People who have withstood 64 years of economic blockade won’t simply raise a white flag at the latest sign of adversity.

Then, in early April, a local business owner opened what is believed to be Cuba’s first solar-powered charging station — and it was free. Cubans soon flocked to the solar station — or “solinera” as it’s known in Cuba — recharging everything from electric vehicles to UV nail lamps.

It’s unclear what comes next. What’s most clear is the suffering ordinary Cuban people are facing.

Cuba is no stranger to economic and political crises. But a combination of nationwide blackouts and a fuel shortage–made worse by a U.S.-imposed oil blockade–have recently led to escalating political tensions in the Caribbean island nation. The ...

Here & Now's Indira Lakshmanan speaks with Associated Press editor Cristiana Mesquita about what life is like now in Cuba, where there's an energy shortage, frequent blackouts and an uncertain future. President Trump pledged to do "something with Cuba very ...

The situation for those living in Cuba is growing more dire by the day as the island grapples with dwindling oil supplies to fuel everyday life, experts on Cuban-U.S. relations told ABC News. On Thursday,

Cuba is working to restore its electricity supply after another islandwide blackout this weekend. Since early January, the Trump administration has shut off the flow of oil to Cuba in an attempt to pressure the Communist-run island into making significant ...

Speaking from exile in Miami, the 70-year-old reflects on the moment she learned she was Castro’s daughter, on current negotiations between Cuba and the United States, and on the damage her father inf