Even before they could climb into the ring, Cuba’s female boxers had to roll with the punches. While the island has long been famed for its top-level male boxers, women were blocked by an official ...

Martha Beatriz Roque, a pillar of strength and peaceful dissidence in Cuba for decades, was honored at the White House — in absentia — during a Women’s History Month event held Monday. She was one of ...

Aleida Josefa Perez said she was 5 years old when her mother told her she was as beautiful as Miss Universe. However, the pageant regular — she recently participated in the Miss Earth contest — did ...