
Miguel Díaz-Canel and the mission of humanizing Castro’s heir
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

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

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

The Cuban artist visited Palestine after almost three years of recreating, from a distance, places like Zaatari or Dadaab in watercolor

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

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

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.