The award-winning Cuban journalist and author believes that the end of the dictatorship on the island “is already happening.” In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he laments the fact that leftist governments condemn the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan regimes, but don’t speak out against the dictatorship in his own country
Under the agreement, Mexico will continue to accept migrants from Venezuela, Haiti, Cuba and Nicaragua who are turned away at the border
The corruption scandal engulfing state-owned energy company PDVSA has been exacerbated by huge lines at filling stations and vehicles breaking down due to fuel impurities
The mass meeting at the Plaza de la Revolución will be replaced by small marches in the municipalities due to the critical situation of fuel shortages
In his new term, Díaz-Canel must deal with a severe recession prompted by the COVID-19 pandemic, soaring inflation triggered by a series of financial policy decisions and strict sanctions imposed by the U.S.
The island’s energy minister reported that the improvement in fuel supply will not mean a return to levels seen in 2017, 2018 or even a few months ago
Cubans were stopped nearly 43,000 times at the U.S. border with Mexico in December, becoming one of the largest nationalities entering the United States
After months of blackouts triggered by the sorry state of the state-owned electric utility, fuel shortages have ground traffic to a halt on the beleaguered island
Santería was one of the few religious practices to quietly endure through decades of prohibitions and stigma by the communist government. Now it’s growing in popularity and expanding to new demographics
Writer Carlos Manuel Álvarez reflects on the reasons that led him to invade a baseball match between his homeland and the country where he lives in exile
José Miguel Villa Romero, the son of a humble migrant from Spain, was a law enforcement officer, a Pepsi Cola representative, a prisoner and a chauffeur whose extraordinary life was sung by the famous Trío Matamoros
Video of the scene at the Paso Del Norte bridge on Sunday showed hundreds of migrants arrive at the border. Many of them appeared to be asylum seekers
Hurricane Ian devastated 80% of the region’s tobacco infrastructure, adding to an already intense economic crisis on the island
Currency devaluation and soaring inflation have crushed monthly incomes to rock-bottom levels
About 4 in 10 U.S. adults say the level of immigration and asylum-seekers should be lowered
Island officials admit to some positive steps, but believe that overall the Democratic president’s policies follow in the footsteps of his Republican predecessor
In the past 18 months, an estimated 250,000 migrants and asylum-seekers have arrived in the Miami area after being granted only precarious legal status that often doesn’t include permission to work
The findings cast doubt on the longstanding suspicions by many people who reported cases that Russia or another country may have been running a global campaign to harass or attack Americans
The famous Caribbean adage, ‘without sugar, there is no country,’ is quickly becoming the reality on an island that faces shortages, emigration, and isolation
Mexico “will keep open diplomatic channels of communication to benefit both societies, and also expresses hope that a democratic agreement can be reached soon”
The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents
Donald Trump pursued a similar ban in 2019 but a federal appeals court prevented it from taking effect
The professor, exiled in the US since 1961, identifies for EL PAÍS a series of factors, among them the embargo, which influence the poor results of the Cuban economy
The 38th Jazz Plaza Festival filled the Cuban capital with long nights of rum and jam sessions in the company of extraordinary musicians
New restrictions are being imposed on travelers with cameras and binoculars as the regime attempts to restrict reporting on the repression
The singer-songwriter Fernando Bécquer was sentenced to ‘limitation of freedom’ following a sexual abuse trial involving several women, only to be later jailed after mocking the victims in his lyrics
Study puts insured property losses from this year’s 10 most costly weather disasters at more than $168.1 billion
