Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In the series "USA to Z," "CBS Mornings" spoke to Cuban refugees who came to the U.S. to escape Fidel Castro's regime for a chance ...

I peered through the tiny window and bounced in my seat, a cluelessly excited 5-year-old about to take off on her first flight. My grandmother sat next to me, one hand trying to keep me still, the ...

WASHINGTON Carlos M. Gutierrez rose to the top of one of America s biggest corporations after leaving Cuba more than four decades ago as a political refugee. Gutierrez, the chief executive of Kellogg ...

On Nov. 6, 1965 — 60 years ago today — the Cuban and U.S. governments agreed to arrange regular emigration airplane flights aimed at reunifying Cuban families with their loved ones already in the U.S.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist who fled Cuba when she was 16 will share her tale of being a refugee today at Northampton Community College. Mirta Ojito and her parents escaped Cuba through the ...

Historical conflicts between the US and Cuba span six decades and include Cuban Revolution, Bay of Pigs invasion and the ...

Cubans use a makeshift boat made out of a 1951 Chevrolet truck with a propeller driven off the drive shaft to escape. While the clock ticks down on Cuba’s communist government, America’s vision for a ...

HAVANA, Cuba, April 20 (UNHCR) - Marie Rose has not wasted her time. The 34-year-old slightly built Burundian has a scroll full of diplomas which she shows with a shy but proud smile. They certify she ...

The ancient town of Perast, Montenegro, nestled amid mountains by the blue waters of the Bay of Kotor, is an idyllic spot for a hotel, but hotel manager Simona Pulcinelli has a problem: she’s ...

It is 4:30 in the morning when 31-year-old Raul rises from his bed. Today, like every day, he is so determined to give his family a better life than the one they experienced back home that he will ...

For decades, “La Ermita de la Caridad,” a Catholic shrine near Biscayne Bay, has stood as a symbol of hope and freedom for many, especially South Florida’s Cuban exile community. On Monday, the ...