How diva Juana Bacallao’s outspoken manner made the Cuban regime uncomfortable
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The singer, who died last February, is key to understanding the island’s past, present and future
Cuba looks at itself in the mirror, 30 years after ‘Strawberry and Chocolate’
Three decades after its release, the subjects discussed in the film that opened the minds of Cubans to homosexual relationships continue to spark debate
Artists and writers sum up communism in three words: censorship, repression, death
The journalist and editor Manuel Florentín has published a chronicle of the persecution that totalitarian regimes have perpetrated against intellectuals and creators, from Lenin’s Soviet Union to Ortega’s Nicaragua
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Not only did I have to exile myself from Cuba, I also had to exile myself from its exile, because it is a totalitarian exile in its metaphysical dimension
Miguel Díaz-Canel and the mission of humanizing Castro’s heir
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With Cuba immersed in an economic and humanitarian crisis from which it cannot escape, the president — who succeeded Fidel and Raúl Castro — is attempting to get closer to the citizenry
UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US economic embargo on Cuba for 31st year and urge its lifting
The United States and Israel opposed, and Ukraine abstaining. Somalia, Venezuela and Moldova didn’t vote. The ‘yes’ vote was up from 185 last year and 184 in 2021, and it tied the 2019 vote of 187
Filmmaker Pavel Giroud: ‘The Cuban Revolution has the best marketing in the world’
‘El Caso Padilla’ documentary used unpublished material to expose the censorship and repression writer Heberto Padilla endured under the Castro regime
Víctor Díaz Caro, the ex-guerrilla who tried to assassinate Pinochet: ‘The tortures I went through are just workplace accidents’
Now a cameraman for Spanish broadcaster TVE having taken refuge in Paris after escaping from prison in 1990, the former Manuel Rodríguez Patriotic Front fighter tells the story of the attempt on the Chilean dictator’s life
Carlos Manuel Álvarez, writer: ‘There won’t be a democratic solution for Cuba, unless it’s led by women’
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
Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
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.
Cubans seek solutions and solace in Santería amid crises
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
The amazing story of Toitico, the Cuban police chief exalted in a song nobody believed existed
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
Appreciating Jimmy Carter, outspoken but ‘never irrelevant’
The man who conceded that some considered him “a failed president” made himself the most active and internationally engaged of ex-presidents
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