Cuba, [a] officially the Republic of Cuba, [b] is an island country in the Caribbean. It comprises 4,195 islands, islets and cays, including the eponymous main island and Isla de la Juventud.

16 hours ago · Cuba, country of the West Indies, the largest single island of the archipelago, and one of the more-influential states of the Caribbean region. The domain of the Arawakan …

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3 days ago · With an area of more than 44,000 square miles (114,447 sq. km.), Cuba is the largest island in the West Indies, accounting for more than one-half of the total Caribbean land …

3 days ago · For months as the US military prepared to strike Venezuela, many Cubans have asked a simple, if disconcerting, question: “Are we next?”

Because of its surface area of 109,884.01 square kilometers, it is considered to be the largest island in the Antilles. The name of Cuba comes from the Taino language spoken by the …

The recorded history of Cuba began on October 28, 1492, when Christopher Columbus sighted the island during his first voyage of discovery and claimed it for Spain.

3 days ago · The Maduro regime was long propped up by Cuba’s armed forces and intelligence agencies. Many Cubans were reported killed in the American military action.

3 days ago · The Cuban government says 32 of its nationals were killed during the US operation to seize Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro. It described the dead as members of its armed …

3 days ago · Cuba announced on Monday that 32 of its citizens were killed in combat during the U.S. raid on Venezuela. The raid on Saturday, which saw U.S. forces arrest and extract …