Cuba has not had enough money in the last four years to keep up with spending on social programmes. Read more at straitstimes ...

Cuba's Labor Minister claimed there are no beggars in the nation, drawing criticism from President Miguel Díaz-Canel. He ...

Miguel Díaz-Canel delivered a speech during the conclusion of the Fifth Ordinary Session of the National Assembly of People's ...

Cuba's Labor Minister, Marta Elena Feito, was dismissed following controversial remarks suggesting the country's beggars were fakes. Her statements ignited public outrage amid Cuba's economic struggle ...

Amidst Cuba's severe economic hardships, leader Miguel Díaz-Canel continues to rely on the regime's hollow rhetoric, ...

“We’ve seen people who appear to be beggars,” Feitó told the commission. “When you look at their hands, at the clothes these ...

Cuba's labor minister denied there are beggars in the poor, Communist-run country in official testimony, prompting rare ...

HAVANA (AP) — Leaders from Latin America and the Caribbean began arriving in Cuba on Sunday to talk about poverty and inequality at a summit of a fledgling regional bloc formed as a force for ...

IN ONE of the most enduring axioms of revolutionary integrity, Amilcar Cabral — African liberation theorist, freedom fighter, ...

In the late 1990s, acclaimed Cuban mystery writer Leonardo Padura captured the poignant resignation of those who chose to stay on the island, enduring hardships following both the Cuban Revolution ...

In Cuba, racial inequality deepens with tourism boom. By Chris Arsenault. February 2, ... As capitalism creeps into Cuba more than 60 years after a revolution that promised social equality, ...

William Abel peers inside a plastic bag he dug out of a trash can in Havana while scrounging for his next meal.- 'A small ...