New Bridge to Havana

Malule González (left) and her team work on the news rundown in the Radio and TV Martí newsroom in Miami.

With a thaw in US-Cuba relations, this Cold War broadcaster from Miami is at a crossroads

Radio and TV Martí, a US government operation that has delivered news and information to Cuba since the Reagan Administration, is at a crossroads. Many argue that the Martis remain critical. Others say the broadcaster is a Cold War relic and are calling for its end.

With a thaw in US-Cuba relations, this Cold War broadcaster from Miami is at a crossroads
Emad Hajjaj, Jordan

10 cartoons from around the world reacting to President Obama's Cuba visit

10 cartoons from around the world reacting to President Obama's Cuba visit
The Rolling Stones in San Diego, California on May 24, 2015.

The next visitors to blow Cubans’ minds: The Rolling Stones

The next visitors to blow Cubans’ minds: The Rolling Stones
President Barack Obama and his family with Cuban President Raul Castro at an exhibition baseball game between the Cuban National team and the MLB Tampa Bay Rays in Havana.

Obama to Cuba: 'I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas'

Obama to Cuba: 'I have come here to bury the last remnant of the Cold War in the Americas'
US President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro gesture after a news conference as part of President Obama's three-day visit to Cuba. In Havana March 21, 2016.

Freedom of the press 'rattled' Raúl Castro, causing him to answer a question with a lie

Freedom of the press 'rattled' Raúl Castro, causing him to answer a question with a lie
Krudas Cubensi

Rap duo Krudas Cubensi gives queer Afro-Cubans a voice

"We invite people to liberate themselves, to respect themselves. We don't want your pity. We're people with a lot of power within our bodies, our lives, and we are very valuable."

Rap duo Krudas Cubensi gives queer Afro-Cubans a voice
Air Force One carrying US President Barack Obama and his family flies over a neighborhood of Havana as it approaches the runway to land at Havana's international airport, March 20, 2016.

Forget your stereotypes. Here's a young Cuban American who opposes rapprochement, and an older one who supports it.

Politics among Cuban Americans are not as simple as data makes them seem. These two voices from Miami represent the opinions that polls can't reflect.

Forget your stereotypes. Here's a young Cuban American who opposes rapprochement, and an older one who supports it.
A member of the 'Ladies in White' dissident group shouts as she is led away by police officers after they broke up a regular march of the group, detaining about 50 people, hours before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives for a historic visit.

The global spotlight isn’t stopping the Cuban government from cracking down on dissidents

“The repression needs to stop right now, in order for this country to move forward."

The global spotlight isn’t stopping the Cuban government from cracking down on dissidents
Malecon at sunrise

Slowly, Cuban entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities to work for themselves

Whether in restaurants or in accounting, the Cuban economy is slowly creating opportunities for entrepreneurs.

Slowly, Cuban entrepreneurs are seizing opportunities to work for themselves
Cubans

One Cuban family’s 6,600-mile trail to America

As US-Cuba ties warm, thousands of Cubans have left the island, worried the new relations will end a US policy that gives them a fast-track to a green card if they reach US soil. This is one family’s journey.

One Cuban family’s 6,600-mile trail to America
Barack Obama tours Old Havana

Cuban Americans have stark disagreements on the merits of Obama's visit to Cuba

Does contact foster political change? Depends who you ask.

Cuban Americans have stark disagreements on the merits of Obama's visit to Cuba
Jose Marti, 1853-1895

President Obama lays a wreath on the tomb of legendary Cuban hero Jose Marti. But who was he?

President Barack Obama, on his historic visit to Cuba, laid a wreath at the tomb of legendary Cuban hero Jose Marti. Marti was a poet, author and nationalist, famed throughout Latin America. He died fighting Spanish imperial control. But he also warned against US influence.

President Obama lays a wreath on the tomb of legendary Cuban hero Jose Marti. But who was he?
cuban immigrants exodus 1994

Quiz: How much do you know about Cuba's unique spot in immigration law?

The US policy to isolate Cuba has created a unique loophole in immigration law that gives much-coveted privileges to Cubans coming to the US. How much do you know about the Cuban Adjustment Act.

Quiz: How much do you know about Cuba's unique spot in immigration law?
Jose Antonio Colina, president of VEPPEX (Politically Persecuted Venezuelans in Exile), says his home country is worse off today than Cuba was in the 1960s, when the US enacted the Cuban Adjustment Act.

Venezuelans flee to the US, claiming their country is 'worse than Cuba' in the 1960s

Venezuela's Chavista regime took power nearly 20 years ago, causing people to flee to the US. Today, some of those immigrants — and some still at home — say economic and political conditions in their country are similar, or worse, than they were in Cuba in the 1960s.

Venezuelans flee to the US, claiming their country is 'worse than Cuba' in the 1960s
Cuban jazz drummer Yissy Garcia

A path-breaking Cuban concert — and a climate for more

Tonight in Austin, the first-ever SXSW Cuban showcase will take place. If you can't see these amazing musicians, just wait — the improving relations between the US and Cuba up the chances they'll be playing more often in America and elsewhere.

A path-breaking Cuban concert — and a climate for more
Cuban artist Tania Bruguera reads from Hannah Arendt's book "The Origins of Totalitarianism" as part of a 100-hour collective reading in Havana May 20, 2015.

Cubans 'don't understand ... things like freedom of expression are things that belong to them'

Cuban artist Tania Bruguera speaks her mind and was arrested three times last year in Havana. She's hoping President Barack Obama doesn't self-censor during his upcoming Cuban visit.

Cubans 'don't understand ... things like freedom of expression are things that belong to them'
Calvin Coolidge’s triumphal procession through Havana, Jan 15th 1928

Rum, hookers and smuggling: the secret story of the last presidential visit to Cuba

When Barack Obama arrives in Havana he will be only the second sitting US president to set foot on Cuban soil. The last visit was by Calvin Coolidge in 1928. That visit was marred by drunken shenanigans on the part of reporters and officials happy to get away from the restrictions of Prohibition.

Rum, hookers and smuggling: the secret story of the last presidential visit to Cuba