President Hugo Chavez has travelled to Cuba for another round of cancer treatment, saying he will be in Havana for several days.

Hope of political reforms dismissed as Benedict XVI meets Raul Castro on tour of the island

Pope Benedict XVI arrived in Cuba in the footsteps of his more famous predecessor, gently pressing the island's long-time communist leaders to push through "legitimate" reforms their people desire.

Cuban authorities detained a prominent dissident and dozens of her colleagues, then rounded up more activists while they staged a weekly protest march through Havana just days before a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.

The best way to discover more about the Caribbean's largest island is by bicycle, as a colourful circular tour from Havana reveals.

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez came out of cancer surgery on Monday night in Cuba and is recovering in a hospital, sources reported yesterday.

Cuba says 38 Haitian migrants have died after a boat they were in sank off the island's eastern coast.

When her husband Héctor Maseda was jailed by Fidel Castro's communist regime along with 74 other dissidents in March 2003, Laura Pollán was a softly spoken 55-year-old teacher of Spanish language and literature at a Havana secondary school. She was looking forward to early retirement the following year to tend her beloved cats and plants.

Musical powerhouse though it is, Cuba is not well known for its electric guitarists.

Last week the streets of Havana witnessed their first ever gay pride march. Gianluca Mezzofiore talks to those on the front line of the island's equality movement

President Hugo Chavez returned to Venezuela from Cuba today, declaring that he felt "fine" as he recovered from surgery that removed a cancerous tumour.

The man who pays his way

Benicio Del Toro has form when it comes to Cuba, having played Che Guevara. Now the brooding actor has chosen the country as the setting for his directing debut. Kaleem Aftab goes on set

As a frail Fidel Castro relinquishes any power, old guard stand firm