Search results for: Yoani chronicles fever

The offensive against private businesses has reduced the offerings in a city where getting a package of chicken is a whole expedition 14ymedio, Havana, Yoani Sánchez, August 19, 2026 / I went out into the street after almost three weeks of convalescence. I descended the 14 flights of stairs as if I was an 80-year-old … Continue reading “Havana Chronicles: Three Weeks Later, I Return to Streets With Less Food and More ‘Closed’ Signs”

A virus, an empty medicine cabinet, and the haunting image of those who grow old alone reveal the depth of Cuba’s health and demographic crisis. 14ymedio, Havana, Yoani Sánchez, August 1, 2026 / Day One. I wake up with a tingling in my right shoulder. “I must have slept in the wrong position,” I tell … Continue reading “Havana Chronicles: The Days of the Fever”

Mosquitoes continue to bite near the monument to the scientist who fought yellow fever 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, June 25, 2026 / Some monuments take on a different meaning over time. This Wednesday, I was walking near the Marianao Obelisk, that stone needle erected in homage to Dr. Carlos J. Finlay, and I couldn’t help … Continue reading “Havana Chronicles: Under the Shadow of a Giant Syringe, Cuba Remains the Land of Waiting”

Havana has become a hostile and unsafe city, where it is increasingly difficult to sleep and bathe due to the lack of electricity and water. 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, June 17, 2026 / I collapse into bed, exhausted. A stroll through the Miramar neighborhood can be worse now than sprinting along the uneven sidewalks of … Continue reading “Havana Chronicles: Surrounded by Garbage, Miramar Is No Longer the Glamorous Neighborhood It Once Was.”

Now you can find out who has family abroad and has sent them a rechargeable lamp, who bought a generator that hums when it starts up, and who achieved their dream of owning a solar panel. 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 17 March 2026 — I leave early. Dawn is my ally because I know Havana … Continue reading “Havana Chronicles: The Constant Walker and the Paralyzed City”