Cuba

José Miguel Villa Romero, the son of a humble migrant from Spain, was a law enforcement officer, a Pepsi Cola representative, a prisoner and a chauffeur whose extraordinary life was sung by the famous Trío Matamoros

Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants arrive at the border. Many of them appeared to be asylum seekers

Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco infrastructure, adding to an already intense economic crisis on the island

Currency devaluation and soaring inflation have crushed monthly incomes to rock-bottom levels

About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say the level of immigration and asylum-seekers should be lowered

Island officials admit to some positive steps, but believe that overall the Democratic president’s policies follow in the footsteps of his Republican predecessor

In the past 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived in the Miami area after being granted only precarious legal status that often doesn’t include permission to work

The findings cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attack Americans

The famous Caribbean adage, ‘without sugar, there is no country,’ is quickly becoming the reality on an island that faces shortages, emigration, and isolation

Mexico “will keep open diplomatic channels of communication to benefit both societies, and also expresses hope that a democratic agreement can be reached soon”

The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents

Donald Trump pursued a similar ban in 2019 but a federal appeals court prevented it from taking effect

The professor, exiled in the US since 1961, identifies for EL PAÍS a series of factors, among them the embargo, which influence the poor results of the Cuban economy

The 38th Jazz Plaza Festival filled the Cuban capital with long nights of rum and jam sessions in the company of extraordinary musicians

New restrictions are being imposed on travelers with cameras and binoculars as the regime attempts to restrict reporting on the repression

The singer-songwriter Fernando Bécquer was sentenced to ‘limitation of freedom’ following a sexual abuse trial involving several women, only to be later jailed after mocking the victims in his lyrics

Study puts insured property losses from this year’s 10 most costly weather disasters at more than $168.1 billion

A makeshift boat with a US flag on its bow was caught drifting off the Malecón, in a powerful symbol of the problems afflicting the island nation for over a year

In a visit to Moscow, Miguel Díaz-Canel showed his support for Russia’s leader, in exchange for the postponement of debt payments

The singer-songwriter, creator of songs like ‘Yolanda,’ died in Spain where he had lived for years to receive medical treatment for cancer

In just one year, 224,000 citizens –mostly young people – have left the island nation for the United States

Family reunification will be prioritized, while the embassy will ‘expand consular services’ and increase its staff ‘as conditions permit’

Economic decline has caused 180,000 people to flee the island in the last year

The president of Mexico says that he will intercede in favor of the founder of WikiLeaks when he visits his American counterpart Joe Biden on July 12

Deteriorating living conditions on the island are driving crowds to line up for visas outside consulates. Exodus numbers are overtaking the crisis years of 1980 and 1994

EL PAÍS looks at the factors that have sparked the demonstrations, from food shortages to the regime’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic