Cuba
Celia Cruz, the 'Queen of Salsa,' Will Appear on U.S. Quarter
She is one of five honorees selected by the American Women Quarters Program
What a Spanish Shipwreck Reveals About the Final Years of the Slave Trade
Forty-one of the 561 enslaved Africans on board the "Guerrero" died when the illegal slave ship sank off the Florida Keys in 1827
Hurricane Ian Slams Cuba, Heads for Florida’s West Coast
The storm approached Florida as a Category 4 hurricane, with top winds reaching 155 miles per hour
A Brief History of Airplane Hijackings, From the Cold War to D.B. Cooper
In the late 1960s and early 1970s, hijackings occurred, on average, once every five days globally
What Made Mariano Rodríguez' Art Uniquely Cuban
A mid-century modernist and native son elevated ordinary Cuban life
A Makeshift Raft Speaks to the Risks Cubans Took to Escape Their Homeland
In the mid-1990s, tens of thousands left in boats or handcrafted floats facing treacherous waters in search of a better life
'Do You Hear What I Hear?' Conjures Images of Peace Everywhere—and Nuclear Annihilation
Composed at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, the classic Christmas song contains another message—one of unity
The Florida Resort That Played an Unlikely Role in the Bay of Pigs Fiasco
Sixty years ago, the CIA-backed invasion of Cuba failed disastrously. It all began, here, on Useppa Island
How Alice Neel's Revolutionary Portraits Put People First
A new show at the Metropolitan Museum of Art features 100 of the American artist's paintings, drawings and watercolors
The Once-Classified Tale of Juanita Moody: The Woman Who Helped Avert a Nuclear War
America’s bold response to the Soviet Union depended on an unknown spy agency operative whose story can at last be told
From the 'Sidedoor' Podcast: How a Woman-Led Record Label Spread Songs of Protest and Revolution
This episode from the sixth season of the Smithsonian's "Sidedoor" podcast delves into the history of Barbara Dane's revolutionary Paredon Records
You Could Own a Lipstick Gun, a Poison-Tipped Umbrella and Other KGB Spy Tools
Next February, Julien's Auctions will sell some 3,000 items from the shuttered KGB Espionage Museum's collection
Fidel Castro Stayed in Harlem 60 Years Ago to Highlight Racial Injustice in the U.S.
The Cuban revolutionary shined a light on the stark economic disparities in America, much to the chagrin of the U.S. government
Follow Ernest Hemingway’s Footsteps Through Havana
Sixty-five years after nabbing a Nobel, many of Papa Hemingway’s favorite haunts are still open to the public
These Photographs Capture Cuba’s Fading Cinema Culture
In a new book, photographer Carolina Sandretto focuses on a piece of the island’s heritage that is often overlooked
New Conservation Center to Preserve Hemingway’s Legacy in Cuba
The facility is located at Finca Vigía, the property where Hemingway lived for more than two decades and where he wrote some of his most lauded books
How CIA-Backed Spies Detected Soviet Nukes First During Cuban Missile Crisis
A report from <i>Yahoo News</i> lays out how a network of agents detected Soviet operations on the island before a U-2 spy plane snapped the famous photos
When Fidel Castro Charmed the United States
Sixty years ago this month, the romantic victory of the young Cuban revolutionaries amazed the world—and led to a surreal evening on “The Ed Sullivan Show”
The Quest to Preserve the Last of Castro's Crocodiles
Breeders are trying to save a 'pure' Cuban crocodile—but out in the wild, divisions between species are increasingly murky
The Man Who Saved Havana
As its greatest old buildings were falling down, a fearless historian named Eusebio Leal remade the city into a stunning world destination
