Cuban Dance Troupe Seeks Asylum in U.S.
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A Cuban troupe of 44 dancers, singers  and musicians appearing in Las Vegas will seek asylum in the  United States, the show's creator said on Monday, in one of the  largest mass defections by Cubans performing abroad.
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For years, Nilder Santos and his family had been hoping to win the most prized lottery in Cuba. But each time it was held, the 25-year-old dancer and his parents were heartbroken when their names didn't appear on the list of the lucky ones allowed to leave the poverty of their communist nation to chase the American dream.
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Cuba retaliated for the US diplomatic mission&#39;s Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a
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Nearly 1,000 imprisoned Cuban refugees from the 1980 Mariel boatlift are waiting to be released now that the U.S. Supreme Court has ruled that the indefinite detention of illegal migrants was unconstitutional.
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Bosnia will ask the United States to  hand over six men detained for the past three years at the  Guantanamo prison in Cuba on suspicion of terrorism, a  government spokesman said Monday.
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In an open letter to US President George W. Bush and his Democratic rival John Kerry, the leading Cuban-American lobby group called for tougher US policies against Cuba's communist government.
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Cuba on Monday blasted a new move by a U.S.-funded TV Marti to provide its anti-Fidel Castro programming to Spanish-language stations in Miami that are picked up by popular illegal satellite dishes on the island.
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HAVANA, Cuba -- The spat between US diplomats and the Cuban government escalated Friday when billboards showing a swastika and photographs of Iraqi prisoners being abused by American soldiers were put up on a main highway facing the US mission&#39;s offices.
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Just in time for the holidays, the US-Cuba propaganda war heated up Friday when Cuban authorities tacked up a huge banner outside America&#39;s diplomatic post in Havana depicting the abuse of Iraqi prisoners.
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HAVANA -- Cuban ballet dancers in white glide across the floor, executing an airy blend of pirouettes and back stretches. Within seconds, spectators are captivated, quickly forgetting what at first they couldn't overlook - most of the dancers weigh more than 200 pounds.
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The families of six Bosnian citizens detained by the U.S. military in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, demanded on Monday that Bosnia ask the United States to release them.
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In his debut on the ABC reality series, Mark Cuban manages to amuse with his corny dance moves, but the billionaire raised a few eyebrows by choosing an ensemble consciously inspired by homelessness.
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Venezuela demands the US extradite one of its nationals wanted for bombing a Cuban jet in 1976.
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Cubans are publicly praying to the African gods of Santeria, the saints of Roman Catholicism and the God of Protestant faiths in appeals for the health of ailing leader Fidel Castro and peace on the island.
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Cuba retaliated for the U.S. diplomatic mission's Christmas display supporting Cuban dissidents by putting up a billboard Friday emblazoned with photographs of American soldiers abusing Iraqi prisoners and a huge swastika overlaid with a "Made in the U.S.A" stamp.
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Neighbors of Elvira Carvajal sought refuge in her house so immigration agents wouldn't arrest them. Friends of Herman Martinez asked him to bring them milk for their children because they were afraid to step onto the streets.
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By LAURA WIDES-MUNOZ  HIALEAH, Fla. - A group of Cuban refugees was released Saturday, a day after landing, some for the second time in a year, at a derelict bridge in the Florida Keys that authorities initially said wasn't U.S. soil.