Cuba has adopted long-called for animal rights regulations, a groundbreaking victory for activists in the communist nation. It's an important step for a civil society marveling at its demands being ...

On Sunday morning a group of animal-lovers will march a mile down one of Havana's main thoroughfares waving placards calling for an end to animal cruelty in Cuba. Short, seemingly simple, the march ...

HAVANA (AP) — Every afternoon, 81-year-old Nélida Pérez begins her familiar walk down the cobblestone streets of Old Havana, a procession of hungry cats trailing close behind her. For years, Pérez has ...

HAVANA (Reuters) - Venezuela sends oil to Cuba and now Cuba will ship zoo animals to Venezuela, giving a new dimension to ties between the socialist allies. Sign up here. Officials at the Havana ...

HAVANA — Balto, Pepa and Mami were among the lucky ones. After being abandoned by their owners who left Cuba — or simply couldn’t care for them anymore — the dogs were rescued by animal rights ...

For those who have no voice, but love to give Global Voices stands out as one of the earliest and strongest examples of how media committed to building community and defending human rights can ...

Every afternoon, 81-year-old Nélida Pérez feeds the hungry cats on the cobblestone streets of Old Havana, one of the most popular tourist spots in the Cuban capital. She once relied on her own food or ...

HAVANA, Feb 27 (Reuters) - Cuba has approved a long called-for decree on animal welfare in what some rights activists are hailing as an unusual triumph of civil society in the Communist-run country ...

Behind yellow and green holiday lights festooned across a 23-story concrete building in downtown Havana, the select inner ring of Fidel Castro’s chaotic dictatorship this week celebrates its first ...

APTOPIX Cuba Cats and Dogs Stray cats gather on a table at the protected cat colony "Proyecto Aldameros," in a park in the historic area of Havana, Tuesday, Aug. 5 ...