I have been thinking of the strange verb "immiserate," plus its various forms like "immiseration," meaning the act of impoverishing or making people miserable, as in, "The workers were immiserated." ...

The labor and social security minister drew public outrage when she said “there are no beggars” in Cuba, where many people struggle to afford food. By David C. Adams Reporting from Florida Cuba’s ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A person checks a garbage container, looking for food, in Havana last summer. File Photo by Ernesto Mastrascusa/EPA Aug. 13 (UPI) ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. After Hurricane Melissa ravaged eastern Cuba last month and left thousands stranded without a home, a number of church groups, ...

Screenshot of a video published by Santiago de Cuba Catholic Priest Leandro NaungHung (right) showing the needs of his congregation in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Leandro NaungHung, You Tube.

Wendy and I spent seven days in Cuba from Feb. 28 to March 7. Our trip, with a group of editors and publishers from the Inland Press Association, started in Miami, where we flew to Havana. We also ...

Millions of Cubans are slipping deeper into extreme poverty as runaway inflation and chronic shortages make daily survival increasingly difficult. The surge in prices has pushed basic goods far beyond ...

Screenshot of a video published by Santiago de Cuba Catholic Priest Leandro NaungHung (right) showing the needs of his congregation in the aftermath of Hurricane Melissa. Leandro NaungHung, You Tube.

In an interview with CNN, he sought to blame the country’s dire poverty, rolling blackouts, and wasted potential on the U.S. blockade rather than the failures of Cuba’s communist system. Critics noted ...

Cuba’s communist dictatorship is broke and seems to have run out of suckers who might lend it more. This month we learned that it’s turned to confiscating dollars and euros from foreign businesses on ...