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Hurricane Melissa, Relief, Caribbean
October 31, 2025
The Caribbean diaspora from Miami to New York City is turning its heartbreak from Hurricane Melissa into action.
HURRICANE MELISSA theGrio.com
October 30, 2025
From Jamaica to Haiti, these nonprofit organizations and community groups are working to help communities rebuild after Hurricane Melissa.
October 30, 2025
The Category 5 storm left thousands homeless, dozens dead, and entire towns cut off as rescue crews race to reach…
February 25, 2024
Juana Bacallao, a renowned Cuban singer who performed until recently, died died Saturday after spending several days at a Havana…
April 11, 2023
While nearly 70% of Latin America’s 670 million people consider themselves Catholic, in Cuba, Santería is the name of the…
January 13, 2023
The Coast Guard returned another 177 Cuban migrants who were caught at sea off Florida to the island on Thursday,…
December 6, 2022
Cuban officials announced on Monday that women boxers would be able to compete for the first time ever.
November 27, 2022
Cuba’s versions of Craigslist advertise everything from imported electric bicycles to “capitalist apartments” in Havana’s wealthy districts.
September 27, 2022
Hurricane Ian made landfall at 4:30 a.m. in Cuba’s Pinar del Rio province, where officials set up 55 shelters and…
July 7, 2022
The death of Zidan Batista Álvarez is drawing attention to a pervasive issue of police brutality and racial discrimination in…
May 26, 2022
Desperate to reach the US due to deteriorating conditions in Haiti, 842 migrants instead made it to Cuba, after being…
May 22, 2022
Russian coach Andrei Voronkov faces a ban of up to two years for making a racist comment about Cuban player…
May 17, 2022
The White House is looking to relax rules on Cuba, including expanding the amount families can send and easing travel.
October 23, 2021
Thousands of migrants from Honduras, El Salvador and Haiti have been waiting in the southern city of Tapachula for refugee…
Haiti Cuba thegrio.com
July 22, 2021
Black Americans should be just as outraged by what's happening in Cuba and Haiti as they are at racism at…
Cuba thegrio.com
July 19, 2021
TheGrio talks to Dr. Danielle Clealand, an expert on Latin America who wrote an award-winning book "The Power of Race…
July 17, 2021
Protests in Cuba forced the government to release some restrictions, but things are still uncertain in the Communist country.
Black lives Matter thegrio.com
July 15, 2021
Black Lives Matter has called the U.S. government’s decades-long embargo on Cuba 'cruel and inhumane,' in an Instagram post.
July 14, 2021
Haiti and Cuba are suddenly posing a growing challenge for Joe Biden that could have political ramifications for him in…
Cuba
July 13, 2021
A politically charged hip-hop song has become the backdrop for the civil unrest that has rocked Cuba this summer.