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‘No One is Going to Spoil the Party!’ Warns Diaz-Canel, Sheltered by Castro and the Dome of Power in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 29 October 2021 —  “We are already vaccinated against covid-19, and against fear, we have always been. We have a Homeland and we defend life. And we continue to be homeland or death,” Miguel Díaz-Canel claimed this Thursday at the closing of the Seventh Ordinary Period of sessions of the National Assembly. “We will win!” … Continue reading “‘No One is Going to Spoil the Party!’ Warns Diaz-Canel, Sheltered by Castro and the Dome of Power in Cuba”

New Water Cuts Announced in Havana for Thursday

14ymedio, Havana, 19 October 2021 — To the despair of the residents of La Lisa, Playa and Marianao, the Havana Water company said that on Thursday they will interrupt the service in those municipalities “due to maintenance and repairs.” In a statement published this Tuesday and by the official press, the state company specified that … Continue reading “New Water Cuts Announced in Havana for Thursday”

Prepaid Cards, Another Desperate Attempt to Prevent Gasoline Theft in Cuba

14ymedio, Natalia Lopez Moya, Havana, October 14, 2021 — In spite of strenuous efforts by the government, Cubans remain reluctant to stop using cash to buy gasoline. A policy requiring customers to pay by card at Cupet service stations, which are operated by state-owned conglomerate Cimex, was expected to take effect by December 2020. The … Continue reading “Prepaid Cards, Another Desperate Attempt to Prevent Gasoline Theft in Cuba”

Cuba: Report Records Five Actions Against Foreign Currency Stores and Patrols in September

14ymedio, Madrid, 2 October 2021 — “The repression and terror” instituted by the Cuban government “fail to neutralize this new generation of dissident citizens.” The Cuban Conflict Observatory (OCC) reaches this conclusion in its latest report, made public this Friday, which includes 312 protests in September. Since September 2020, when 42 demonstrations took place, until the same month … Continue reading “Cuba: Report Records Five Actions Against Foreign Currency Stores and Patrols in September”

Most Cubans Live in Poverty on Less Than $ 1.28 a Day

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 September 2021 — Food shortages continue to be the main problem for most Cubans, followed by covid-19 and the economic consequences caused by the ‘Ordering Task’*. This data is presented by the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) in its fourth report on The State of Social Rights in Cuba, presented this Monday in Madrid, which … Continue reading “Most Cubans Live in Poverty on Less Than $ 1.28 a Day”

With Hopes and Setbacks Food Services Reopen in Havana

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 24 September 2021 — “We must take advantage of today, tomorrow is only for those who book by phone,” an enthusiastic customer said this morning outside the Coppelia ice cream parlor, in Havana, one of the state premises that opened its areas with tables available to the public this Friday, … Continue reading “With Hopes and Setbacks Food Services Reopen in Havana”

South African Opposition Asks for Suspension of 12.3 Million Dollar Payment to Cuba

14ymedio, Madrid, 30 August 2021 — The leader of the South African opposition party Democratic Alliance, Kobus Marais, has demanded that the government stop the payment of 12.3 million dollars pending to Cuba for the illegal acquisition of interferon alfa-2b in April 2020. The total amount of the sale was $14.7 million, although it was … Continue reading “South African Opposition Asks for Suspension of 12.3 Million Dollar Payment to Cuba”

What’s Happened to Human Rights in Cuba During the Pandemic? / Cubalex

Cubalex, 29 June 2021 — During the last two years Cubalex has monitored the epidemiological situation and the restriction of human rights in the context of the pandemic Our organization concludes that the Cuban State is using the health crisis as a justification for suspending human rights without having declared a State of Emergency, as … Continue reading “What’s Happened to Human Rights in Cuba During the Pandemic? / Cubalex”

Cuban Tobacco Growers Denounce State ‘Manipulation’ of Their Prices

14ymedio, Havana, August 10, 2021 — The tobacco farmers of San Juan y Martínez have run out of patience. With the product picked and without news of the announced price increase, Pinar del Río farmers have sent a letter to the country’s top leaders denouncing a possible manipulation of the information provided to them in … Continue reading “Cuban Tobacco Growers Denounce State ‘Manipulation’ of Their Prices”

Cubans Can Now Import Solar Panels Without Paying Duty

14ymedio, Havana, July 29, 2021 — In the midst of a pressing electricity shortage, the Cuban government has taken a step demanded by the population to authorize the duty-free import of photovoltaic systems, including parts and pieces of panels that generate energy by direct transformation of sunlight into electricity. The resolution, published this Wednesday in … Continue reading “Cubans Can Now Import Solar Panels Without Paying Duty”

Cuban State-Owned Businesses Need Freedom and Property Rights to be Efficient

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, July 19, 2021 — Another experiment in sight. Will it fail? In the midst of the crisis precipitated by the social explosion against the government resulting from the serious economic crisis caused by the Tarea Ordenamiento* (Ordering Task), the Díaz Canel regime has decided to apply a series of patches to … Continue reading “Cuban State-Owned Businesses Need Freedom and Property Rights to be Efficient”

Worthy Cubans are at the Protests Fighting for Freedom

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 16 July 2021 – With nearly 200 people detained and disappeared, because their families say they do not know where to find them, with the Black Berets patrolling through the streets asking random passersby for documentation, with the army and state security forces ready to go out at any moment … Continue reading “Worthy Cubans are at the Protests Fighting for Freedom”

The Change to Democracy in Cuba Has Started

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 12 July 2021 — Cuba’s communists have no remedy. They destroy the economy and peaceful coexistence in the country, and instead of seeking a solution to the devastation they have created, they meet in their exclusive Sanhedrin, the Political Bureau of the party’s central committee, to analyze what they call … Continue reading “The Change to Democracy in Cuba Has Started”

Now, the Street Belongs to Everyone in Cuba

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Valencia, 12 July 2021 — On an important day for freedom and democracy in Cuba, Díaz-Canel, in an improvised appearance on television, could not think of anything  to say other than “the order of combat is given: Revolutionaries take to the streets.” A bad business. Pitting some Cubans against others is a bad precedent … Continue reading “Now, the Street Belongs to Everyone in Cuba”

Customers in Cuba Desperate Over Problems with Banco Metropolitano ATMs

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 1 July 2021 — The abrupt suspension of the electronic operations of the Banco Metropolitans (Banmet), in Havana, has caused outrage among customers, who have gone to the automatic teller machines (ATM) in search of cash and have not been successful. “I went to get money at the ATM in … Continue reading “Customers in Cuba Desperate Over Problems with Banco Metropolitano ATMs”