Trump said he doesn’t trust some countries to hold potential deportees who have been convicted of serious crimes

A South Florida-based Coast Guard crew repatriated 12 Cuban migrants back to the island Wednesday following two migration attempts, Coast Guard officials confirmed in a news release.

Cash-starved Cuba this month opened the first grocery store to accept hard U.S. currency on the island in nearly two decades, the latest sign in a trend towards dollarization in the Communist-run country.

Jose Daniel Ferrer, the leader of one of the largest banned anti-government groups in Cuba, was released two days after a surprise flurry of diplomatic activity involving the communist-run island in the waning days of the Biden administration.

Karen Vasquez, 44, walked out of jail in Cuba on Sunday, part of a deal brokered by the Vatican under which the Biden administration would loosen sanctions on the communist-run island, while Havana would release more than 500 people from its jails who are considered political prisoners by Washington.

It’s impossible to miss. The huge rectangular mass of concrete and glass — the tallest building in Havana — dominates the city skyline, towering 150 meters (490 feet) above colonial homes with its 542 luxury rooms and majestic views of the city and the sea.

Long-grieving families who lost loved ones in the 1975 bombing of Manhattan’s Fraunces Tavern called on the new Trump administration to demand the extradition of the domestic terrorist behind the blast, who are now harbored in Cuba.

HAVANA — Cuba on Thursday released prominent dissident José Daniel Ferrer from prison, as part of a government decision to gradually free more than 500 prisoners following talks with the Vatican. Ferrer, a strong opponent of the island's communist ...

Wyden, the Senate Finance Committee's ranking member, introduced the bill after Joe Biden in his last week as president said the U.S. was removing Cuba from the list of state sponsors of terrorism after Cuba agreed to free a number of political prisoners.

On his first day in office, President Donald Trump reinstated Cuba 's designation as a state sponsor of terrorism, reversing an executive order issued by former President Joe Biden just last week. Biden had announced plans to lift the designation as part of a Vatican-brokered deal to free political prisoners in Cuba.

While signing Laken Riley Act on Thursday, Donald Trump announced that his administration planned to send the “worst criminal aliens” to a detention center in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.