Caught in the middle, ordinary Cubans oscillate between fear of armed conflict and a desperate hunger for change.

'There is nothing else.' Cubans describe surviving blackouts, hunger and growing despair as Cuba sinks deeper into economic ...

On one corner of Calle Enramadas in Santiago de Cuba, the island’s second-largest city, a group of homeless elderly people gather daily. What used to be a colorful strip of lively businesses have now ...

I was shocked by the economic deterioration since my visit a year ago. There are mountains of garbage throughout Havana, with people rummaging among them for food. Cuba’s request in February for ...

This is WEEKEND EDITION from NPR News. I'm Scott Simon. Alan Gross is already in frail health after spending more than four years in a Cuban prison. This week, he went on a hunger strike, but ended it ...

HAVANA (AP) – Cuban state television aired images Tuesday night raising questions about the recent hunger strike by a prominent dissident. The 15-minute segment broadcast on the nightly news included ...

A Jewish contractor who has launched a hunger strike while serving a long prison term in Cuba is receiving “dignified and decent treatment” in a hospital ward, where he is in normal and stable health, ...