A single vessel carrying 842 Haitians who apparently were trying to reach the United States has landed instead in central Cuba

The United States might invite a Cuban representative to the Summit of the Americas next month, according to a U.S. official

The deal is pending approval by the Cuban government but could open the door for additional American dollars flowing to entrepreneurs in the island nation.

The explosion that devastated Havana's Hotel Saratoga and killed 45 people also badly damaged Cuba's most important Baptist church, which is next door

An explosion caused by an apparent gas leak killed at least eight people and injured dozens more at a 5-star hotel in downtown Havana.

Relatives of the missing in Cuba’s capital are desperately searching for victims of an explosion at one of Havana's most luxurious hotels that killed at least 27 people

Twenty-six people are dead, including four minors, from an explosion at a hotel in Havana, Cuba, apparently caused by a gas leak.

A gas leak is suspected as the cause of the blast at Hotel Saratoga in the Old Havana neighborhood.

The United States and Cuba have held their highest-level diplomatic talks in four years after a severe disruption in ties during the Trump administration

A trade fair in Cuba's capital is a commercial milestone for the country.

Grocery shopping has become an increasingly costly and arduous struggle for many people in Cuba

Six Cuban migrants in a sinking vessel were rescued off the Florida coast.

The Biden administration has slapped a travel ban on eight Cuban officials it says have been complicit in the repression of opposition protesters and other dissidents

ABC News’ Marcus Moore reports on the latest developments in the kidnapping of American missionaries in Haiti and the ransom demand of $17 million for their release.

Linsey Davis speaks with ABC News contributor and former senior FBI official Richard Frankel on how U.S. officials might negotiate with the Haitian gang to release the 16 American missionaries.

The Haitian government said they suspect the 400 Mazowo gang is responsible for the kidnapping of the missionaries.

An urgent effort is underway by U.S. officials to rescue 17 members of an Ohio-based Christian organization who were kidnapped Saturday by a gang in Haiti.

Former Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Stephen T. Ganyard discusses the consequences of the kidnapping and the current crises Haiti is facing.

The gang in Haiti is suspected of holding 16 U.S. citizens -- including five children -- and one Canadian, and is reportedly demanding $1 million in ransom for each person.

Nine of the 24 players on its U-23 national team at the World Cup defected.

Sitting on her mother’s lap, 2-year-old Lucía looked at the illustrations in her book while around her several children watched the doctors in white coats and nurses with thermometers in amazement

Opening a small business is a bureaucratic headache in many parts of the world.

Cuba is seeing a surge in unauthorized migration, fueled by an economic crisis.

ABC News' Linsey Davis speaks with Cuba’s ambassador to the UN Yuri Gala on last month's protests in Cuba amid economic hardships, and the Cuban government’s crackdown.

Biden will meet with Cuban-American leaders to discuss social progress in Cuba.

Cuba's foreign minister says the country's embassy in Paris has been attacked with gasoline bombs

In his first steps toward his own Cuba policy, President Joe Biden is sanctioning the Cuban defense minister and its special forces.

Island nation was stunned by the most widespread protests in decades.

Thousands of Cubans began protests last weekend against limited vaccines, food.

Anti-government protesters in Cuba say the COVID-19 pandemic has exacerbated long-standing issues about food, electricity and basic goods in the country.

The U.N. rights chief is urging the release of all those detained in Cuba’s protests and calling on the government to address their grievances

Cuban officials say one person has died during demonstrations that have shaken the island in recent days by protesting over food shortages, high prices and other grievances against the government

Demonstrators backing rare street protests by thousands in communist Cuba have blocked a stretch of a major South Florida highway

In Miami, Cuban Americans took to the streets for a third day and blocked a highway for hours demanding the U.S. take action to support demonstrators in Cuba.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel blames the U.S. embargo for food and fuel shortages that sparked unprecedented demonstrations across the island.

Cubans facing the worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets.

ABC News’ Linsey Davis speaks with "Belly of the Beast" journalist Reed Lindsay on the outbreak of protests in Cuba as tensions boil over amid a worsening economic crisis.

Large contingents of Cuban police are patrolling the capital of Havana following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis

Thousands of people took to the streets in Cuba and Miami to protest shortages in food and medicine as the island nation battles COVID-19.

President Joe Biden responded to the largest protests the island has seen in nearly three decades, saying the calls for freedom “must be respected.”

Plus, Texas lawmakers battle over voting rights in a special session, and the delta variant fuels surge in COVID-19 cases as students prepare to go back to school.

President Joe Biden on Monday released a statement in solidarity with the people of Cuba who marched on the island Sunday to protest leadership amid the pandemic.

Cubans facing the country’s worst economic crisis in decades took to the streets over the weekend

Thousands of people marched across the island Sunday to protest the lack of freedoms and worsening economic conditions.

Plus, Haitian authorities have arrested a man with Florida ties and accused him of playing a major role in the assassination of President Jovenel Moise. ABC News’ Andrew Dymburt has more.

Thousands of Cubans have marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere.

The Cuban Baseball Federation says one of the players on the national team has defected a few hours after the squad arrived in Florida to participate in a qualifying tournament for the Summer Olympics in Tokyo

Raul Castro says he is stepping down as head of Cuba’s Communist Party, ending an era of formal leadership by he and his brother Fidel Castro that began with the 1959 revolution

Tourists and others must isolate at their own expense for several days.

The Trump administration has re-designated Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism" in a move that hits the country with new sanctions shortly before President-elect Joe Biden takes office