English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
A few days ago a lady who has a seat on the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) knocked on my door. I thought it was a mistake or forgetfulness that brought her to our door, as we haven’t been members of the CDR for nearly a decade. But the thin woman was … Continue reading “Cachita — The Virgin of Charity of Cobre — Returns to Cuban Hearts and Homes / Yoani Sanchez”
After a mass at her shrine by the Bishop of Santiago de Cuba, the Virgin of Charity of Cobre began on 8 August a pilgrimage across the country, with a message of dialogue and reconciliation, which will run until 10 December 2011. The precession, commemorating the 400th anniversary of her appearance in Cuban water, coincides … Continue reading “The Virgin of Charity of Cobre / Dimas Castellanos”
14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 8 September 2021 — Like every September 8, the streets of Cuba are dressed in yellow fabrics and sunflowers to celebrate the Virgen de la Caridad del Cobre. This year, however, the Patroness of the Island is not accompanied by her people. Facing the covid-19 pandemic, which offers the country no truce, and … Continue reading “Cubans Pay Tribute to Patron Saint the Virgin of Charity del Cobre From Their Homes and Under Surveillance”
The procession precedes the celebration of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre, patron saint of the island, popularly called ‘Cachita’ EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 8 September 2024 –Dozens of devotees attended the mass and subsequent procession of the Virgin of Regla this Saturday, in the Havana municipality that bears her name, on the eve of … Continue reading “Dozens of Devotees Venerate the Virgin of Regla on the Eve of the Day of Cuba’s Patron Saint”
Some with candles, with very few sunflowers, that is how the devotees entered the church of the Virgen de la Caridad de El Cobre on the corner of Manrique and Salud Streets, in Centro Habana. This Thursday, the day on which the Patron Saint of Cuba is celebrated, inflation has also been noted in the … Continue reading “The Procession for Our Lady of Charity Draws a Crowd in Havana”
14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón | Miami | June 20, 2018 — Cuba’s new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, is determined to revitalize the government’s image. In a demonstration of his closeness to the people, he agreed to be photographed playing basketball with students during a recent visit to Santiago de Cuba. Only this time the ball that … Continue reading “Diaz-Canel Visits El Cobre Basilica and Plays Basketball at a School”
14ymedio, Santiago de Cuba, 18 September 2015 – The place where Cachita* — as we fondly call our patron saint — receives her devotees has seen busy days before the arrival of Pope Francis. In the Basilica of the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, located in Santiago de Cuba Province, the details for the the … Continue reading “El Cobre Prepares to Welcome Pope Francis / 14ymedio”
More than 200 Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) activists joined 57 Ladies in White on 8 September 2013 on a visit to the Sanctuary of the Virgin of Charity of Cobre in Santiago de Cuba, on the 401st anniversary of her appearance. They asked her for freedom and democracy for Cuba. Translator’s note: This un-subtitled … Continue reading “More than 200 UNPACU dissidents visit the Virgin of Charity / UNPACU”
Almost 400 years after Juan de Hoyos, Rodrigo de Hoyos and Juan Moreno — the three Juans, as the Cubans affectionately called them — saw the appearance of a virgin that held a baby Jesus, while they rowed their little boat in the middle of a storm, I had the blessing of seeing the statue … Continue reading “What Would the Virgin Do? / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
From her basilica in El Cobre, she watches us so we can be bathed in the love that she radiates. Three boats carried the Spanish conquistadors to the New World. One of them – the flagship named Santa Maria – never returned to the Old World, it was destroyed on the island La Española. So … Continue reading “The Cubans’ Virgin / Wendy Iriepa and Ignacio Estrada”
In Cuba we celebrated with joy a new anniversary of our beloved patroness: Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. On the occasion of the 400 years that have passed since her apparition in the Bay of Nipe, a replica of her image toured Cuba under the slogan “Charity unites us,” and many faithful paid … Continue reading “The Mambisa Virgin / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
In Cuba we celebrated with joy a new anniversary of our beloved patroness: Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre. On the occasion of the 400 years that have passed since her apparition in the Bay of Nipe, a replica of her image toured Cuba under the slogan “Charity unites us,” and many faithful paid … Continue reading “The Mambisa Virgin”
Photos: Francis Sánchez. The image of Mary, mother of Christ, which today makes a pilgrimage through the entire country announcing the message of the God’s love for man, came to the province of Ciego de Avila this Sunday, March 13, when it entered the town of Cunagua. With the national tour of the Patroness of … Continue reading “At the Feet of the Virgin / Francis Sánchez”
By Silvio Benitez Marquez Punta Brava, Havana- 12 Jan 2011 – Virgin of Charity, you who are compassion and love. – Help us so that in Cuba things do not get worse than they already are. – Come close to your children, relieve us of so much suffering. – And if you are not able … Continue reading “Petitions from a Cuban to the Virgin of Charity / Silvio Benítez Márquez”
I saw him. I’m sure it was him. He didn’t recognize me, absorbed in himself as he was, sitting in a bar on Belascoaín Street, listening to Olga Guillot on a decrepit RCA Victrola. It was four in the afternoon on September 8th. A desert sun seemed like it was going to melt the Havana … Continue reading “On the Virgin’s Day, The Poet Was Listening to Boleros / Iván García”
