at risk.

A key platform that Cubans in the U.S. use to send money and goods to relatives in Cuba has stopped operations.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Recent U.S. sanctions targeting Cuba’s leadership and the indictment of former President Raúl Castro are a “pretext” for the Trump administration to persuade the American people to support a military intervention, Cuba’s top diplomat to the United States told The Associated Press.

Even as the US struggles to conclude its war with Iran, it’s stumbling toward an equally ill-conceived conflict in Cuba. If the White House wants to avoid another strategic morass, it needs to adjust course soon.

Raúl Castro has made his first public appearance since he was indicted last month by the U.S. for his alleged role in the 1996 downing of two civilian aircraft.

Miguel Díaz-Canel cites China and Vietnam as possible models for opening up the country’s economy