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Cuba

We track the state of the US-Cuba relationship, from President Obama's historic rapprochement to President Trump's reversal of Obama's policies.

John Bolton just gave an “Axis of Evil” speech about Latin America

By Alex Ward

What’s happening to US diplomats in Cuba and China? Here are 4 theories.

By Alex Ward

Trump’s tough new Cuba policy isn’t nearly as tough as he wants you to think

By Jennifer Williams

Americans can now legally travel to Cuba. Here's how.

By Johnny Harris

How Trump could roll back Obama's Cuba policies — and why he might not want to

By Jennifer Williams

The US just took a huge symbolic step at the UN to normalize relations with Cuba

By Jennifer Williams

Cuba has a possible lung cancer vaccine that America can now test

By Julia Belluz

President Obama’s historic visit to Cuba, in 5 incredible photos

By Libby Nelson

Airbnb and American hotels aren’t wasting any time opening up in Cuba

By Michelle Hackman

9 questions about Cuba you were too embarrassed to ask

By Max Fisher

Barack Obama will be the first sitting president to visit Cuba in 88 years

By Michelle Hackman

Travel to Cuba is about to get much, much cheaper

By Michelle Hackman

Traveling to Cuba is easier than ever. Will that change if a Republican becomes president?

By Michelle Hackman

Faces of Cuba

By Johnny Harris and Chao Li
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Why Cuban cab drivers earn more than doctors

By Johnny Harris
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Castro hates the internet, so Cubans created their own

By Johnny Harris
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This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify – all without the internet

By Johnny Harris
Dany Paquete
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This is Cuba's Netflix, Hulu, and Spotify — all without the internet

By Johnny Harris

Why Carnival can't call its new US-Cuba travel a "cruise"

By Margarita Noriega

Read Obama and Castro's historic letters reestablishing diplomatic relations

By Max Fisher

The gender gap in American newspapers, in 2 charts

By Alex Abad-Santos

President Obama meets with Cuban leader Raul Castro

By Amanda Taub

Obama’s big Caribbean trip is all about Venezuela and oil

By Amanda Taub

Why you shouldn't take health advice from Mark Cuban

By Julia Belluz

Vox Sentences: It just got easier to go to Cuba

By Dylan Matthews

Rand Paul is hammering Marco Rubio over Cuba on Twitter. Welcome to the 2016 primary.

By Andrew Prokop
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Why the Cuba embargo needs to end, explained in 3 minutes

By Zack Beauchamp

Everything you need to read about the huge US-Cuba deal

By Dylan Matthews

7 reasons to end the Cuba embargo

By Zack Beauchamp

How Florida's demographics made the US-Cuba deal possible

By Dara Lind

How domestic politics drove America's Cuba embargo — and might soon end it

By Andrew Prokop

Obama can limit the Cuba embargo on his own. But he needs Congress to end it

By Amanda Taub

Before you plan that trip to Cuba: will the US government let you go?

By Dara Lind and Anand Katakam

Are Cuban cigars really better? What the experts say.

By Dylan Matthews

Cuba's human rights record is terrible, no matter what you think of the embargo

By Matthew Yglesias

The most important sentence in Obama's Cuba speech

By Ezra Klein

The two secret heroes of the US-Cuba deal: Pope Francis and Canada

By Max Fisher

Watch: President Obama's statement on Cuba

By Joe Posner

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Barack Obama makes historic visit to Cuba

By Vox Staff

It's long past time to end America's idiotic embargo of Cuba

By Matthew Yglesias