The death of one of Cuba's most prominent dissidents has come at an especially difficult time for Cuba's small opposition movement. Laura Pollan, the founder of the Ladies in White, died last Friday ...

In reparto, Cuba's rising urban music sound, the lyrics paint women as objects, conquests and fantasies. Cuban reparteras — ...

Cuban authorities detained about 70 members of the dissident group Ladies in White over the weekend, including 18 who staged its weekly Sunday march in the Cuban capital. The 18 women, dressed in ...

HAVANA (AP) – A Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White held its customary weekly protest without incident Sunday on the eve of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to the island. The lack of any ...

A memorial vigil is being held in Union City tonight for Laura Pollán Toledo, a founder of Cuba's dissident group Ladies in White, who died Friday in a Havana hospital at the age of 63. The vigil is ...

HAVANA (AP) — Legnis Cala Massó carefully removes her necklace and smiles as her coach slides her bright red boxing gloves over her French tip nails. The 31-year-old swings her wiry body into the ring ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - The opposition group "Ladies in White" accused the Cuban government on Sunday of "murdering" by neglect a 31-year-old dissident who died last week following a hunger strike in ...

HAVANA (AP) — Cuba was an early leader in recognizing women’s rights and equality after Fidel Castro’s revolution in 1959. Women were put in positions of power and responsibility, and the government ...

HAVANA - Cuban authorities detained about 70 members of the dissident group Ladies in White over the weekend, drawing fresh attention to human rights issues days ahead of a visit by Pope Bendict XVI.