Cuba's independence on May 20, 1902, isn't celebrated by its socialist government. The date is linked to the Platt Agreement, which allowed U.S. intervention in Cuban affairs. Cuban President ...

May 20, 1902, is recognized as the official birth of the Republic of Cuba after centuries of Spanish rule (1511–1898) and a U.S. military occupation (1899–1902) that paved the way for its transition ...

President Trump on Wednesday commemorated Cuban Independence Day while also slamming the island country’s regime, the same day his administration indicted former President Raúl Castro on murder ...

Secretary of State Marco Rubio taped a rare message in Spanish directed at the Cuban people, laying blame at the communist ...

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — On a farm in southeast Cuba in October 1868, an event known as “The Cry of Yara” sparked the island’s quest for independence. But it wouldn’t arrive until May 20, 1902.