English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
The cheapest elderly care plan comes to $176 a month, 14 times the average Cuban salary and more than 30 times the average pension of a retiree. 14ymedio, José Lassa, Havana, 4 April 2025 — “I’m going to give it to Eleguá,” says an elderly woman standing at the fence of the 13th of March … Continue reading ““It Hurts My Soul to See the Seniors of the 13th of March Old Age Home Filthy and Hungry””
14ymedio, Havana, 16 January 2019 — The official government media Cubadebate has started a controversy with the publication of some fragments of the book Remembering Che: My Life with Che Guevara (its title in the English translation), in which Aleida March de la Torre, Ernesto Guevara’s widow, describes the executions by firing squad in La Cabaña fortress as “an act of … Continue reading “Che’s Widow Justifies La Cabana Firing Squads”
14ymedio, Havana, 23 March 2023–The Territorial Military Tribunal in Havana absolved two police officers accused of killing Exduyn Yoel Urgellés Huete in the municipality of La Lisa on October 7th. Milagros Huete, his mother, maintained her silence all these months for fear of reprisals, but on Tuesday she confronted the officers during an interview with … Continue reading “Mother Seeks Justice for Her Son’s Death at the Hands of Two Cuban Police Officers”
14ymedio, Havana, 30 August 2022 — Despite his irrelevance in Cuban public life, it was the president himself who announced on Tuesday the death of Camilo Guevara March, one of the sons of Ernesto Che Guevara. “With deep sorrow we say goodbye to Camilo, Che’s son and promoter of his ideas, as director of the … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel Says Goodbye to Camilo Guevara, “Promoter of the Ideas of his Father,” ‘el Che’”