The Latest Breaking News from Cuba

The United States and Cuba have held their highest-level diplomatic talks in four years after a severe disruption in ties during the Trump administration

By Dave Sherwood

MIAMI — Three separate groups of Cuban migrants arrived in the Florida Keys within about 24 hours, the U.S. Border Patrol said.

American and Cuban officials are due to meet in Washington on Thursday to discuss migration concerns, people familiar with the matter said, in the highest-level formal U.S. talks with Havana since President Joe Biden took office last year.

How did something so at odds with reality persist for so long? And why is it finally crumbling?

Apr. 14—El Departamento de Estado de Estados Unidos dijo que había recibido pruebas creíbles de homicidios ilegítimos, desapariciones forzadas y torturas de activistas políticos en una dura evaluación del historial del gobierno cubano publicada esta semana como parte del informe anual de la agencia sobre prácticas de derechos humanos.

Apr. 13—OPINIÓN Y COMENTARIO

“Dictator of my heart.”

The U.S. State Department said it has received credible evidence of unlawful killings, forced disappearances and torture of political activists in a scorching assessment of the Cuban government’s record, released this week as part of the agency’s annual report on human rights practices.