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President Díaz-Canel Calls on Cubans To Join a ‘March of the Fighting People’ Against the US

“The optimists, the group in which we revolutionaries belong, believe that the important thing is to have conquered the test,” said the president, without specifying what that supposed victory is.  14ymedio, Havana, 14 December 2024 — In response to Cuba being kept on the US list of countries sponsoring terrorism for another year, President Miguel … Continue reading “President Díaz-Canel Calls on Cubans To Join a ‘March of the Fighting People’ Against the US”

Exiled by the Regime, the ‘Flag Man’ Continues Fighting for Cuba From the US

The image of Daniel Llorente, running in the 2017 May Day parade in Havana with the flag of the “empire,” went around the world. 14ymedio, Havana, 10 April 2025 — “The work I’m doing is remodeling houses, making sporadic repairs, electrical work, plumbing, anything that breaks down.” The words of Daniel Llorente Miranda, the “man … Continue reading “Exiled by the Regime, the ‘Flag Man’ Continues Fighting for Cuba From the US”

Ukraine Warns of the High Number of Cubans Fighting With Russian Troops

EFE (via 14ymedio), Kiev, 16 March 2024 — The Ukrainian body that deals with prisoners of war warned this Friday of the high number of Cubans fighting with Russian troops in the war in Ukraine, and reproached the authorities of Havana for their tolerance of Russian recruitment operations on the Island. “We see photographs and … Continue reading “Ukraine Warns of the High Number of Cubans Fighting With Russian Troops”

Repression Stifles the 15N March in Cuba and Spreads Popular Unrest

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 15 November 2021 — Since dawn on Monday, State Security agents dressed in civilian clothes were deployed in squares and parks and took the rooftops near the Capitol building in Havana, as part of the operation to prevent the Civic March called for three in the afternoon of this November … Continue reading “Repression Stifles the 15N March in Cuba and Spreads Popular Unrest”

Calls for Violence and the Kidnapping of a Dissident to Intimidate Cubans Ahead of November 15 March for Change

14ymedio, Havana, October, 26, 2021 — Nairobis Schery Suárez, the wife of Manuel Cuesta Morúa, disappeared around midday on Monday, according to information received through the social media accounts of Mathadela Tamayo, who was alerted by the opposition leader of the Council for a Democratic Transition in Cuba. As of late Monday, Suárez was still … Continue reading “Calls for Violence and the Kidnapping of a Dissident to Intimidate Cubans Ahead of November 15 March for Change”

Five Young People on the Island Win Awards in Cuban Contest for “Influencers”

14ymedio, Havana, 6 March 2020 — A contest that seeks to support Cubans who want to become new stars of social networks already has its winners. The contest, launched by the presenter Alex Otaola, announced on Thursday the names of five young people from the Island who have received this support to be influencers. After counting the votes … Continue reading “Five Young People on the Island Win Awards in Cuban Contest for “Influencers””

When A People Unites, No Dictatorship Can Prevail / Somos+

Somos+, Richard Shirrman, 27 January 2019 — This January 26 we watched as thousands of Cuban citizens and lovers of liberty and democracy came together with one voice demanding our rights, it was more than one march or protest against that dictatorship that robs us all alike of our liberty, that subjugates, and that represses … Continue reading “When A People Unites, No Dictatorship Can Prevail / Somos+”

New Bathrooms, Old Fashioned Marches

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, 1 May 2017 — Portable toilets are a part of all the demonstrations that have proliferated in Cuba for the last half century. Away from the lights and headlines, these essential and improvised restrooms alleviate the plight of thousands of people attending the ‘Marches of the Fighting People’, the Anti-Imperialist Tribunes, and the … Continue reading “New Bathrooms, Old Fashioned Marches”

Otto Rivero’s March 2nd / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 2 March 2017 — Otto Rivero directed the most powerful entity in Cuba at the beginning of this century, the Battle of Ideas, but was ousted by Raúl Castro a few months after the latter assumed the presidency. Now, the former youth leader has emerged from his “pajama plan” – as such … Continue reading “Otto Rivero’s March 2nd / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

Away From “The Honey Of Power” Carlos Lage Focuses On Fighting Mosquitoes / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 30 May 2016 – Every evening he emerges with his briefcase from the place where he purges his fate of being ousted. Carlos Lage, former vice president of Cuba’s Council of State, works on the campaign against the Aedes aegypti mosquito at the 19 de Abril polyclinic. Seven years ago he … Continue reading “Away From “The Honey Of Power” Carlos Lage Focuses On Fighting Mosquitoes / 14ymedio, Zunilda Mata”

Restore Sovereignty to the People If You Want To Avoid another Revolution / 14ymedio, Pedro Campos

A pandemic of freedom floods our senses. Juan Carlos Cremata 14ymedio, Pedro Campos and other authors, Havana, 25 July 2015 – It will soon be 62 years since a group of young men headed by Fidel Castro attacked the Moncada Barracks in Santiago de Cuba, an event that catapulted that figure to the foreground of … Continue reading “Restore Sovereignty to the People If You Want To Avoid another Revolution / 14ymedio, Pedro Campos”

The People Speak Very Well of Us / Cubanet, Ernesto Garcia Diaz

Cubanet, Ernesto García Díaz, Havana, 19 February 2015 — On the morning of Saturday, February 14, in the town of Colón, Matanzas, CubaNet visited with Caridad María Burunate Gómez, a member of the Ladies in White. To learn more about this dissident who is also a member of the clandestine Pedro Luis Boitel Party for … Continue reading “The People Speak Very Well of Us / Cubanet, Ernesto Garcia Diaz”

Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin Released After Seven Days Arbitrarily Imprisoned

The director of ‘La Hora de Cuba’ has been locked up in the detention center known as El Vivac 14ymedio, Madrid, 26 December 2024 — Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba and national vice president of the Press Freedom and Information Commission of the Inter-American Press Society (IAPA), was released this Thursday, just … Continue reading “Cuban Journalist Henry Constantin Released After Seven Days Arbitrarily Imprisoned”

Cuban State Security Detains Journalist Henry Constantin for Four Days

A collaborator of ’La Hora de Cuba’ is prevented from delivering toiletries to the detainee 14ymedio, Havana, 23 December 2024 — Henry Constantín, director of La Hora de Cuba and regional vice president for Cuba of the Inter-American Press Society (IPA), has been in detention for 96 hours in El Vivac de La Habana. This … Continue reading “Cuban State Security Detains Journalist Henry Constantin for Four Days”

The Despair of the Line Manager for More Than 6,000 Gas Station Customers in Havana

Pedro Garce Fights Against ’Imperialism’ and the Bureaucracy of Those ’From Above’ 14ymedio, Havana, 23 December 2024 — Every time he starts writing in his Telegram group, Pedro Garce, organizer of the lines for fuel in El Tángana and two other gas stations in the municipality of Plaza de la Revolución, makes customers tremble. For … Continue reading “The Despair of the Line Manager for More Than 6,000 Gas Station Customers in Havana”