Diana Nyad chases longtime Cuba-Florida dream swim
HAVANA - American Diana Nyad endured several jellyfish stings as the 62-year-old endurance athlete sought to...
View ArticleCuba-to-Fla. swimmer Nyad doing well after storm
HAVANA - Swimmer Diana Nyad is headed in the right direction and doing well after a night of storms and jellyfish...
View ArticleAustralian swimmer sets off from Cuba for Florida
HAVANA — Australian endurance athlete Chloe McCardel jumped feet-first into calm, balmy waters off Cuba on Wednesday and began stroking
View ArticleAustralian launches Cuba-Fla. record swim attempt
HAVANA — Australian endurance athlete Chloe McCardel stroked through the open waters north of Cuba on Wednesday night, determined to
View ArticleAustralian abruptly ends Cuba-Fla. swim attempt
HAVANA — Australian endurance swimmer Chloe McCardel ended her attempt to swim from Cuba to Florida after 11 hours in the water when she
View ArticleNyad makes it through 1st night of Cuba-Fla. swim
HAVANA — U.S. endurance swimmer Diana Nyad's team says she made it through her first night in the Straits of Florida with almost no
View ArticleExodus of Cubans fuels clash of new and old
MIAMI — At a small store on Eighth Street near Miami's Little Havana, Armando Perez paid $25 to activate his daughter's cell phone in
View ArticleFirst flight from Key West to Cuba takes off
KEY WEST, Fla. — The first commercial passenger flight from Key West to Cuba in more than 50 years landed Monday in Havana, capping
View ArticleGloria Margarita Piard, 87
Gloria Margarita Piard, age 87, died on September 13, 2014. Born March 18, 1927 in Manzanillo, Oriente, Cuba, she lived in Havana before settling in Miami, Florida. She worked as a purchaser and sales...
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