Explained for curious readers and the diaspora: the music, films, books and people behind the island's story.
On 15 May 1943, Cuba's CS-13 sank German submarine U-176 off northern Cuba. See the engagement, U-176's specifications, and primary historical sources.
Sucu sucu is a Cuban rhythm-dance from Isla de Pinos. Learn how Eliseo Grenet popularized it in the 1930s and what sources document its origins.
How the Lebanese-Mexican Bichir family became a three-generation acting dynasty, with key film credits and ties to Havana’s Latin American film festival.