Cuba

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro died this past Friday at age 90, though he has hardly been in public since his health started to deteriorate in…

Pope Francis will visit the United States later this week. Francis is the leader of the Catholic Church, whose 1.2 billion members worldwide include about…

Frequent Desert Companion contributor Launce Rake is more than just a writer, raconteur, boulevardier and member of the intelligentsia. He’s also a seasoned traveler. Not long ago he returned from nearly two weeks in Cuba, fortuitously timed with the Obama administration’s effort to thaw relations with that island nation.

Led by Music Director Osmo Vänskä, Minnesota Orchestra performances in Havana will be broadcast live throughout Cuba, and across the U.S.; delayed…

Pablo Medina left Cuba when he was 12, but he still remembers Havana and the salty breeze off the ocean. He lives in New York now. The poet joins us to…