Beyond the Cuban diaspora, the genre known as reparto is overwhelmingly unknown. But on the streets of Havana and Hialeah, Miami, reparto is inescapable, pulsing from balconies and portable speakers ...

HAVANA (AP) — It wasn’t that long ago that Cuba’s rich percussion scene was essentially a boys’ club, dominated by men due to macho attitudes and religious tradition. Perceived as too weak for the ...

Aleida Josefa Perez said she was 5 years old when her mother told her she was as beautiful as Miss Universe. However, the pageant regular — she recently participated in the Miss Earth contest — did ...

On January 15 the 24th session of the United Nations' Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination Against Women began the first of its twice-yearly sessions in UN headquarters in New York — for the ...

Amnesty International released a report Tuesday documenting institutional gender-based violence against women human rights activists and journalists in Cuba, calling for an end to the practices. In ...