Miguel Díaz-Canel

Marta Elena Feitó’s statements provoked a wave of popular indignation, with even President Díaz-Canel distancing himself from the politician

Human Rights Watch has gathered testimonies from those detained during the July 11, 2021 protests. Four years on, hundreds remain behind bars

A White House memo calls for tightening the embargo on the island, though economists dismiss these measures as ‘more of the same’

Ukrainian intelligence estimates that nearly 20,000 people have joined the Russian army since 2022, with the complicity of the Díaz-Canel administration. Some claim they arrived under false pretences

The increase in the cost of the service, which must be purchased primarily in US dollars, reflects the need to introduce foreign currency into a bankrupt economy

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 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

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

Trump’s decision to return the island to the list of countries sponsoring terrorism halted the release of the 553 detainees agreed to during the Biden administration

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

The measure is being adopted, among other things, to facilitate dialogue between Havana and the Catholic Church for the release of political prisoners

Argentina said the Chavista leader clings to his position ‘by imposing himself through fear, aggression, murder and prison.’ Other large countries, on the political left and right, also refused to recognize him as a legitimate leader

The new law enacted by the Democratic administration further escalates the political and commercial tensions between Washington and Cuba

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

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

Heavy rains and 115 mph winds hit western Cuba just two weeks after Oscar, marking a devastating end to the hurricane season

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