Cuba

A recent survey by Spain’s Commercial Office in Havana puts the outstanding liabilities at about $276 million and warns that another $80 million are trapped in retained dividends and accounts that cannot be transferred off the island

Between 2019 and 2023, 500,000 migrants fleeing the island were released with a I-220A document, which does not provide a path to legal status and now puts them at risk of deportation. Lawyers argue they should have received parole papers instead

The energy blockade imposed by the US on the island is encountering little resistance from historically friendly governments beyond sympathetic rhetoric and humanitarian aid

EL PAÍS speaks with academics, diplomats, and politicians from different parties to examine the challenge now facing Sheinbaum — one that every Mexican president has confronted in a history shaped by geography, ideology, and geopolitical interests

Amidst a gerontocratic leadership, younger and lower-profile politicians are emerging. Some are already occupying positions of power, such as the great-nephew of Fidel and Raúl Castro

The app shared a graph through its X account. According to a report from the learning tool, Spanish is the second most popular language in the world, behind only English

The Sandinista regime canceled visa-free access on the island's main exile route

Fuel shortages exacerbated by Trump’s pressure tactics are accelerating the island’s decline, which has already seen a sharp drop in visitors

Nydia Velázquez, a representative for New York, is introducing a resolution co-sponsored by Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and other progressive congressmembers

The Syrian surgeon, trained in Cuba, warns that, after the overthrow of the Assad regime, ‘the revolution must be protected from its own children’

Several groups of visitors have been relocated to higher-category hotels due to the island’s energy crisis

No other regional issue, not even the US military attack on Venezuela, has prompted such a firm reaction from Mexico, which has a long tradition of aligning itself with the island

The enigmatic figure of Raúl Castro’s son re‑emerges in Cuba amid U.S. actions in Venezuela and Trump’s renewed pressure on the island

The Caribbean island is dealing with its worst crisis yet, exacerbated by Trump’s latest sanctions on oil supplies 

With oil shipments suspended since December, massive blackouts and a collapsed transportation system, the regime is asking for new sacrifices and ‘creativity’ from an exhausted population

Some of the most influential voices inside and outside the island believe that the regime is at a critical juncture that threatens its survival

In his first televised address to the nation since the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, the Castroist leader insisted that any negotiation with the Trump administration would take place ‘without pressure’

The author and expert on the Bolivarian Revolution warns that the Venezuelan opposition must strongly denounce its exclusion or the country will risk remaining ‘a dictatorship’

Following Venezuela’s release announcement and amid a potential negotiation with Trump, many Cubans are wondering what the Havana government will do about the more than 1,000 people who are victims of its policies

By targeting the island’s access to crucial imports, the US has exacerbated its economic and social strain. The Castro regime says it is trying to provoke a ‘genocide’

An executive order declares that ‘the situation with respect to Cuba constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat’

Claudia Sheinbaum justified crude oil exports as humanitarian aid without providing concrete details about an operation that began in 2024

The organizers of the Jazz Plaza Festival say that maintaining the event’s standards is becoming increasingly difficult due to the economic crisis and a reduced presence of international artists

The remains of the religious leader, who was killed in his first battle as an ELN guerrilla, were missing for 60 years. During this period of time, his memory and legacy have been invoked either to justify the armed struggle in the country, or to criticize it

Since 1960, Cuban exiles have been hoping to return to their homeland under a change of government. Some believe that now is the moment that outcome has been closest