The man managed to survive a risky journey, but wasn't able to avoid transport agents.

Brain scans show changes to US diplomats who say they were covertly attacked in Cuba.

Cruise lines have been forced to upend itineraries around the Caribbean over night.

It was hailed a miracle that all human passengers survived. Animals weren't so lucky.

Eleanor Hughes paints a picture of a country where wishes she could stay.

Havana is gearing up for a big celebration. Here's all you need to know for a visit.

A new weather system is threatening the southern United States this week.

The Cuban troupe behind Ballet Revolucion.

Ageing Boeing 737 crashed shortly after takeoff from Havana airport.

An aircraft with 113 on board has crashed in Cuba soon after take off.

Cuba watchers are waiting for clues to how Miguel Diaz-Canel will rule.

Cuba is the largest island in the Caribbean. It's also the least expensive.

Hannah Stephenson paints a vivid picture of the rainbow on Cuba's Cayo Santa Maria.

But US policy is diverting tourist dollars to government and away from private sector

As tumour grows, it is slowly suffocating the teen. Left untreated and it will kill him.

This traveller was in Havana when a local man yelled out at her: "Lady!" It was a trap.

Total number of Americans affected by unexplained health attacks is now at 21.

Six dolphins have been spared from the destruction of deadly Hurricane Irma.

More than 100 Kiwis are in the path of Hurricane Irma as it tears through the Caribbean.

New Zealand seeks greater status with important Latin and South American bloc

In the buena visitor club Karen Yates fulfils a long-held dream to discover the music and magic of Cuba.

One travel agent wasn't particularly impressed when he travelled to one of the world's hottest destinations, ending up bailing almost immediately.

It's hard giving up summer for an overseas holiday, so why torture yourself? We've come up with five of the world's best summer destinations.

The growth in new air routes is stoking travel by New Zealanders to new destinations, according to a House of Travel survey.

In the early and mid-1990s, the Cuban population became the only modern society to lose significant weight on a national basis.

They came for salsa music and mojitos and ended up wandering through a city turned still and silent by nine days of national mourning for Fidel Castro.

"Condemn me. It does not matter. History will absolve me." Those were the words of Fidel Castro in October 1953.

Castro thrived on confrontation with US leaders, and he almost surely would have enjoyed facing off against America's next one.