Approximately 6.3 million companion animals enter U.S. animal shelters each year, according to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals. Statistically, 920,000 of those animals ...

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, 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

HAVANA — 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 ...