English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
“If the purpose of her words was to offend us, she succeeded. But she also strengthened our dignity.” 14ymedio, Havana, 11 May 2025 — A vehement statement from the Jewish Community in Cuba, published this Saturday, reacts to Mariela Castro’s statements on State TV’s Mesa Redonda [Round Table] program, which they attribute to her “excessive … Continue reading “Cuban Jews Denounce Mariela Castro’s ‘Unpunished’ Anti-Semitism”
14ymedio/Yucabyte, Havana, September 22, 2023 — What’s driving the Cuban government to adopt new banking measures in the midst of a nationwide cash shortage? Which restaurants in Havana are being secretly managed by the children and grandchildren of senior Armed Forces’s officials? What event will get so out of control that the island’s frustrated inhabitants … Continue reading “August Rumors: Banking Rules Killing Small Businesses plus Mariela Castro, a Porsche and Crooked Cops”
14ymedio, Madrid, 29 June 2022 — Mariela Castro, deputy to the National Assembly of Peoples Power, director of the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex) and daughter of Raúl Castro, on Thursday accompanied her aunt, Enma Castro at the inauguration of the Ángel Castro House Museum in Láncara, Lugo. The museum finally bears the name … Continue reading “Mariela Castro and Her Aunt Emma Inaugurate the Angel Castro Birthplace in Galicia”
Tremenda Nota, Maykel González Vivero, 6 May 2020 — Mariela Castro Espín caused another controversy on Tuesday when, in deference to social distancing, she opened online the annual day against homophobia and transphobia organized since 2008 by the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex). During the transmission she made in the company of lawyer Manuel … Continue reading “Mariela Castro’s “Trivial Ticks” / Maykel Gonzalez Vivero”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 December 2018 — Three correspondents from the independent press CiberCuba were expelled from a public building in Valencia, Spain, by the security chief of Mariela Castro, daughter of former Cuban ruler Raul Castro. The journalists arrived at the October Cultural Center, a building subsidized by the Spanish State, with the intention of covering a conference … Continue reading “Mariela Castro’s ‘Security’ Expels Cuban Reporters From a Conference in Spain”
14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Miami, 17 May 2018 — The presence of Mariela Castro blessing LGBT couples on Saturday draped in a Christian stole, on the day against homophobia and transphobia in Cuba, has generated scorn among some Cuban believers. In recent days the press has focused on a new church established on the island … Continue reading “"Mariela Castro Is Our Friend But That Does Not Make Our Church Communist"”
Cubanet, Jorge Ángel Pérez, Havana, 1 December 2016 — A cable from the Cuban press agency Prensa Latina, written by Waldo Mendiluza, warned me that the sexologist, parliamentarian, and daughter of Raul Castro, was in New York. According to the cable, the director of Cuba’s National Center for Sexual Education (CENESEX) spoke to the United nations … Continue reading “Mariela Castro’s Disrespect in New York / Cubanet, Jorge Angel Perez”
Juan Juan Almeida, 3 October 2016 — At the same time that Hurricane Matthew is setting off alarms throughout the island, especially in the eastern part of the country, the wall of secrecy surrounding the Castro family is starting to crack, allowing us to see that the Cuban government is spending more money on remodeling Mariela … Continue reading “In the Midst of a Hurricane, Mariela Castro Remodels Her Mansion / Juan Juan Almeida”
This video is not subtitled in English, our apologies. 14ymedio, 20 October 2015 — An independent group of transgender activists in Cuba denounced for the first time, on Monday, LGBTI discrimination on the island before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Mariela Castro, director of the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex), however, did not … Continue reading “Mariela Castro Absent from Human Rights Hearing on LGBTI Discrimination in Cuba / 14ymedio”
Cubanet, Manuel Alberto Morejon, Havana, 12 August 2015 – Haughtiness is sense of superiority that could cause one to be distant and contemptuous towards others, and even incite hatred. Attorney Mariela Castro Espin, director of the National Center for Sex Education (Cenesex), deputy to the National Assembly of People’s Power and the eldest daughter of … Continue reading “Mariela Castro Violates the Constitution / Cubanet, Manuel Alberto Morejon”
Juan Juan Almeida, 27 March 2015 — With the approach of the next congress of the Cuban Communist Party, scheduled for 2016, some analysts are adhering to a prudent logic by predicting that Alejandro Castro Espin will be included on the list of possible successors to the Cuban throne. They cling to this notion with … Continue reading “Betting Cuba’s Future on Alejandro or Mariela Castro / Juan Juan Almeida”
Cubanet, Tania Díaz Castro, Havana, February 19, 2015 — Homosexuality has been around longer than humans have been walking upright. But Fidel Casto — working through State Security, an organization he founded and of which he has always been in charge — has done everything possible to banish it from Cuban soil. He once looked … Continue reading “Mariela Castro’s Eloquent Silence / Cubanet, Tania Diaz Castro”
Havana, Cuba – Once again, the conga line led by Mariela Castro Espín swept through one of the city’s main thoroughfares, this past Saturday, May the eleventh, under heavy security and control measures. The conga line against homophobia, pretends to reproduce the many marches held around the world in support of the rights of the … Continue reading “Mariela Castro’s Day and Conga Line Not Reported in Any Press / Ignacio Estrada”
Mariela Castro says that her uncle [Fidel] “wasn’t aware” of UMAP [Cuban concentration camps] because he was very busy… destroying an entire country.
By Ignacio Estrada, Independent Journalist Havana, Cuba. This coming February 3 will be the right time for another Castro family member to ascend to the Cuban parliament. This time turn it is the turn of the sexologist Mariela Castro, current director of the National Center for Sex Education (CENESEX). An institute that has tried to … Continue reading “Mariela Castro Deputy of Vulgarity / Ignacio Estrada”