Most Americans probably know the sinking of the USS Maine in 1898 in Havana Harbor led to the Spanish-American War and helped liberate Cuba from Spain. But do they know that Cuban silver funded the ...

The U.S. and Cuba have always had a close and at times, an intense relationship. That history goes all the way back to the American Revolution. Did you know some of the founding fathers hoped Cuba ...

IN 1853 WILLIAM KING was sworn in as vice-president of the United States on a sugar plantation in Matanzas, near Cuba’s northern coast. King, who had hoped that spending his afternoons amid the fumes ...

As we get ready to travel to Cuba this coming year, I’ve curated a reading list of books by Cuban authors and about Cuba, including a couple cookbooks. It’s a mix of classic and modern titles, ...