The late leader of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro, once famously called Cuba “the safest country ... I came across two motorcycle police in a side street," Shyra recalls.

HAVANA (Reuters) - As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the ...

But the bad news has gotten out. Canada - which sends more tourists to Cuba than any other country - is now telling its citizens to "exercise a high degree of caution in Cuba due to shortages of ...