Some of the most influential voices inside and outside the island believe that the regime is at a critical juncture that threatens its survival
In his first televised address to the nation since the arrest of Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela, the Castroist leader insisted that any negotiation with the Trump administration would take place ‘without pressure’
Following Venezuela’s release announcement and amid a potential negotiation with Trump, many Cubans are wondering what the Havana government will do about the more than 1,000 people who are victims of its policies
By targeting the island’s access to crucial imports, the US has exacerbated its economic and social strain. The Castro regime says it is trying to provoke a ‘genocide’
Claudia Sheinbaum justified crude oil exports as humanitarian aid without providing concrete details about an operation that began in 2024
The possibility of the US overthrowing the communist regime seems more plausible than ever, even more than during the Cold War. In Havana, a mixture of emotions hangs in the air, sometimes contradictory, but always permeated by the extreme precariousness of the present and anxiety about the future
While most Americans disapprove of the arrest of the Venezuelan president, admiration and gratitude toward the Republican has grown among these two exile communities
The Republican hasn’t proposed a Venezuela-style intervention, but expects the island to collapse without external support
Island residents are trying to figure out what the fall of Chavismo could mean for them, and whether Cuba might be Washington’s next target as suggested by State Secretary Marco Rubio
The victims were military and intelligence personnel working as part of Nicolás Maduro’s inner security detail, the government in Havana said in a statement
Leaders and citizens speak out following Washington’s military aggression against the Latin American country
Trump says Washington will control Venezuela until there is ‘a safe transition,’ claiming opposition leader María Corina Machado lacks the ‘support or respect’ to assume power
In the province of Pinar del Río, relatives of patients who are dependent on life support machines report that they cannot return home, because power cuts could endanger their loved ones
Hospitals are overwhelmed and fatalities are soaring. The island is suffering from combined viruses that include dengue, chikungunya, Oropouche and other respiratory diseases
The politician, who was also economy minister, was until 2024 a highly trusted collaborator of President Miguel Díaz-Canel
The independent website publishes a daily exchange currency tracker that the authorities are holding responsible for destabilizing an already struggling economy
The US military escalation raises questions about the island’s future and its historical dependence on the South American nation
The United Nations declared the imprisonment of dozens of political prisoners ‘illegal’ at its last session
Stripped of prejudices, members of the Cuban-American community in New York decided to support the Democrat, finding few similarities between the 34-year-old Muslim mayor-elect and Fidel Castro
A rebuke by the US Deputy Secretary of State to the Mexican ambassador to the UN for supporting Havana reignites tensions amid Trump’s offensive in the region
Miguel Díaz-Canel said the cyclone had caused ‘extensive damage.’ Jamaica remains in darkness as it waits to assess its losses. The storm’s passage through the Caribbean has left at least 49 people dead
Government authorities acknowledge that the country is experiencing ‘a very complex situation’ caused by drought and problems with the water system’s infrastructure. Some communities in Eastern Cuba have been without water for about five months
Authorities attribute the situation to the hot, rainy months, when the mosquitoes that transmit the virus increase in number. But Cubans say that systemic neglect has led them to this situation
While the official narrative tries to avoid the word ‘poverty,’ the inequality that the revolutionaries promised to eradicate is increasingly evident
The controversial statements by the US president put the spotlight on an island lacking more than 400 medicines and where experts believe autism is underreported
The Cuban community, which voted massively for the president in the November elections, is confronting a longstanding tradition of supporting conservative policies
The case of the two Cubans detained since May shows that the Trump administration is limiting access to legitimate refugees as part of its immigration crusade