English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
“This whole block needs to be knocked down and rebuilt again,” a neighbour in calle Monte told ’14ymedio’. 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 12 July 2025 — A house in multiple occupation collapsed this Saturday morning in La Habana Vieja, leaving three dead under the rubble. A few hours before that in the Diez de … Continue reading “Two Buildings Collapse Killing Four in Havana in Just a Few Hours”
In addition to Old Havana and Cerro, the glamorous neighborhoods of El Vedado and Miramar are also affected. 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, June 22, 2024 — A group of shocked and curious neighbors crowded this Friday in front of a building, in the shape of a small castle, on 26th Street between 27th and … Continue reading “Almost Twenty Building Collapses in Havana Cause One Death and Several Injured”
14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 21 June 2024 — At 11:00 PM Thursday night, a balcony collapsed onto El Tablazo, a cafe located on First Street, between C and D streets, in Havana’s Vedado district. The incident, part of a wave of collapses that is now impacting even one of the capital’s most solidly-built neighborhoods, … Continue reading “A Balcony Falls Onto a Cafe in Vedado, Part of a Wave of Recent Collapses”
The property seems abandoned, but more than a dozen families live inside. 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 19 June 2024 — At noon this Wednesday, a yellow tape blocked the passage to the entry of the building at 425 Monte Street, between Ángeles and Águila, in Old Havana, where last night a partial collapse left … Continue reading “A Woman Injured in a Building Collapse on the Lethal Stretch of a Street in Havana”
