The possibility of the US overthrowing the communist regime seems more plausible than ever, even more than during the Cold War. In Havana, a mixture of emotions hangs in the air, sometimes contradictory, but always permeated by the extreme precariousness of the present and anxiety about the future
While most Americans disapprove of the arrest of the Venezuelan president, admiration and gratitude toward the Republican has grown among these two exile communities
Maduro’s disrepute is so great that it has paralyzed action everywhere against the most serious imperialist intervention in recent times
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
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
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
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
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 Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
Some provinces have been without power since the weekend. President Díaz-Canel assures his government is ‘working hard to reconnect the national electricity grid’
The island suffers from long, daily power outages, while goods are accessible to few consumers. The only thing that seems to remain intact from the Cuban Revolution are its slogans
In the era of ChatGPT, a traditional trade continues in Havana. Women read songs and novels aloud to the workers who hand-roll cigars, while also answering their questions
Statues come and go on the streets of Mexico City, whether people put them up or authorities take them down
Recent arrivals are experiencing a ‘perfect storm.’ On one hand, the Republican Party has aligned itself against immigrants; on the other, the Cuban-American community is no longer united
At 33, with nearly 115,000 Instagram followers, he is the most talked-about Castro in Cuba today and one of the most potent symbols of the revolution’s decline
Miguel Díaz-Canel’s administration has once again imprisoned opposition figures released after negotiations with Pope Francis
A White House memo calls for tightening the embargo on the island, though economists dismiss these measures as ‘more of the same’
Tahrir Square in Egypt, the 15-M movement in Spain, Occupy Wall Street in New York… Perhaps the most iconic image of the 2010s is that of streets taken over by massive protests. These days, it’s almost impossible to find any trace of them. Journalist Vincent Bevins tries to explain what happened to those days when the world seemed to be on fire
The former member of the Black Panthers, accused 52 years ago of the murder of a police officer and given refuge by Fidel Castro, is now 77 years old, living in Havana, and considers herself a former political prisoner
Former Cuban officials who allegedly participated in the crackdown against protesters and later migrated to America have been detained or deported in recent weeks
Francis’ foreign policy put him at odds with Trump, brought him closer to China, alienated Israel, and was one of complex balances in Ukraine
In the almost 60 years since the Cuban Revolution, never before have some 550,000 Cubans found themselves unable to legal status in a country that has traditionally welcomed them
The writer, who was a presidential candidate in Peru in the 1990s, turned from Marxism to liberalism with the zeal of a convert