Fidel Castro

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

The journalist was released from a Havana prison last June and allowed into the United States under a permit granted by the Biden administration. Now, the Trump administration is demanding he return to the island or face deportation

The artist – also the daughter of Pablo Milanés – recently released ‘Duele’ alongside Cuban rapper El B. It’s meant to be a new song for a free Cuba. She spoke with EL PAÍS from her exile in Miami

Washington has suspended the anti-Castro media outlet, which stopped broadcasting for the first time in 40 years. ‘It’s a goal for Havana,’ says one of its flagship journalists

Older adults are the only demographic expanding on the island; the problem is not the aging itself, but the conditions in which it happens

Ten-year-old Damir Ortiz requires care from a Miami hospital for his neurological genetic condition

The Díaz-Canel government has announced a ‘partial dollarization’ in its latest attempt to steer a completely bankrupt economy

Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism

Despite the fact that fewer and fewer visitors are traveling to the island and hotel occupancy has fallen, the government allocated almost 40% of its investments in 2024 to activities related to the industry

Dania María Esplugas blames the government for murdering her son Manuel de Jesús Guillén, who was imprisoned for participating in the protests of July 11, 2021, while the official narrative claims he killed himself

In an interview with EL PAÍS, the installation and performance artist — a declared opponent of the Cuban government — delves into her past. She also talks about her 2021 departure from the island and what her life has been like since then

The appointment of the son of Cuban migrants as US Secretary of State will put relations with the Caribbean island at the center of Donald Trump’s agenda

According to one poll, 68% of this electorate plans to vote for the Republican candidate, doubling the figure he received in 2016

Authorities paraded Fidel’s brother alongside the Vietnamese president during a recent visit to disprove rumors that the 93-year-old historic leader is dead

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

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

‘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

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

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

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