Miguel Díaz-Canel

Experts attribute the collapse to the island’s economic emergency: it relies on imports it cannot afford and on trading partners that are supplying increasingly diminishing amounts of oil

More than 95% of power comes from fossil fuels, with no investment to upgrade the system and blackouts a regular problem

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

Figures released by US border authorities confirm the ‘demographic depletion’ that experts are warning about

The Cuban government has acknowledged that the problem is due to numerous leaks, broken pumping equipment and constant power outages on the island. But no solution seems forthcoming

State Secretary Antony Blinken voices ‘serious concerns that the result announced does not reflect the will or the votes of the Venezuelan people.’ Chile’s president says ‘we will not recognize any result that is not verifiable’

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’

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

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 dismissal of Alejandro Gil fuels speculation that the government is seeking scapegoats for drastic price hikes and stagnant reforms

A liter of regular gas will rise from $0.20 to $1.10, and this is just one of the measures planned for this year, along with hikes to electricity, water and public transit

The island will suffer blackouts in October and transportation may collapse due to lack of fuel. The government recognizes the seriousness of the situation, but blames it on the economic blockade

Following the ceasefire agreement in Havana with the country’s last armed rebels, President Gustavo Petro urged the U.S. to remove the Caribbean island from its state sponsors of terrorism list

The European Union is willing to collaborate in the deepening of the country’s economic reform

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.