Cuba

It comes almost exactly a year after Florida lawmakers and Gov. DeSantis approved a measure to restrict property ownership by people from China, Russia, Iran, North Korea, Cuba, Venezuela, and Syria.

A decade after swimming nonstop for more than two straight days from Cuba to Florida, Diana Nyad returned to the Key West beach where she completed her epic journey, helping return a rehabilitated sea turtle to the Atlantic.

WLRN News' series: “Waiting for America,” examines the successes and failures of President Biden’s key immigration policy.

Amaury Pacheco's work in the Cuban independent arts scene put him in the crosshairs of the Communist government. Now, he's building a new life in Miami under the Biden administration's historic humanitarian parole program.

Elián González recently entered Cuba's congress with hopes of helping his people at a time of record emigration and heightened tension between the two seaside neighbors.

"Price of Paradise: Surviving Hurricane Ian," which will be shown at the Sunscreen Film Festival, shows footage from a surge cam that captured the destruction caused by water forced ashore by the storm.

The two are part of a wave of Cubans recently fleeing the island.

U.S. intelligence said the mysterious illnesses in Havana don't look to be part of an attack. But rhetoric since hints it won't improve U.S.-Cuba relations much.

The United States in early January approved a policy change that makes migrants request a permit, or parole, online before arriving with the sponsorship of a relative or acquaintance in the U.S. Cubans have responded with zeal, launching a search for sponsors and long lines to obtain documents.

Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas insisted the new parole policy has relieved the border crisis — and so questioned why Republicans oppose it.

Thousands of migrant students are enrolling in school in Miami-Dade County. Officials say the unexpected spike in enrollment is testing the school systems' ability to meet all students' needs.

What began with the ascendance of Fidel Castro in 1960 continues to impact the culture and politics of the Sunshine State to this day.