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Hugo Cancio, the ‘Marielito’ Who Writes Letters to Cuban President Diaz-Canel To Open Businesses in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 29 November 2023 —  “The rules do not apply to Hugo. Hugo insists, Hugo arrives, Hugo persists.” It was one of the numerous mantras that the Cuban-American businessman Hugo Cancio repeated during the interview he gave this Tuesday to his own newspaper, OnCuba. Two hours of conversation with the media’s director, Milena Recio, helped him draw … Continue reading “Hugo Cancio, the ‘Marielito’ Who Writes Letters to Cuban President Diaz-Canel To Open Businesses in Cuba”

The Drastic Reduction in US Chicken Imports Aggravates the Food Crisis in Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 8 December 2023 — A kilo of American chicken reached its highest price in the last five years in October, with a value of $1.30. The high price may be the cause of a new collapse in imports of the poultry meat that Cuba buys from the neighboring country, which fell to figures … Continue reading “The Drastic Reduction in US Chicken Imports Aggravates the Food Crisis in Cuba”

The Cuban Regime Seeks Its Salvation in the Investments of Emigrants

14ymedio, Olea Gallardo, Havana, 19 November 2023 — Those who for decades were called “worms,” “traitors” and “counterrevolutionaries” have become the great hope of the Cuban regime to save the disastrous economy. A main objective seems to guide the Government of Cuba at the conference it is holding with emigrants this weekend in Havana: to … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Seeks Its Salvation in the Investments of Emigrants”

First Meeting in Miami of Cuban Small Businesspeople With Cuban-American Businesspeople

14ymedio, Madrid, 26 September 2023 — About 70 businesspeople living on the Island have been attending an event in Miami this Monday, sponsored by Cuban-Americans who are trying to give wings to the private sector in Cuba, according to El Nuevo Herald on Tuesday. Both the trip and the seminar are organized by a law … Continue reading “First Meeting in Miami of Cuban Small Businesspeople With Cuban-American Businesspeople”

Cuban President Diaz-Canel Suggests Changes in the Law To Authorize Investments by Cuban Americans on the Island

14ymedio, Havana, 23 September 2023 — Miguel Díaz-Canel met this Friday behind closed doors, in New York, with a group of U.S. businessmen, several of them Cuban Americans, to discuss the “new business opportunities” they may have in Cuba, thanks to several economic “transformations” prepared by Havana. Although the president did not offer other details … Continue reading “Cuban President Diaz-Canel Suggests Changes in the Law To Authorize Investments by Cuban Americans on the Island”

Crony Capitalism in Cuba

Ivan García, Havana, 22 May 2023 — Juan José, a private entrepreneur in Cuba, spent a year and a half trying to find a place to install a mini-brewery west of Havana. “He greased the palms of several government officials in the Playa municipality with bills to speed up the procedures. But no go. Things never … Continue reading “Crony Capitalism in Cuba”

Rumors on Social Networks in Cuba Tend to be True

14ymedio, Havana, 13 March 13, 2023 — Since the end of 2020, attacks on freedom of expression have increased, and access to information in the country’s online space has been reduced. The Government blocks social networks and independent media, interrupts mobile data connections and resorts to fake profiles on social networks for its disinformation campaigns, … Continue reading “Rumors on Social Networks in Cuba Tend to be True”

Cuban Exile Raises about $13,000 to Replace Etecsa’s Controversial Billboard in Miami

14ymedio, Havana, 25 July 2022 — “Cuban exile is respected!” will say the Miami billboard that briefly housed an advertising message from the Cuban state telecommunications monopoly Etecsa announcing its telephone recharges. “We don’t want more communist propaganda,” concludes the new text that its promoters want to put on the edge of the Palmetto highway … Continue reading “Cuban Exile Raises about $13,000 to Replace Etecsa’s Controversial Billboard in Miami”

Billboard with the Cuban Telephone Company Etecsa’s Logo is Removed in Miami

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, 15 July 2022 — A billboard announcing telephone recharges with the logo of the Cuban state telecommunications monopoly Etecsa was removed from a Miami highway due to pressure from activists and exiles, local media reported this Friday. The removal occurred this Thursday after a campaign on social networks in which the … Continue reading “Billboard with the Cuban Telephone Company Etecsa’s Logo is Removed in Miami”

Shipments to Cuba to be Paid for in Miami

Ivan Garcia, Havana, 4 April 2022 — After shaving his incipient beard, Sergio, 36, a software programmer, gets his smartphone and goes online. Using the WhatsApp tool Infotienda, he tracks down which market in Havana is stocking cheese, toilet paper, and milk powder. His 10-year-old daughter and two of her friends play The Sims on … Continue reading “Shipments to Cuba to be Paid for in Miami”

City of Miami Approves Resolution Against Cultural Exchange with Cuba

EFE/14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Miami, 14 June 2019 — The City of Miami approved on Thursday 13 June a resolution by its mayor, Francis Suárez, and commissioner Manolo Reyes, which seeks to prohibit cultural exchanges with artists from Cuba, according to the local press. “This resolution urges the federal government to end cultural exchange [with … Continue reading “City of Miami Approves Resolution Against Cultural Exchange with Cuba”

Oh, Pablo / Miguel Iturria Savón

The Pablo Milanes concert, announced for August 27 at American Airlines Arena in Miami, unleashes opposing views in capital of the Cuban exile, where the promoters of Fuego Entertainment fill their lit billboards, their posters at bus stops and their TV ads, with what goes unnoticed by some while angering hundreds of critics who consider … Continue reading “Oh, Pablo / Miguel Iturria Savón”

The Latin American Spring / 14ymedio, Carlos Alberto Montaner

14ymedio, Carlos Alberto Montaner, 12 December 2015 — Has the Latin American Spring finally sprung? Perhaps. There are signs. Antonio Machado records the doubt in his Canciones: “Spring has come, nobody knows how.” All springs are different. Eastern Europe’s, in the second half of the eighties, was possible because the stars surprisingly aligned themselves under … Continue reading “The Latin American Spring / 14ymedio, Carlos Alberto Montaner”