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James Franco Is Facing Backlash For His Casting As Fidel Castro
BuzzFeed via Yahoo News· 2 years agoOn Thursday, Deadline confirmed that actor James Franco will play Cuba's former leader Fidel Castro...
Cuba’s request for U.N. food aid is a striking admission of revolution’s failure | Opinion
Miami Herald via AOL· 3 months agoCuba’s March 4 admission that it has requested the United Nations’ World Food Programme (WFP) for...
Once cherished in Miami, Elián González is set to become a legislator in Cuba
Miami Herald via AOL· 1 year agoElián González, the Cuban boy found clinging to an inner tube near Florida shores who became the...
Cuba’s baseball players are flocking to the US with dreams of the major leagues
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoCuban eight-year-old Kevin Kindelan, a hot-handed shortstop for a Central Havana junior league...
Cuba’s dictatorship turned 65, and Cubans are fleeing like never before | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 5 months agoThe 65th anniversary of Cuba’ s dictatorship on Jan. 1 drew little international attention, but it...
John Leguizamo says casting James Franco as Fidel Castro in new biopic is ‘F’d up’: ‘He ain’t...
The Independent via Yahoo News· 2 years agoJohn Leguizamo has called out the “F’d up” news that James Franco has been cast to play Fidel Castro...
The Russians are coming back to Cuba, prepared to challenge U.S. on its doorstep | Opinion
Miami Herald via Yahoo News· 12 months agoPerhaps they never left Cuba. They have been on the island since Fidel Castro welcomed them in 1959....
Cuba's first Little League World Series team has family ties to MLB's Gurriel brothers
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 10 months agoIn the scene, Luis Gurriel Sr. gets choked up when he explains his one wish. "I told my wife once,...
'Brother, I could make a documentary': The evolution of baseball player departures from Cuba
USA TODAY Sports via Yahoo Sports· 2 years agoBALTIMORE — Aledmys Díaz stuffed his jersey into a small backpack and walked away from the Cuban...
Cuban Singer-Songwriter Pablo Milanes Dies at 79
Billboard via Yahoo News· 2 years agoPablo Milanés, the Latin Grammy-winning balladeer who helped found Cuba’s “nueva trova” movement and toured the world as a cultural ambassador for Fidel...