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Anna Bensi After the Dismissal of Her Case: “If They Think They Can Silence Me, They Are Very Wrong”

State Security suggests she cooperate with counterintelligence or go live with her sister in the US 14ymedio, Madrid, April 14, 2026 / The Havana Provincial Prosecutor’s Office has definitively dismissed the case against Cuban YouTuber and activist Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente and her mother, Caridad Silvente, who were being investigated for crimes of “acts against … Continue reading “Anna Bensi After the Dismissal of Her Case: “If They Think They Can Silence Me, They Are Very Wrong””

Cuban State Security Intensifies Harassment of Anna Bensi and Her Family Following a Visit From U.S. Mission Head Mike Hammer in Havana

The influencer reports threats against her sister and the blocking of her WhatsApp account 14ymedio, Havana, April 9, 2026 / Mike Hammer, head of the U.S. mission to Cuba, visited content creator Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente, known online as Anna Bensi, at her home in Alamar, Havana, on Tuesday. The meeting took place amid the … Continue reading “Cuban State Security Intensifies Harassment of Anna Bensi and Her Family Following a Visit From U.S. Mission Head Mike Hammer in Havana”

Cuban YouTuber Anna Bensi Appears To Testify Regarding the Accusation Against Her Mother and Leaves Charged With the Same Offense

The young woman is under house arrest and cannot leave the country or travel between provinces without notifying State Security. 14ymedio, Madrid, March 26, 2026 – Cuban YouTuber and activist Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente, known on social media as Anna Bensi, went this Wednesday to the Alamar police unit to be interrogated by State Security … Continue reading “Cuban YouTuber Anna Bensi Appears To Testify Regarding the Accusation Against Her Mother and Leaves Charged With the Same Offense”

The Mother of Cuban YouTuber Anna Bensi Is Threatened With Five Years in Prison

The Inter American Press Association denounces that this type of harassment against independent journalists and their relatives has become constant in Cuba. 14ymedio, Havana, March 12, 2026 – The wave of repression in Cuba has continued intensifying in recent days. Interrogations and arbitrary criminal proceedings are being used to stop any form of critical expression. … Continue reading “The Mother of Cuban YouTuber Anna Bensi Is Threatened With Five Years in Prison”

Cuba: Seventy Anti-Government Incidents of Graffiti Appeared Overnight on Walls, Fences, Billboards, and Streets Across the Island

Havana concentrates the majority of the 1,245 protests recorded in March in Cuba 14ymedio, Havana, April 1, 2026 – Social discontent in Cuba manifested itself throughout nearly the entire month of March on the Island. For three consecutive weeks, Cubans protested night after night, in the darkness caused by blackouts, with pots and pans in … Continue reading “Cuba: Seventy Anti-Government Incidents of Graffiti Appeared Overnight on Walls, Fences, Billboards, and Streets Across the Island”

A Woman Is Threatened With Five Years in Prison for Recording a Police Operation in Cienfuegos, Cuba

Madeleiny Fuentes León, who never published the video, was arrested by the Technical Investigations Department. Madeleiny Fuentes León, 30, a resident of Santa Isabel de las Lajas, Cienfuegos, was arrested last Friday by agents of the Technical Investigations Department (DTI), under orders from Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior, after she recorded a video of a … Continue reading “A Woman Is Threatened With Five Years in Prison for Recording a Police Operation in Cienfuegos, Cuba”