English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
So far, 7 million eggs have been sent from the Colombian port of Cartagena 14ymedio, Havana,8 June 2024 — Colombia will send 40 million eggs to Cuba before the end of the year, as reported by Prensa Latina this Friday, citing the Colombian authorities. The Latin American country had already sent a shipment to the … Continue reading “Colombia Plans To Send 40 Million Eggs to Cuba Before the End of the Year”
14ymedio, Havana, 27 March 2024 — To the diplomatic file of José Noé Ríos, Colombian ambassador to Havana and skillful negotiator during the most tense moments of the dialogue with the FARC guerrillas, a “historical milestone” has just been added: he received – personally – the 518,400 eggs that the National Federation of Poultry Farmers … Continue reading “Delicate New Mission for Colombia’s Ambassador: Delivering 500,000 Eggs to Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 11 March 2024 – After starting negotiations last July and after approving the health certifications in December, the Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) will send the first batch of eggs to Cuba. Two 40-foot containers with 17,280 boxes of 30 units – 518,400 eggs in total – will soon leave for the Island, the Institute assured, although without revealing … Continue reading “Colombia Sends a First Batch of Half a Million Eggs to Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, December 1, 2023 — The Colombian Agricultural Institute (ICA) announced that it will soon begin exporting fresh eggs to Cuba. Negotiations with Havana began in July, the entity explained in a statement, but they needed approval from the Island’s National Center for Animal Health, which finally gave the green light to the purchase. “We are … Continue reading “Given the Debacle of National Production, Cuba Will Import Eggs from Colombia”
The data was released by Congressman Hernán Cadavid in a report denouncing the “toxic leadership” of the president 14ymedio, Madrid, October 16, 2024 — The Colombian Government of Gustavo Petro has made more than 70 trips to Cuba and Venezuela in two years without revealing, in many of those cases, the reasons. The data was … Continue reading “Colombian President Gustavo Petro and His Officials Have Traveled More Than 70 Times to Venezuela and Cuba in Two Years”
Almost 1,800 producers in the province have not supplied a single liter of milk so far this year 14ymedio, Havana, June 7, 2024 — Of the 8,023 farmers who signed a contract with the State this year in Camagüey, more than half – about 4,198 – have failed to comply with the daily delivery of … Continue reading “Cuba’s Official Press Requests a Hard Hand With the Ranchers of Camagüey Who Aren’t Delivering Milk”
Egg production in Cuba has decreased from five million units a day in 2020 to 2.2 million in 2023 14ymedio, Miguel García, Havana, 10 June 2024 — At least 54,000 laying hens are being slaughtered in Holguín, a process that has begun due to the impossibility of keeping them due to the lack of animal … Continue reading “54,000 Laying Hens Are Slaughtered in Holguín, Cuba, Due to the Lack of Animal Feed”
14ymedio, Yaxis Cires, Madrid, 20 May 2024 — Last summer 27% of Cuban households received some sort of remittance from relatives living abroad according to a 2023 report* by the Madrid-based Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH). This is a significant reduction compared to the previous two years (34% and 37%, respectively) and is presumably … Continue reading “Why Do Remittances to Cubans Only Provide Subsistence?”
Eggs cost 3,500 pesos per carton of 30 in the informal market, compared to 2,000 a year ago 14ymedio, Havana, 14 April 2024 — In the ’80s, when the Soviet subsidy had created the mirage of prosperity in Cuba, in primary schools, along with names and mockery for physical appearance, it was common to insult … Continue reading “In Cuba One Egg, a Common Food, Now Costs More Than the Daily Pension of a Retiree”
14ymedio, Havana, 25 March 2024 — The Poultry Company of Artemisa reported on Monday the death of 400 birds in the Ciro Redondo unit, due to the storm that hit the western provinces this weekend. The poor condition of the roofs, which were detached by the strong winds, caused water to enter the chicken coops … Continue reading “About 400 Chickens Drowned in the Storm in Artemisa”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Ángel Salinas, Mexico, 28 September 2023 — Travel agencies in Tapachula (Chiapas) are doubling the cost of tickets for Cubans who want to fly to Mexico City or the U.S. border. This was reported to 14ymedio by Yumara, a 29-year-old Cuban who was processed by the Mexican Commission for Refugee Assistance (Comar) … Continue reading “Mexican Agencies Take Advantage of Cubans and Double the Cost of Tickets”
14ymedio, Havana, 14 August 2023 — Two weeks ago, Maritza, a retiree living in Central Havana, took her flat-screen TV to a neighbor who repairs household appliances “on the side.” The young man told her that he would have to replace a part and the cost would be 4,000 Cuban pesos, or twenty dollars, based … Continue reading “With the Peso Dying, Cubans Are Living in Rhythm with the Dollar”
Fernando Damaso, 22 October 2019 — By the end of Cuba’s colonial period, the country was suffering from a high mortality rate. Malaria, smallpox, childhood tetanus, typhoid, yellow fever and other diseases were decimating the population. An interventionist government in the United States first assigned General Brooke, then General Wood, the task of quickly improving … Continue reading “Our Annual Summer Dengue / Fernando Damaso”
14ymedio, Havana, January 1, 2019 1. Return of the Mais Médicos doctors The victory of Jair Bolsonaro in the Brazilian presidential elections will have economic consequences that are as yet unforeseeable for the Government’s coffers because of Cuba’s withdrawal from the program Mais Médicos (More Doctors), which has meant so much revenue for the … Continue reading “The 14 Events That Marked 2018”
Iván García, 10 May 2018 — It seems a lot of time has passed since the night of July 31, 2006 when Fidel Castro’s former secretary, Carlos Valenciaga, announced on the eight o’clock news that the bearded former guerrilla leader was retiring due to illness. Most Cubans remember what they were doing at that moment. … Continue reading “Raul Castro’s Inconclusive Reforms / Ivan Garcia”
