The long history of America's conflict with Cuba

The small island nation, 90 miles from Florida, has played an outsized role in American foreign policy for nearly 70 years.
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Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

A boat carrying 10 heavily armed men entered Cuban territorial waters on Feb. 25, 2026, intent, according to officials in Havana, on infiltrating the island nation and undermining the communist ...
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'For my descendants,' Cuban American author tells Cuba's history through lens of his ancestors

Author Lisandro Pérez knows Cuba’s long history: a Spanish colony, the British occupation, wars of independence, U.S. military occupation, the Batista dictatorship and the Castro revolution. In his ...
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The lost history of Latin America’s role in averting catastrophe during the Cuban missile crisis

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A map prepared by the Defense Department in 1962 shows potential ranges of Soviet ballistic missiles from Cuba. Department of ...
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The forgotten history of Hershey’s electric railway in Cuba

In 1916, the chocolate magnate built a railroad to keep its sugar moving ...
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With Cuban ally Maduro ousted, Trump warns Havana to make a ‘deal’ before it’s too late

WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President Donald Trump on Sunday fired off another warning to the government of Cuba as the close ally of Venezuela braces for potential widespread unrest after Nicolás ...
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Now is the time to seriously consider giving Cuba’s communist thugs a final shove into the dustbin of history

“Cuba looks like it is ready to fall,” President Trump told reporters on Air Force One last Sunday. As the free world basked in the news of the president’s ouster of former Venezuelan ruler Nicolás ...
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Cuba and Puerto Rico Transdisciplinary Approaches to History, Literature, and Culture

Cover -- Half Title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- List of Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction: ""Two Wings of a Bird -- Part I. Cuba and Puerto Rico ...
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Coca-Cola’s History in Cuba Seen in Rare Photos Up for Auction

Prefer Newsweek on Google to see more of our trusted coverage when you search. A rare collection of Coca-Cola memorabilia, shedding light on the company's early operations in Cuba, is set to go up for ...
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'For my descendants,' Cuban American author tells Cuba's history through lens of his ancestors

The House On G Street is Lisandro Perez' newest book. The title refers to the house that his grandfather built in 1920 in Vedado, Havana Cuba. "I got a sense of belonging and a sense of family in that ...
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Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Cuban coast guard ships docked at the port of Havana on Feb. 25, 2026. Adalberto Roque/ AFP via Getty Images A boat carrying 10 ...
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Cuba’s speedboat shootout recalls long history of exile groups engaged in covert ops aimed at regime change

(The Conversation is an independent and nonprofit source of news, analysis and commentary from academic experts.) William M. LeoGrande, American University School of Public Affairs (THE CONVERSATION) ...