Cuba denies any deal to free political prisoners as quiet negotiations with the U.S. intensify, with Washington warning of consequences if reforms aren't made.

Havana will not abide by any American “ultimatums” to release political prisoners as part of new talks, a Cuban diplomat said Thursday, while asserting

"I have no fear. I am willing to give my life for the revolution."

It’s now been nearly two weeks since Cuba announced it would release more than 2,000 prisoners. And as CBS News Miami’s Erika Gonzalez reports, any hopes that the release would include political

Cuban authorities have intensified arrests of minors and evangelical Christians accused of anti-government activity, drawing condemnation from human rights groups. The crackdown comes as President Miguel Díaz-Canel promotes a nationalist signature ...

In early April, amid mounting U.S. pressure, the Cuban government announced that it was releasing over 2,000 prisoners in what the Cuban Embassy in Washington called a “humanitarian and sovereign gesture.

Cuba’s economic and political freedom is taking center stage Monday in South Florida as economists and former government officials meet to discuss the country’s challenges and opportunities ahead.

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt on Monday said the decision to allow a Russian oil tanker to reach Cuba despite a blockade does not amount to a change in U.S. policy. “This is not a policy change; there has not been a formal change in ...

Cuba needs “neither foreign rescue nor another official mythology. It needs the space and the institutions to rebuild itself,” writes Ricardo Torres.