Separated couples, deported children, detained parents... The consequences of the Donald Trump administration’s anti-immigrant crackdown will mark the holiday season for thousands of families across the country
Detained LGBTQ+ migrants denounce harassment, isolation and other abusive practices. With the rapid expansion of centers and the elimination of oversight mechanisms under Trump, this dangerous system is worsening exponentially
In the final weeks of 2025, more than 65,000 people remain in detention centers across the United States, 605,000 have been expelled from the country, and 1.9 million have self-deported
A dozen people being held at the center outside Miami told EL PAÍS that they are not receiving the medication they need and reported ill-treatment from guards
Hospitals are overwhelmed and fatalities are soaring. The island is suffering from combined viruses that include dengue, chikungunya, Oropouche and other respiratory diseases
With whistle codes, workshops and rapid-response groups, neighbors are training to combat the Trump administration’s assault on immigrants
The administration is cornering migrants with the suspension of applications for citizenship, residency, asylum, duration of work permits, and even threats of frozen bank accounts
The politician, who was also economy minister, was until 2024 a highly trusted collaborator of President Miguel Díaz-Canel
The independent website publishes a daily exchange currency tracker that the authorities are holding responsible for destabilizing an already struggling economy
The US military escalation raises questions about the island’s future and its historical dependence on the South American nation
The United Nations declared the imprisonment of dozens of political prisoners ‘illegal’ at its last session
Stripped of prejudices, members of the Cuban-American community in New York decided to support the Democrat, finding few similarities between the 34-year-old Muslim mayor-elect and Fidel Castro
The politician will be the youngest councilman in Florida in one of the US’ most Hispanic cities, where more than 75% of the residents are of Cuban origin
The Manhattan courthouse, where over 1,000 people and recently entire families have been arrested while attending routine appointments, is the epicenter of Trump’s immigration offensive
The largest network of young migrants in the US has launched a fund that aims to raise $30 million to help families of detainees and deportees
The United States is systematically expelling migrants south of the border, as the island refuses to accept them. There’s little certainty about the number of Cubans deported, nor about their status in the country
After being incarcerated for two decades in the United States, the Cuban man was released in 2021 — only to be grabbed by ICE and deported last month
Government authorities acknowledge that the country is experiencing ‘a very complex situation’ caused by drought and problems with the water system’s infrastructure. Some communities in Eastern Cuba have been without water for about five months
Authorities attribute the situation to the hot, rainy months, when the mosquitoes that transmit the virus increase in number. But Cubans say that systemic neglect has led them to this situation
Like dozens of other migrants whom Cuba has not accepted back, Pedro Lorenzo Concepción was expelled from the US to Mexico. A community of newly arrived Cubans is taking shape in the state of Quintana Roo
While the official narrative tries to avoid the word ‘poverty,’ the inequality that the revolutionaries promised to eradicate is increasingly evident
The former Black Panther member, accused 52 years ago of murdering a police officer, was welcomed by Fidel Castro and always considered herself a political prisoner
The controversial statements by the US president put the spotlight on an island lacking more than 400 medicines and where experts believe autism is underreported
The migrant was forced to leave after seven years in the US, during which he was unable to regularize his status. EL PAÍS joined the family in their farewell
The Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
The case of the two Cubans detained since May shows that the Trump administration is limiting access to legitimate refugees as part of its immigration crusade
Some provinces have been without power since the weekend. President Díaz-Canel assures his government is ‘working hard to reconnect the national electricity grid’