Cuba

Group of people gather outside a church for a prayers

Cuban Americans make plea to Biden administration for help on immigration limbo

A popular program for reuniting Cuban families in the US has been on pause since 2017. Now, many families are asking the Biden administration to restart it.

Cuban Americans make plea to Biden administration for help on immigration limbo
Three women on stage gesticulating, one with blackface pounding her chest

A Miami theater group has a change of heart over blackface

A Miami theater group has a change of heart over blackface
A view of the U.S. Embassy in Havana, Cuba, September 29, 2017.

A secret sonic weapon in Havana? Scientists say 'no way.'

A secret sonic weapon in Havana? Scientists say 'no way.'
Normal Guillard

How life has changed for these Cuban women over 20 years

How life has changed for these Cuban women over 20 years
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How 'Guantanamera' went from Cuba's unofficial anthem to a Swedish recycling jingle

How 'Guantanamera' went from Cuba's unofficial anthem to a Swedish recycling jingle
Omar Hernandez in downtown Moscow. He says problems that came from speaking his mind too freely in Cuba led him to leave in the early 90s. Now he's lives in Russia.

Is Russia's romance with Cuba coming to an end?

When Fidel Castro ushered in the first communist state in the Western Hemisphere, Soviet Russia fell in love with Cuba. And the romance that lasted decades.

Is Russia's romance with Cuba coming to an end?
Havana's Jose Marti International Airport

How the thaw in US-Cuba relations reunited a journalist's family

Jim Acosta is CNN's Senior White House Correspondent — and the son of a Cuban exile.

How the thaw in US-Cuba relations reunited a journalist's family
Cuba's President Raul Castro oversees a handshake between Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos (left) and FARC rebel leader Rodrigo Londono (right), better known by the nom de guerre Timochenko.

Bitter foes strike a deal for peace in Colombia

Behind the breakthrough in talks between FARC rebels and Colombia's government is a deal not to send former combatants to jail.

Bitter foes strike a deal for peace in Colombia
Pope Francis and Cuba's President Raul Castro confer in Havana on Sunday.

Cuban artists ask why their government won't let them create

On his trip to Cuba Pope Francis met two Castros, but zero dissidents.

Cuban artists ask why their government won't let them create

"Rent" in Cuba, Cassandra Wilson, & Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon

This special edition of Studio 360 features Tony Award-winning choreographer Christopher Wheeldon, first musical to open in Cuba since the Revolution, and a tribute to Billie Holiday. 

"Rent" in Cuba, Cassandra Wilson, & Choreographer Christopher Wheeldon
Chief of Mission at the US Interests Section in Havana Jeffrey DeLaurentis (L) shakes hands with Cuba's interim Foreign Minister Marcelino Medina in Havana July 1, 2015.

There's no Cuban ambassador just yet, but there is 'our man in Havana'

Jeffery DeLaurentis is the new "charge d'affaires" in Cuba. Few outside the diplomatic circles have ever heard his name. But in Cuba, he's well known.

There's no Cuban ambassador just yet, but there is 'our man in Havana'
Elkhorn coral

Coral off the coast of Cuba is flourishing — a rare glimmer of hope for this threatened ecosystem

Rising ocean temperatures and pollution runoff are bleaching and killing corals in oceans across the globe. But corals in some parts of Cuba are not only surviving, they are thriving.

Coral off the coast of Cuba is flourishing — a rare glimmer of hope for this threatened ecosystem

Staging “Rent” in Cuba

The first musical to go from Broadway directly to Havana since the Revolution, “Rent” is perfect for Cuban audiences.

Staging “Rent” in Cuba

What Will Openness Mean for Cuban Artists?

As US-Cuban relations thaw, we’re going to get to know Cuban culture much better. And Cuba will get to know us, like it or not.

What Will Openness Mean for Cuban Artists?
A child plays at the Prado Boulevard in downtown Havana.

When will Starbucks pop up all over Cuba? Don't count on it

American and Cuban officials are sitting down in Havana this week to try to hammer the details of their rapproachment. But McDonalds and Walmart won't move in anytime soon.

When will Starbucks pop up all over Cuba? Don't count on it