English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
The infant mortality rate rises to 8.2 per thousand and the maternal rate to 56.3 per cent. “Among the population, there is still a fair amount of dissatisfaction associated with the provision of services that we have been unable to resolve,” said the minister. 14ymedio, Madrid, July 15, 2025 — “It has been impossible to … Continue reading “In a Dark Year for Health in Cuba, Maternal and Infant Mortality Rates Go Up”
14ymedio, Madrid, 2 January 2022 –The infant mortality rate fails to recover in Cuba and barely fell by a tenth compared to last year, when some of the worst data in recent decades were recorded, with 7.6 deaths per thousand live births. This year, the rate remains at 7.5, more than two and a half … Continue reading “With a Rate of 7.5 Deaths Per Thousand, Cuba Has Lost its Leadership in Infant Mortality”
14ymedio, Havana, 11 November 2022 — With infant mortality of 7.4 per thousand live births since January 2022, Cuba fails to reverse the negative trend of previous years, particularly 2021, when the rate reached 7.6, the worst since 1996. In a meeting of high-level officials, broadcast two weeks ago on Televisión Cubana, Dr. Tania Margarita … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Attributes High Infant Mortality to the Lack of Staff”
14ymedio, Madrid, 8 April 2022 — The infant mortality figures in Ciego de Ávila were very bad news last year, when the province closed 2021 with a rate of 13.8 dead babies per thousand births. For the first quarter of 2022 up to March 24, according to the authorities, six newborns died and there were … Continue reading “Doctors Leave Cuba and it Affects the Infant Mortality Rate”
14ymedio, Madrid, 15 December 2021 — Infant deaths doubled in Ciego de Ávila in 2021 compared to the previous year, going from 23 to 45 babies, up to 12 months, who died so far this year. The effect is also noticeable in the mortality rate, which jumped from 6.4 to 13.8 per thousand, as revealed by … Continue reading “Infant Mortality Rate in Cuba’s Ciego de Avila Province is Higher than that of Mexico and El Salvador”
The Cuban capital is the most affected by emigration, in addition to registering an infant mortality rate of 10.2 per thousand, the highest in the country. 14ymedio, Madrid, 23 May 2025 — That the mortality rate in Cuba is higher than the number of births is nothing new. The population growth been negative for years … Continue reading “In Havana, Deaths Are Almost Triple Births”
During the Health Minister’s visit, the “illegal sale of services, medicines and resources” was discussed 14ymedio, Havana, 1 February 2025 — On Friday, Cuban Health Minister José Ángel Portal Miranda, speaking in Villa Clara, criticized the failures in the “compliance with medical ethics,” a euphemism that describes the corruption of medical services in the province. … Continue reading “Cuba’s Minister of Health Is Concerned About the ‘Political and Ideological’ Situation of Doctors in Villa Clara”
“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”
There are 24,000 Cuban doctors on “international missions” and 32,000 who emigrated from the Island this year 14ymedio, Madrid, 30 December 2024 — This year 703 fewer children were born in Cienfuegos than last year, the provincial newspaper 5 de Septiembre published this Sunday in a very short report. It expresses concern about the province’s … Continue reading “The Birth Rate in Cienfuegos Fell by More Than 25 Percent in 2024”
Iván García, 12 September 2024 — After midday, Dr. Geiser, 28, arrives sweating at the ramshackle doctor’s office in the neighborhood of Santos Suarez, in the municipality of Diez de Octubre, south of Havana. Before putting on her white coat and attending to patients, she keeps a bag of soft bread, two avocados and five … Continue reading “Public Health Collapses in Cuba / Iván García”
Russian and Cuban experts are studying the Oropouche virus in Havana EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 6 August 2024 — The European Union (EU) has allocated 500,000 euros of humanitarian aid to Cuba to finance the most urgent health needs of children, adolescents and women of reproductive age, the Department of Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid … Continue reading “The European Union Allocates 500,000 Euros in Aid for Public Health in Cuba”
The loss of almost two million inhabitants since 2022 places the Island in “refugee crisis” figures 14ymedio, Juan Palop, Havana, July 22, 2024 — The prestigious Cuban economist and demographer Juan Carlos Albizu-Campos warns in an interview with EFE that statistics about his country show it to be an “unreformable” system in the midst of … Continue reading “Cuba Is Experiencing a ‘Humanitarian Crisis’ and Is Approaching ‘Implosion’ According to Demographer Albizu-Campos”
The residents, meanwhile, only hope that the city buildings will benefit from the paraphernalia of the event. 14ymedio, Mercedes Garcia, Sancti Spíritus, 4 July 2024 — Even in the midst of the most painful crisis that the Revolution has faced, the Cuban regime insists on remembering its “rebellious lineage” every year by granting one province … Continue reading “Layers of Paint and Hype in Sancti Spíritus, Cuba to Celebrate July 26th”
The project, financed by Unicef and the Government of Extremadura, was also intended for Haiti and the Palestinian territories 14ymedio, Madrid, 19 June 2024 — Up to nine neonatal care units have been given to Cuba from a project of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in Spain and the Extremadura Agency for International Cooperation … Continue reading “Cuba Receives a Donation From Spain as an Area Affected ‘By Natural Disasters and Conflicts’”
14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, May 26, 2024 — Cuba was not a paradise. It never was, but it was one of the countries with the best social and economic indexes in all of Latin America. There were numerous problems, but more had been resolved than remained, although from my perspective, the military coup of March … Continue reading “The 122nd Anniversary of the Cuban Republic We Lost”
