Sergio Lastres, 49, poses at an exhibition of his work based on the 1994 Cuban raft exodus. Lastres and his wife were among 15 migrants rescued when their raft filled with water in 1994.

He slept awhile, then began to build a raft of several large pieces of driftwood, which he tied together with some rusty electrical wire he found. On his third day on the island, the waves washed ...

On previous flights Brothers to the Rescue, which said it monitored the Florida Straits for rafts and small boats carrying Cubans headed to the U.S., had released leaflets over Cuba.

José Cohen Valdés, a former Cuban cryptography officer who defected on a raft in 1994, said that when intelligence would come in, Havana would categorize it to determine what was useful for its ...

US President Donald Trump has tightened sanctions against Havana over rights violations and support for Venezuela's leftist regime. EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini on Monday reaffirmed ...