The café is spacious and softly buzzing, with quiet conversations carrying over from distant tables. Reflections flicker in the large mirrors lining the walls of the Lavapiés café where we meet.

As tensions between the US and Cuba rise to the highest levels since the Cuban Missile Crisis, the mood was grim at a recent staff meeting at the US Embassy in Havana.

On a recent Thursday at 1:45 a.m., as I watched the last dinner guests spiral down the vertigo-steep stairs from El Cocinero’s rooftop bar—to where gypsy cabs, old Chevys, and Soviet-era Ladas waited ...

Authentic Cuban-style coffee brand receives strong reception from major retailers and distributors at premier San Diego ...

Soar over Havana, Cuba’s vibrant capital, where colonial architecture, colorful facades, and the shimmering Caribbean Sea ...

HAVANA — You can’t see the secret world of Havana’s rooftops from the street. But get high enough and look out across the skyline and it’s there, a whole other city in the air. It’s a hidden village ...

Reporting from Havana — As the sun sinks over Old Havana, a row of ramshackle apartment buildings fades from sherbet bright to creamy hues of pale pink, yellow and green. Storm clouds hover above the ...