
Cuba releases another political prisoner amid talks with the CIA: ‘This brings relief and hope’
Sissi Abascal Zamora, the youngest member of the Ladies in White movement, traveled to Miami thanks to a humanitarian visa from the US State Department

Sissi Abascal Zamora, the youngest member of the Ladies in White movement, traveled to Miami thanks to a humanitarian visa from the US State Department

The unusual meeting between the CIA director and the Cuban interior minister represents a major milestone in two months of opaque negotiations

Amid tensions with the United States, the regime is demanding that Cubans sign a pledge to defend the country at any cost

The Cuban government arrested the teenager for participating in a protest in March amid negotiations with the United States, which is demanding the release of more than a thousand inmates

Speaking from exile in Miami, the 70-year-old reflects on the moment she learned she was Castro’s daughter, on current negotiations between Cuba and the United States, and on the damage her father inflicted on the island

South Florida’s Cuban community rejects dialogue with the Castro regime on the anniversary of the failed 1961 invasion

The Cuban president has asserted that regime change is not in his government’s plans. ‘Imposing conditions does not allow for negotiation’

The internationally renowned artists are part of the negotiations between Cuba and the United States

In a secret meeting in Havana on April 10, Washington pressured for the release of artist Luis Manuel Otero and rapper Maykel Osorbo, as well as the rest of the prisoners

Painting as a form of protest would create a second confinement and, worse still, two oppressions. Why should the artist say what his body is already expressing for him?

In Miami, several establishments selling products that get sent to relatives back home have come under scrutiny from U.S. authorities and the exile community, who accuse them of aiding the regime
Endless blackouts, along with shortages of water and fuel, have forced Cubans into a grueling daily struggle for survival
The professor and director of Harvard’s Cuba Program, who is dedicated to unraveling the history of slavery and racism on the island, believes that ‘repression became part of Castroism’s DNA’

The most prominent figures in the Florida city’s Cuban diaspora are preparing to shape a new reality on the island. But experts note that US State Secretary Marco Rubio seems to be ‘preparing the Cuban-American community for disappointment’ about the scope of change

The Cuban president tells NBC that he has no intention of resigning, but that he is open to dialogue with Washington

The governments of Claudia Sheinbaum and Donald Trump maintain an unwritten agreement for the deportation of foreigners. A federal judge has estimated that 6,000 Cubans have been deported so far. Most arrive in the Mexican cities of Villahermosa and Tapachula, where they barely survive in the absence of state support

The mass pardon comes amid ongoing negotiations between Havana and Washington and just a week after Donald Trump gave an initial sign of easing the oil embargo

Even before a Russian oil tanker is due to arrive on the island, a legal exception has already allowed the export of 30,000 barrels of oil from South Florida

The ship, carrying 700,000 barrels of crude oil, is expected to arrive by Tuesday, according to ‘The New York Times’
Now on the brink of his 80th birthday, he learned to play the tres, his country’s traditional guitar, by watching his father — before becoming the youngest member of the legendary Buena Vista Social Club
The Cuban singer-songwriter welcomes EL PAÍS to his studio in Havana, days after receiving a replica of the Kalashnikov rifle he requested to repel a potential attack from the United States

The rally was attended by thousands of people and showcased the exiles’ rejection of any negotiated solution with the Havana regime

Representative Nydia Velázquez’s War Powers Resolution adds to the unsuccessful attempts to halt the operations in Venezuela and Iran, initiated without authorization from Congress
Bringing in oxytocin for childbirth or cancer treatments is a near-impossible task in a country without fuel and with a very weakened healthcare system

A solution on Washington’s terms could bring the release of prisoners, openness to investment, or the removal of a high-ranking figure in the communist establishment, but the ultimate objectives would serve the interests of an even more predatory entity
The US embargo is exacerbating shortages that have been a fact of life for decades. This is the portrait of a society used to dealing with adversity
The island, under a near-total embargo, awaits the arrival Saturday of three ships sponsored by international organizations to alleviate basic shortages