Soaring world rice prices have Cubans worried about keeping the national dish of beans and rice on the table - and officials are scrambling to increase local production. ...more

July 2, 2008

The egalitarian wage system former President Fidel Castro spent decades building in Cuba is no longer viable, plagued by low pay, corruption and waste that can be eased by paying workers more for better work, a top labor official said in an interview published Wednesday. ...more

June 12, 2008

Republican John McCain, speaking to a raucous crowd on Cuba's independence day, hammered Democrat Barack Obama for saying he would meet with President Raul Castro and called Obama a "tool of organized labor" for opposing a Latin American trade deal. ...more

May 21, 2008

Cuba's gay community celebrated unprecedented openness - and political alliances - with a government-backed campaign against homophobia Saturday. ...more

May 18, 2008

Cubans are getting wired. The island's communist government put desktop computers on sale to the public for the first time Friday, ending a ban on PC sales as another despised restriction on daily life fell away under new President Raul Castro. ...more

May 3, 2008

Cuba announced a major shake-up of its troubled farm sector on May Day, shifting control of the island's farms from officials at the Agriculture Ministry to more than 150 local delegations. ...more

May 2, 2008

Meet the new boss, same as the old boss. That was pretty much the reaction of the local Cuban-American community after hearing Sunday that Fidel Castro's brother, Raul, would rule the country many once called home. ...more

February 24, 2008

They are called "Raulistas" - top military men who manage much of Cuba's economy and populate the upper reaches of power. Today, these men likely will ensure that Raul Castro not only succeeds his brother Fidel as president, but also remains in firm control. ...more

February 24, 2008

Cubans Deserve Support Regarding "Cubans Hope Change Will Break Shackles From Past" (front page, Feb. 20): ...more

February 24, 2008

They've traveled the world. Surfed the Web. And watched news direct from the BBC and CNN, rather than filtered through a government censor. ...more

February 22, 2008