Cuba is the country with the most convictions for arbitrary detention in the world, according to the UN
The United Nations declared the imprisonment of dozens of political prisoners ‘illegal’ at its last session
Sandro Castro: Fidel’s grandson is an influencer
At 33, with nearly 115,000 Instagram followers, he is the most talked-about Castro in Cuba today and one of the most potent symbols of the revolution’s decline
My return to a Cuba I no longer recognize
No one believes in the revolution anymore. The Díaz-Canel government does not inspire any affection or respect. The country produces almost nothing, and Trump has imposed new sanctions just when Cubans couldn’t imagine life getting any worse
The ‘chain of favors’ that keeps Cubans afloat in the face of state abandonment
Tired of waiting for a government that has turned its back on them, millions of people suffering from hunger, homelessness and a lack of medicine in Cuba are relying on solidarity to survive
Daniela Patricia, a seven-year-old Cuban girl facing the labyrinth of the US immigration courts
The young girl, daughter of one of Cuba’s most well-known dissidents, is caught in a long and grueling legal process to seek asylum and remain with her mother in Texas
From Obama to Trump: How two presidents precipitated the end of ‘Cuban privilege’ in the US
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
Cuba to release more than 550 prisoners after talks with Vatican
Havana announced the decision after Washington said that it was removing Cuba from its list of state sponsors of terrorism
Raúl Castro is still alive: The Cuban government’s strategy to defuse speculation about his health
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
Carmelo Mesa-Lago: ‘Today’s Cuba is a catastrophe’
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
Sacking of Cuba’s Economy Minister exposes the country’s state of collapse
The dismissal of Alejandro Gil fuels speculation that the government is seeking scapegoats for drastic price hikes and stagnant reforms
The Latin American republic
Not only did I have to exile myself from Cuba, I also had to exile myself from its exile, because it is a totalitarian exile in its metaphysical dimension
Miguel Díaz-Canel and the mission of humanizing Castro’s heir
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With Cuba immersed in an economic and humanitarian crisis from which it cannot escape, the president — who succeeded Fidel and Raúl Castro — is attempting to get closer to the citizenry
UN votes overwhelmingly to condemn US economic embargo on Cuba for 31st year and urge its lifting
The United States and Israel opposed, and Ukraine abstaining. Somalia, Venezuela and Moldova didn’t vote. The ‘yes’ vote was up from 185 last year and 184 in 2021, and it tied the 2019 vote of 187
Dagoberto Rodríguez, painter of refugee camps
The Cuban artist visited Palestine after almost three years of recreating, from a distance, places like Zaatari or Dadaab in watercolor
Carlos Manuel Álvarez, writer: ‘There won’t be a democratic solution for Cuba, unless it’s led by women’
The award-winning Cuban journalist and author believes that the end of the dictatorship on the island “is already happening.” In a conversation with EL PAÍS, he laments the fact that leftist governments condemn the Nicaraguan and Venezuelan regimes, but don’t speak out against the dictatorship in his own country
Crisis forces Cuban government to cancel symbolic May 1st parade
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
Cuba’s parliament ratifies President Díaz-Canel for new term
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.