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Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba 2013 Letter of the Year / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba

By Ignacio Estrada Cepero, Independent Journalist Havana, Cuba. The last Tuesday of January the “Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba” dawned, as it does every year, to a crowd of people at its doors awaiting the famous Letter of the Year. Religious predictions governing the fate of the Cuban nation. Throughout the morning the number of … Continue reading “Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba 2013 Letter of the Year / Ignacio Estrada #Cuba”

Neighbors of the Saratoga Hotel in Limbo Three Years after an Accident that killed 47 People

“We remain unsheltered, homeless, and seeing no real progress in the reconstruction of our building.” 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez/Olea Gallardo, Havana, May 6, 2025 — A massive police presence could be observed around the former Saratoga Hotel and an adjacent building on Tuesday, three years after an explosion destroyed both structures and left forty-seven people … Continue reading “Neighbors of the Saratoga Hotel in Limbo Three Years after an Accident that killed 47 People”

The Prosecution Calls for Eight Years in Prison for Cuban Pastors Who Invoked God During a Trial

The parents were defending their son, who deserted the military service and faces a four-year prison sentence. 14ymedio, Havana, May 23, 2025 — Evangelical pastors Luis Guillermo Borja and Roxana Rojas testified in a military trial for their son and dared to invoke God. This was enough, it seems, for the prosecution to request eight … Continue reading “The Prosecution Calls for Eight Years in Prison for Cuban Pastors Who Invoked God During a Trial”

The Official Press Highlights the Forecasts of the Yoruba Association, Close to the Regime

With several Letters of the Year at their disposal, Cubans no longer know which ’orisha’ to trust 14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, 2 January 2025 — Cuban Santeros will have to decide this 2025, as in past years, which Letter of the Year they prefer to believe in. Forced by chance and probability, it is impossible … Continue reading “The Official Press Highlights the Forecasts of the Yoruba Association, Close to the Regime”

The Independent Yorubas Dare To Foresee Dismissals ‘At the Highest Levels’ in Cuba

“The attachment to the past does not let us see present solutions, nor future plans,” warns the Miguel Febles Padrón Commission 14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, 3 January 2025 — Two predictions for 2025 – both political and social – stand out in the Letter of the Year prepared by the Cuban independent Yorubas this Thursday. … Continue reading “The Independent Yorubas Dare To Foresee Dismissals ‘At the Highest Levels’ in Cuba”

Cuba’s Independent Yorubas Dedicate the Year to Elegba, Protector of Private Enterprises

14ymedio, Havana | 2 January 2024 — Devoid of the critical tone against the Regime that characterized it in another era, the Letter of the Year of the independent Cuban Yorubas, published this Tuesday in Havana by the Miguel Febles Padrón Commission, focuses on international trade and on requesting “the prompt sanitation of the country.” … Continue reading “Cuba’s Independent Yorubas Dedicate the Year to Elegba, Protector of Private Enterprises”

The Independent Yorubas Announce the ‘Increase in Social Indiscipline’ in Cuba

14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 3 January 2023 — A day after its rivals of the ruling Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba, the independent commission Miguel Febles Padrón published on Monday its Letter of the Year 2023, in which it predicts “the loss of freedom due to the increase in social indisciplines,” the arrival of favorable trade agreements and … Continue reading “The Independent Yorubas Announce the ‘Increase in Social Indiscipline’ in Cuba”

Cuban Babalawos Predict a Bad Year for Agriculture

14ymedio, Havana, January 2, 2018 — Cuban babalawos [Yoruba spiritual title for a Santeria priest] have again predicted a year of difficulties, especially in the agricultural sector, but also for natural phenomenons, venereal diseases, and migratory conflicts, according to the Letter of the Year published by the Yoruba Cultural Association of the Island (ACYC). The … Continue reading “Cuban Babalawos Predict a Bad Year for Agriculture”

’Letter of the Year’ Sets Off Controversy Among Cuba’s Babalaos

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 3 January 2018 — The controversy broke out after the publication of the 2018 Letter of the Year. The series of predictions — provided every January by the priests of the Yoruba religion — has raised a cloud of criticism expressed in calls to “not conspire” and to respect authority, something that … Continue reading “’Letter of the Year’ Sets Off Controversy Among Cuba’s Babalaos”

The Cuban Regime Imposes a Leader on Freemasonry and Will Freeze Their Bank Accounts if They Reject Him

Cuba’s Ministry of Justice replaces the unruly José Ramón Viñas with the ‘babalawo’ Lázaro Cuesta 14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, May 29, 2025 — The man that the Ministry of Justice wants to command the Supreme Council for the 33rd Degree – the highest authority of Freemasonry in Cuba, next to the Grand Lodge – is … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Imposes a Leader on Freemasonry and Will Freeze Their Bank Accounts if They Reject Him”

An NGO Requests Acquittal for Those Convicted by Cuban Judge Melody González, Who is Now Requesting Asylum in The United States

Amnesty International (AI) designates Professor Pedro Albert Sánchez of Prisoners Defenders (PD) as a prisoner of conscience and urges the German Government to intercede for its citizen detained in Cuba 14ymedio/EFE, Madrid, 8 July 2024 —On Monday, the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) requested the acquittal of those convicted by Judge Melody González Pedraza, … Continue reading “An NGO Requests Acquittal for Those Convicted by Cuban Judge Melody González, Who is Now Requesting Asylum in The United States”

Cuban Santeros Predict Disease and an Increase in Crime in 2024

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 1 January 2024 — The Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba fortells for 2024 an increase in disease, crime, alcohol and drug use, and it drew attention to the increase in “abuse of women” on the Island, according to its predictions released this Monday. A group of priests from the Cuban Santería … Continue reading “Cuban Santeros Predict Disease and an Increase in Crime in 2024”

Cuba: A Raspberry for the Little Dictator

14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, January 3, 2023 — Almost everyone has heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as the Razzies or the anti-Oscars, where the worst films and performances of the year are recognized. The video presented by Díaz-Canel to welcome 2023 could very well sweep those awards, if they were to … Continue reading “Cuba: A Raspberry for the Little Dictator”

Garcia Lorca in Cuba: Diary of a Resurrection

14ymedio, Manuel Llorente, Madrid, 14 October 2022 — Federico García Lorca’s first adventure in the Americas could not have been more beneficial for him. The young man who, with a broken heart, embarked for the United States in 1929, bore no resemblance to the man who returned to Cádiz on 30 June 1930 aboard the … Continue reading “Garcia Lorca in Cuba: Diary of a Resurrection”

Cuban Babalawos Predict ‘Firm and Safe Health’ for 2021

14ymedio, Havana, 1 January 2021 — The Yoruba Cultural Association of Cuba published the 2021 Letter of the Year this Friday, a series of recommendations and predictions developed in one of the most anticipated ceremonies for the believers of that religion. The text also offers some advice to face the next stage. The Letter was … Continue reading “Cuban Babalawos Predict ‘Firm and Safe Health’ for 2021”