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Cuba's top cigar maker Habanos said on Monday that sales of the company's luxurious smokes had soared to a record $827 million in 2024 as revenue poured in from fast-growing markets in China and elsewhere in Asia.

Billiards are making a comeback in Communist-run Cuba as men and women take to tables in private bars and clubs, while fans hope someday the game will be officially recognized as a sport.

One of President Donald Trump's executive orders is disrupting the humanitarian work of Agape Flights, a Venice-based nonprofit that delivers aid to struggling Caribbean nations. The organization has indefinitely postponed a planned relief mission originally destined for Cuba due to the fallout of new restrictions implemented under the Trump administration.

Like many countries, Cuba is dealing with an aging population, but the elderly in the Caribbean nation are also dealing with insufficient pensions and relying on remittances from family members abroad.

Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth will travel Tuesday to Naval Station Guantanamo Bay (NSGB), Cuba, marking his first visit to the base

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel inaugurated the first of 92 solar parks on Friday as part of a Chinese-backed plan to ease hours-long blackouts across the Caribbean island nation.

At one time in her life Jessica Rivero Altarriba planned to be a salsa singer. Instead, she became assistant conductor at the Utah Symphony.

Cuba on Friday unveiled a new solar energy park in the capital Havana, part of an ambitious project to alleviate the communist island's increasingly desperate struggle with power blackouts.

Among the affected entities is FINCIMEX, the Havana-based financial company that processes money transfers to the island.

The Republican senator argues that U.S. travel to Cuba financially benefits the Cuban military and fuels government repression.

The Cuba American Legion Auxiliary will host its monthly breakfast buffet 7:30 to 10:30 a.m. (or until sold out) Saturday at the Post, 5 E. Main St.