Melissa slightly stronger Category 4 hurricane, threatening catastrophic flooding in Jamaica, Haiti
Hurricane Melissa strengthened into a major Category 4 hurricane, with the possibility of intensifying to a Category 5 storm Sunday night, unleashing torrential rain and threatening to cause catastrophic flooding in the northern Caribbean, including Haiti and Jamaica, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said.
Like many Cuban exiles, the Freedom Tower holds special meaning for Jorge and Rita Fernandez, or as I call them, “mom and dad.”
Members of Congress stood alongside dignitaries from across the globe Saturday, calling it a pivotal moment in Cuba’s economic crisis as conditions on the island continue to deteriorate.
Months after Miguel “Mike” Fernandez celebrated his 12th birthday, armed members of Fidel Castro’s militia frightened him and his 10-year-old sister when they interrupted Christmas Eve dinner at their home in Manzanillo, then known as the Pearl of the Guacanayabo.
A boat rented in Key West crossed international waters and was found in Cuba.
Charges have been dropped against Cuban-American telenovela actor Pedro Moreno after his wife and daughter declined to cooperate with prosecutors following his arrest in a domestic dispute that occurred last month, according to a closeout memo obtained by Local 10 News on Friday.
President Donald Trump’s administration has been issuing warnings to Cubans, Haitians, Venezuelans, and Nicaraguans that their immigration status under a humanitarian program has changed.
Ariel and Elena Lara moved from Cuba to South Florida where their son was recently born and they had faith in the American Dream.
A recent U.S. Supreme Court ruling affecting Temporary Protected Status for Venezuelans has sent shockwaves through South Florida’s immigrant communities and among business owners.
Pope Francis’ visit to the United States in September of 2015 was part of a larger trip to North America.
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement announced Monday that it had arrested a Cuban national who was in the U.S. illegally. The FBI and U.S. Customs and Border Protection assisted in the arrest.
A judge in Miami federal court Friday sentenced a 26-year-old woman who admitted to helping smuggle a group of Cuban migrants -- including a 9-month-old baby, children, and teenagers -- who died at sea.
After a U.S. Coast Guard crew reported a suspicious go-fast boat in the Bahamas, U.S. Customs and Border Protection officers joined a pursuit.
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security announced Wednesday that a group of federal agents had arrested a man in Broward County who was accused of formerly spying for Cuba.
Una tripulación de la Guardia Costera con sede en el sur de Florida repatrió a 12 migrantes cubanos a la isla el miércoles luego de dos intentos de migración, confirmaron funcionarios de la Guardia Costera en un comunicado de prensa.
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.
The emotional shockwaves of a 6.8 magnitude earthquake near Cuba are being felt in South Florida.
Rafael se fortaleció hasta convertirse en un gran huracán de categoría 3 con vientos de 115 mph poco antes de golpear la costa sur del oeste de Cuba a las 4:15 p.m. ET del miércoles cerca de Playa Majana en la provincia de Artemisa.
Rafael strengthened into a major Category 3 hurricane with 115 mph winds shortly before striking the southern coast of western Cuba at 4:15 PM ET Wednesday near Playa Majana in Artemisa Province.
A Miami-based professor is warning that heightened deportation efforts under potential Trump administration policies could impact over a million immigrants in Florida alone, with local communities and families facing serious consequences.
Tropical Storm Rafael formed on Monday in the Caribbean – the 17th named storm of the busy 2024 Atlantic hurricane season – and is on track to impact the Cayman Islands on Tuesday and parts of western Cuba on Wednesday as a hurricane.
Photos of Helene's aftermath show the flooding and destruction left behind in Cuba and Florida.
A 39-year-old man in Miami-Dade County stands accused Wednesday of money laundering millions as part of a scheme with links to Venezuela, Cuba, Panama, and Spain.
A stricter rationing of bread is happening in Cuba where an ongoing food shortage continues.
Un grupo de 43 migrantes de Cuba fue detenido la madrugada del martes después de llegar a tierra en los Cayos de Florida, confirmaron las autoridades.
A group of 43 migrants from Cuba were detained early Tuesday morning after they came ashore in the Florida Keys, authorities confirmed.
The U.S. State Department did not address the concerns that several outraged lawmakers in South Florida had about a “Cuban communist party operative” who was legally allowed to be in the United States.
Tropical Depression Four is likely to strengthen into Tropical Depression Debby on Saturday, and later into a hurricane.
Thirty Cuban migrants are now in the custody of the U.S. Border Patrol after making landfall Wednesday on the Marquesas Keys -- uninhabited islands west of Key West.
Authorities responded to a migrant landing on Tuesday morning in Key West.
Officials need the public's help identifying a man who died in the Florida straits after escaping Cuba on a homemade vessel.
A delegation from the Cuban government toured TSA facilities at Miami International Airport on Monday.
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed House Bill 1264 on the 63rd anniversary of the “Bay of Pigs” which will now require Florida public schools to educate students on the history and “evil accuracies” of communism and socialism.
A former career American diplomat was sentenced to 15 years in prison Friday after authorities say he served as a secret agent for communist Cuba going back decades in what prosecutors portrayed as one of the most brazen and long-running betrayals in the history of the U.S. foreign service.
The high priests of the Afro-Cuban religion of Santeria announced on Tuesday that their predictions included more violence and financial problems in 2024.
Ismael Hernandez flew a motorized hand glider in March from Cuba to the United States. The 29-year-old pilot said he made the final decision to leave it all behind a day before the flight.
A building in the historic center of Havana that housed 13 families has collapsed, leaving one person dead and at least two injured.
Cuba's Minister of Foreign Affairs says the Cuban Embassy in Washington, D.C. was “the target of a terrorist attack” Sunday night when two Molotov cocktails were thrown at the building, ABC News reported.
Sigmund Garcia, who was born in Venezuela and moved to South Florida about a year ago, said in Spanish that he lives with the fear of deportation.
Miguel Díaz-Canel, Cuba’s president, used his time at the United Nations General Assembly to criticize the United States’ “coercive measures” and “merciless economic warfare.”
On Monday, the Cuban government reported that law enforcement on the island was working to “neutralize and dismantle” a human trafficking ring related to the Russian war in Ukraine.
The U.S. Coast Guard took 2 Cuban migrants on Tuesday back to Cuba after recent interdictions off Florida’s coast.
Six Cuban migrants landed in the Florida Keys early Tuesday morning, according to a top official with the U.S. Border Patrol.
