Melissa has already turned deadly across Haiti and the Dominican Republic, but AccuWeather meteorologists warn that the worst may be yet to come with the storm on track to intensify.

Tropical Storm Melissa is forecast to rapidly intensify over the coming weekend, posing an extreme and life-threatening threat to parts of the Caribbean, with a dangerous major hurricane landfall now predicted for Cuba next week.

Cuba’s 94-year-old ruler Raúl Castro, who is officially retired, reappeared this week to preside over a rare national defense council meeting and reassert that he is Cuba’s ruler amid Havana’s increasing fears over chances of a U.

Hundreds of people in Cuba have attended a Mass to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Celia Cruz’s birth just days after authorities canceled a theater performance in honor of the revered singer without explanation,

The U.S. Navy was evacuating hundreds of residents from its base at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, ahead of Melissa after the commander there expanded an earlier order to include all “non-mission-essential-U.S. citizens.”

In reparto, Cuba’s rising urban music sound, the lyrics paint women as objects, conquests and fantasies. Cuban reparteras — female reparto artists — say it’s time to flip the script.

Much has been made of the deployment of U.S. naval forces in the Caribbean, off the coast of Venezuela, to interdict and sink ships belonging to drug

Beijing has built more than bases and businesses in Cuba — it has drafted a new manual for influence within sight of US shores.