For several days now, a surprising wave of messages has been flooding the cell phones of thousands of Cubans on the island.

In January of 2015, artist Tania Bruguera was detained by the Cuban government. Bruguera had planned to restage a performance artwork about freedom of speech in the iconic Plaza de la Revolución in ...

The notion of freedom arises following the recent U.S. declaration of a national emergency against Cuba. Those of us yearning for liberty and a ...

Two worlds of cane : 1803-1860 -- Building citizenship : Louisiana, 1862-1873 -- Crisis and voice : southern Louisiana, 1874-1896 -- Finding the spaces of freedom : central Cuba, 1868-1895 -- A ...

WASHINGTON — The historic visit of a sitting U.S. president to Havana — which should have come a half-century sooner — will almost surely hasten the day when Cubans are free from the Castro government ...

In January 1961, the American embassy in Cuba was abruptly closed as the U.S. State Department recalled all of its personnel and President Eisenhower formally severed relations with the island nation.