English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
The province’s fishing company was only able to catch half of the fish it had planned for the semester 14ymedio, Havana, 20 June 2024 — The Fishing Company of Las Tunas, Pescatun, is back in the news this Thursday for its disastrous production. In addition to the deficient capture, with a debt of 501 tons … Continue reading “With Damaged Boats, Little Fuel and Blackouts in Cuba, Las Tunas Runs Out of Fish”
The drought threatens to make the largest reservoir in Cuba disappear for good 14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 14 June 2024 — If anyone in Cuba is enthusiastic about the current hurricane season, which is predicted to be active, it is the authorities of Hydraulic Resources in Sancti Spíritus. It has been five years since … Continue reading “Cuba’s Zaza Reservoir Is Exhausted: Where There Used To Be Fish There Now Are Grazing Cattle”
14ymedio, Havana, 24 November 2022 — The aquaculture workers of Sancti Spíritus have been able to fulfill only 57% of their production plan for 2022. A lower presence of species, the shortage of fuel to carry out the extraction work and the lack of maintenance of the dams are some of the difficulties they face. … Continue reading “With Dams Invaded by Weeds, Aquaculture Reduces its Production by Half in Cuba”
14ymedio, Mercedes Garcia, Havana, December 8, 2021 — Two days after an article appeared in 14ymedio on the breach of a holding pond, the official press responded with an improbable explanation for the “escape” of roughly fifteen tons of shrimp intended for export from an aquatic farm in Tunas de Zaza, a town in Sancti … Continue reading “The Official Press Invents an Intense Storm to Explain the Loss of Shrimp at Tunas de Zaza”
14ymedio, via EFE, Havana, 6 June 2018 — Cuba reported this Wednesday the death of one of the two people who disappeared in the intense rains of last week, and 8 deaths were added to the previous total. The rains also damaged 9,972 homes, of which 486 were total collapses, according to information provided in … Continue reading “Eight More Deaths in Cuba From the Rains, Which Damaged 9,972 Homes”
The Economic Chamber of the Court of Havana issued a summons to the Panamanian corporation Ingelco S.A., to appear and answer the lawsuit within sixty working days from March 28, 2012. The notice, issued on March 23, 2012 by the Supreme Court and published on the 27th of that month in the Official Gazette of … Continue reading “Havana Court Summons Panamanian Firm’ Joint Venture Partner in Rio Zaza / Laritza Diversent”
The sought-after sea snail of Camagüey is reserved for export 14ymedio, Madrid, 25 June 2024 — The sea snail of Camagūey is exempt from the disastrous panorama presented by fishing in Cuba. The colorful and sought-after giant snail is reserved exclusively for export. That, at least, is evident from a praiseworthy article published on Saturday … Continue reading “The Capture of the Sea Snail Is One of the Few Fishing Successes in Cuba”
The order came from the head of the Civil Defense, despite the lack of progress on the work to bring water to the inhabitants of Florence 14ymedio, Havana, 12 June 2024 — The Cuban military showed up this Monday at the works of the Florence aqueduct, in Ciego de Ávila, to persuade the builders to … Continue reading “Cuba: Ciego De Ávila’s Desperate Race To Finish an Aqueduct by July 26”
The spill has also caused damage to crayfish, crabs, fish and waterfowl in the area. 14ymedio, Havana, May 25, 2024 — Meliá Trinidad Peninsula, the hotel colossus that accounted for 60% of the construction budget for 2023 in Sancti Spíritus, has caused a significant deterioration of the province’s mangroves in just six months of activity. … Continue reading “Waste from a Meliá Hotel Contaminates the Beaches and Mangroves of Trinidad, Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 20 April 2023 — The empty nets at the Zaza dam, the largest reservoir in Cuba, have become a constant for fishermen, who warn that there are not enough fish for this year. The situation is reflected in the battered results of the Sancti Spíritus Fishing Company, which closed with a production of … Continue reading “Cuba’s Largest Reservoir Fulfilled Only 40 Percent of Its Fishing Plan in the First Quarter of 2023”
14ymedio, Havana, 27 May 2018 — The intense rains of subtropical storm Alberto, the first of the Atlantic hurricane season, have left more than 5,000 evacuees in Cuba, flooded villages and damage to extensive agricultural areas, especially in the western and central areas of the island, according to information gathered by 14ymedio. Saturday and Sunday have … Continue reading “Alberto Causes Serious Floods in Central Cuba Forcing More Than 5,000 Evacuees”
Site manager’s note: a 28 May update has raised the number number to 852,000. 14ymedio, 27 May 2017 — More than 400,000 people have been affected by a break in the main water supply conduit in the Southern Basin of Havana. The structure collapsed Thursday night after a repair and while an attempt was being made … Continue reading “More Than 400,000 Havanans Affected by Break in Water Supply”
14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, 29 March 2017 — Cuba is experiencing one of the worst droughts of the last half century and its reservoirs are at 39% capacity, a situation that affects the water supply for people, industry and agriculture. Santiago de Cuba is going through the most serious situation, according to José Antonio Hernández, director of the Department of Rational … Continue reading “Santiago de Cuba Hit Hard by Drought”
14ymedio, Madrid, 28 August 2023 — It is not the first time the provincial daily in Sancti Spíritus, Escambray, is at the vanguard of the most daring official press in its critique of the authorities, and the column published on Monday is, perhaps, one of its milestones to date. The article, signed by one of … Continue reading “An Official Describes the Cuban Ministry of Tourism’s Information Policy as ‘Machiavellian’”
14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 15 February 2023 — Jatibonico’s colossus no longer roars as it used to. Instead of the rattling of its machinery, the Uruguay sugar mill is silent and prepares for the arrival of its new managers, a Russian company that will try to revitalize what in its day was one of … Continue reading “‘The Russians Have Already Arrived’ to Take Possession of One of the Largest Sugar Mills in Cuba”
