Dánica Coto

The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on the Caribbean island of nearly 10 million people

HAVANA -- The psychological toll of daily life in Cuba is pushing many to their breaking point on this island of nearly 10 million people, with no relief in sight as a U.S. energy embargo persists and longtime economic and financial troubles deepen.

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP) — Liexer De La Cruz took a deep breath as he entered a federal courtroom in Miami, where life as he knew it would end.

A Cuban man is fighting for a new life on his troubled island after the U.S. government expelled him as part of an immigration crackdown

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP) — Liexer De La Cruz took a deep breath as he entered a federal courtroom in Miami, where life as he knew it would end.

A Cuban man is fighting for a new life on his troubled island after the U.S. government expelled him as part of an immigration crackdown

A Cuban man is fighting for a new life on his troubled island after the U.S. government expelled him as part of an immigration crackdown

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP) — Liexer De La Cruz respiró hondo al entrar en la sala de un tribunal federal en Miami, donde la vida, tal como la conocía, llegaría a su fin.

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP) — Liexer De La Cruz respiró hondo al entrar en la sala de un tribunal federal en Miami, donde la vida, tal como la conocía, llegaría a su fin.

LAS MINAS, Cuba -- Cubans have historically received preferential access to a pathway to U.S. citizenship via the Cuban Adjustment Act, but they have been increasingly targeted under the second Trump administration. More than half a million Cubans who received the I-220A form face an uncertain status as courts debate whether they meet the act's qualifications, according to a ReliefWeb report.