Cuba is an island nation located on the northern rim of the Caribbean Sea. It is the largest of the Greater Antilles islands. To Cuba's east is the island of Hispaniola, shared by Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Off the southeastern coast of...

A Cuban American is a United States citizen who traces his or her ancestry to Cuba. Many communities throughout the United States have significant Cuban American populations. However, Miami, Florida stands out as the most prominent Cuban American...

MIGUEL PEREZ The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 10-22-1997 CUBAN-AMERICAN DREAMS By MIGUEL PEREZ Date: 10-22-1997, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- 4 Star, 3 Star Late, 3 Star, 2 Star, 1 Star Commentators on my television kept talking about the achievements...

MIGUEL PEREZ The Record (Bergen County, NJ) 01-12-2000 IN THIS CORNER, THE CUBAN - AND IN THIS, THE AMERICAN By MIGUEL PEREZ Date: 01-12-2000, Wednesday Section: NEWS Edition: All Editions -- Four Star B, Three Star B, Two Star P, One Star B...

Sometimes large-scale international diplomacy is about small-scale gestures.On Monday, it was nine Ukrainian children playing with dolphins at the Miami Seaquarium while waiting to be fitted with free prosthetic limbs. Their visit and treatment are courtesy of Ukrainian first lady Kateryna Yushchenko, members of South...

Cuban-Americans are financing the smuggling Cuban immigrants through Mexico's Yucatan Peninsula, an illegal trade that is fomented by the U.S. policy of granting Cubans automatic asylum, Mexican Attorney General Eduardo Medina Mora said Monday.A violent ring of immigrant smugglers operates in Mexico, where Cubans land...