Cuba

The Paris Games saw two different Cuban wrestlers compete for the gold: the fighter who remained on the island and his compatriot who defected

The results revealed that 72% of those surveyed consider the food crisis the main problem, and that seven out of 10 Cubans have stopped eating breakfast, lunch, or dinner due to lack of money or shortages

According to numbers compiled by Cuban economist and demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos, the island’s population fell by 18% between 2022 and 2023

Three years after the July 11 protests — the largest in Cuba since the early years of the Revolution — the dissident artist speaks with EL PAÍS

Analysts warn that the government’s plan is missing in-depth structural reforms, and could even aggravate the island’s record exodus

The Díaz-Canel executive approves a series of measures that include budget cuts, equal pricing policy and readjustments aimed at ‘correcting distortions’

‘I don’t expect our signs to convince the Cuban MAGA lunatics in Florida, who are part of the Trump cult,’ says the founder of Mad Dog PAC, which is behind the billboards featuring messages in Spanish

Evermore frequently, independent media sources have published articles about robberies, murders and street fights

On the verge of turning 90, the Cuban economist analyzes with data why this is the worst crisis the island has ever faced and reflects on the apparent arrival of capitalism to the last communist bastion of the West

The Treasury will allow Cuban entrepreneurs who are outside the United States to open accounts and make transactions

In an interview with journalist Ignacio Ramonet that generated controversy on the island, the Cuban president referred to the blackouts, the economic crisis and inflation, and political demonstrations

Throughout its history the team from Hamburg, known as ‘the most progressive in the world,’ has maintained friendships and cultural ties with several Latin American countries

Mayelín Rodríguez Prado was arrested after uploading images to Facebook of a small demonstration in Nuevitas in August 2022

In addition to receiving acclaim for playing characters such as Marilyn Monroe, the Cuban actress has taken on roles in action films alongside Chris Evans and Ryan Gosling

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’

‘Unlike China and Russia, we consider that civil society and a free media are indispensable, especially now, as in the last decade support for democracy has declined,’ says the diplomat in conversation with EL PAÍS

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

They do not have refugee status in the South American country and are unable to renounce their asylum application to apply for permanent residency, according to organizations

The singer, who died last February, is key to understanding the island’s past, present and future

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

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’

Sunday’s mobilization in Santiago de Cuba is the largest since the July 2021 protests that were quelled with hundreds of arrests

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

Manuel Rocha, 73, told a federal judge he would admit to two federal counts of conspiring to act as an agent of a foreign government, charges that carry a maximum penalty of between 5 and 10 years in prison each

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