English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
With the regime’s top brass present, the presentation of an AKM assault rifle to the old troubadour has something grotesque about it. Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, March 20, 2026 / It looked like a meme or an image created with artificial intelligence. But it wasn’t. The official website of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed … Continue reading “Cuban Troubador Silvio Rodríguez Composes His Own Requiem”
14ymedio, Madrid, 9 June 2023 — “The beginning of the presentation of the Observatory was delicate and beautiful: the prestigious Cuban flutist and clarinetist, Niurka González Núñez, performed Mujer Bayamesa, by Sindo Garay.” In these terms, the press release of the Presidency of Cuba on the launch of the Cuban Observatory on Gender Equality was … Continue reading “Without Alluding to Femicides, the Cuban Leadership Celebrates the New Gender Equality Observatory”
“There are no words to describe so much pain,” said activist Diasniurka Salcedo Verdecia upon breaking the news. 14ymedio, Havana, 5 April 2025 — The Cuban boy Damir Ortiz, who arrived in the U.S. for treatment for a serious illness, died this Saturday in Miami. After several days of apparent improvement, doctors certified his death … Continue reading “Cuban Child Damir Ortiz Dies After Several Weeks of Treatment in Miami”
Following the resumption of releases this week, nine opposition members have been released from prison 14ymedio, Havana, 28 February 2025 — Five other Cuban political prisoners – Yunaiky de la Caridad Linares Rodríguez, Andy Alexis Martín Pérez, Luis Armando Cruz Aguilera, Lázaro Antonio Rodríguez Jerez and Abel Lázaro Machado Conde – were released this Friday. … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Releases Five Other 11J Political Prisoners”
14ymedio, Havana, 21 May 2023 — Police barricades in front of homes and internet cuts on the cell phones of opponents, activists and independent journalists marked this May 20 on the Island, during the 121st anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Cuba. Part of the editorial staff of 14ymedio was incommunicado throughout the … Continue reading “Police Operations, Internet Outages and Surveillance Against Activists Mark May 20 in Cuba”
Cubalex, 15 November 2021 — Cubalex summarized the 48 acts of harassment against civil society we’ve monitored since yesterday, November 14th. At the end of each day, we will be publishing similar reports. We request your help in sharing. Let’s show the repressive essence of the Cuban regime. Havana La Lisa 1. Yunior García … Continue reading “How Repression Unfolded in Cuba on November 14th / Cubalex”
14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, October 15, 2018 — Havana is many cities in one. Tourists see it as a theme park of the past, with old cars and “beautiful” ruins; those who were born here more than five decades ago recall its endless nights and lament its deterioration; while young people consider it like a … Continue reading “Havana Turns 500 With its Infrastructure and Services Anchored in Time”
Just days before Angel was moved illegally and by force from La Lima prison, where he was incarcerated for crimes he did not commit, and when we are still without news of him except that he was locked in the 1580 Prison, or The Pitirre, in San Miguel del Padron, on a severe regime, well … Continue reading “Prison Diary XII: The Birth of a Dissident / Angel Santiesteban”
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental changes. This obliges us, from civil society, to seek and demand our … Continue reading “Citizen Demand for Another Cuba – 536 Signatures and Counting”
Citizen Demand for Another Cuba As Cubans, legitimate children of this land and an essential part of our nation, we feel a deep sorrow at the prolonged crisis that we are experiencing and the demonstrated inability of the current government to make fundamental changes. This obliges us, from civil society, to seek and demand our … Continue reading “For Another Cuba – Citizen Demand for Another Cuba”
From a public pay phone and despite the fact that she was being watched by police agents in civilian clothes, the woman for which one man decided to climb up on his roof and yell anti-governmental slogans (as can be seen in this video,), Sonia Garro Alfonso told El Mundo that she and her husband, … Continue reading ““We are Frustrated by the Stress of the Constant Repression”, declared the dissident Sonia Garro / Iván García”