Mothers are the main opposition to the Cuban regime
Several recently demonstrated outside President Miguel Díaz-Canel’s house. Most of Cuba’s protests in recent times have been driven by women like them
Cuba sentences 22-year-old mother to 15 years in prison for publishing videos of protests
Mayelín Rodríguez Prado was arrested after uploading images to Facebook of a small demonstration in Nuevitas in August 2022
New research on ‘Havana syndrome’ points to Russia as the culprit
The Cuban government and the Kremlin reject the information published by the independent Russian media ‘The Insider’ in collaboration with Germany’s ‘Der Spiegel’ and the American TV news program ‘60 Minutes’
Me Too in Cuba: Four students denounce sexual abuse at film school
An investigation reveals the impunity that the four victims, two of them Spanish, allegedly suffered while studying at the International School of Film and Television
Food, electricity and freedom: citizen protest is reactivated in Cuba
The massive mobilizations last weekend on the island are the response to citizens’ fatigue in the face of rampant shortages. The Government puts patches on discontent and looks for culprits in the United States
Cuban government delivers rice and milk to quell protests, but discontent continues
There is so far no confirmation of how many people were arrested at Sunday’s protests, where crowds of Cubans came out to the streets to demand ‘freedom,’ ‘electricity’ and ‘food’
Cubans return to the streets in protest against electricity and food shortages
Sunday’s mobilization in Santiago de Cuba is the largest since the July 2021 protests that were quelled with hundreds of arrests
Cuba for the first time asks UN for urgent aid to provide milk for children
The World Food Program has already transported a shipment of 144 tons of skimmed milk powder in a context of deep economic crisis in the country
No information about the reported deaths of two Cuban doctors in Somalia: ‘The outrage is overwhelming’
A radical Islamist militia said that the men kidnapped in Kenya five years ago died in a U.S. drone strike, but the Cuban government has yet to confirm this
Cuban police want to force a political prisoner to have an abortion
Is abortion a choice or a political issue in Cuba? The current Cuban Penal Code assumes it as a crime when it is carried out without the consent of the mother
Sacking of Cuba’s Economy Minister exposes the country’s state of collapse
The dismissal of Alejandro Gil fuels speculation that the government is seeking scapegoats for drastic price hikes and stagnant reforms
Cuba struggles to stay afloat in economic quicksand
The country’s government has enacted desperate measures in another attempt to revive the island’s moribund economy
Cuba increases price of gasoline by over 500% in the midst of the crisis
A liter of regular gas will rise from $0.20 to $1.10, and this is just one of the measures planned for this year, along with hikes to electricity, water and public transit
Cuba looks at itself in the mirror, 30 years after ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’
Three decades after its release, the subjects discussed in the film that opened the minds of Cubans to homosexual relationships continue to spark debate
The last day in the life of a bar
Mi Salsa Kitchen — one of the most popular Cuban restaurants in New York over the last couple of years — died just when it was coming alive. Mainly a space for music, it didn’t manage to make a profit
Cuba announces package of economic measures that will make life on the island more expensive
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero says fuel, some electricity rates and transportation will increase. He also acknowledged that not enough has been done for the development of the economy
Selfies from an unfinished trip: How a Cuban couple’s global odyssey ended in deportation from Mexico
Lino Antonio Rojas and Yudith Pérez returned to the island in November after a two-year journey that took them to Russia, Serbia, Greece, Turkey and Nicaragua as the goal of crossing the U.S. border became more distant every day
Senior European official visits Cuba amid shock over death of political prisoner
The EU Special Representative for Human Rights, Eamon Gilmore, arrived in Havana a day after the funeral of Luis Barrios, one of the prisoners from the 2021 protests
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