Miguel Díaz-Canel

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

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