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To Replace Milk and Yogurt, Cuban Children Receive a Syrup with Additives that are Harmful to Health

14ymedio, Havana, 31 August 2023– Cuban children between the ages of seven and 13 have begun to receive syrup instead of the milk and yogurt that the state used to sell on a rationed basis. Although the authorities have been discreet with the announcement of the change, the official press has alluded to the manufacture … Continue reading “To Replace Milk and Yogurt, Cuban Children Receive a Syrup with Additives that are Harmful to Health”

Cuba Has Spent More Than 100 Million Dollars on Turkish ‘Patanas’, a Secret Investment

14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, 23 August 2023 — One of the best kept secrets of the Cuban authorities is the cost of the Turkish patanas [floating power plants] that, since 2019, contribute to alleviating blackouts on the Island. Faced with the silence of those responsible, 14ymedio went to look for information in the Dominican Republic, … Continue reading “Cuba Has Spent More Than 100 Million Dollars on Turkish ‘Patanas’, a Secret Investment”

Three Months After Completing a Capital Repair, Cuba’s Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant Goes out of Service

14ymedio, Havana, 24 August 2023 — The directors of the Antonio Guiteras thermoelectric plant reported on Thursday the departure from the National Electric System (SEN) for approximately 72 hours, almost three months after it received capital maintenance. The authorities, who have tried to downplay the fact by alleging “repairs and maintenance,” reported that the plant, … Continue reading “Three Months After Completing a Capital Repair, Cuba’s Guiteras Thermoelectric Plant Goes out of Service”

Cuban Sugar: No Present and No Future

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 22 August 2023 — The Castro state press has paid unusual attention to the sugar agro-industry that is currently starting the works for the repair and preparation necessary to face the next campaign, and among which are included, the pool of equipment that will guarantee the cutting, hauling and pressing … Continue reading “Cuban Sugar: No Present and No Future”

Without Notebooks and Pencils, Cuba Prepares for the Start of the School Year in September

14ymedio, Havana, 12 August 2023 — After three years of school closures due to a wave of covid-19 infections, the Government announced this Friday the start of the 2023-2024 school period under “normal conditions.”. The return, however, will be marked by a “difficult economic situation,” acknowledged President Miguel Díaz-Canel, who has already warned that the … Continue reading “Without Notebooks and Pencils, Cuba Prepares for the Start of the School Year in September”

Fishers and Farmers Are Exempt, for Now, From Cuba’s ‘Bankification’

14ymedio, Madrid/Havana, 10 August 2023 — “Bankification will advance in places where conditions exist,” said Julio Antonio Pérez Álvarez, general director of Operations and Payment Systems of the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) in a new edition of the Round Table program dedicated to the financial measures that have revolutionized the warm Cuban August. The … Continue reading “Fishers and Farmers Are Exempt, for Now, From Cuba’s ‘Bankification’”

Two Hundred Cubans in Sancti Spiritus Lose Their Fixed Telephone Lines for Non-Payment

14ymedio, Havana, 2 August 2023 — The numbers of disconnected users of the Cuban Telecommunications Company (Etecsa) in the province of Sancti Spíritus are revealing both of the economic crisis that the island is going through, and the emigration that does not stop. Up to 200 customers have lost their landline, Escambray reported this Wednesday, due … Continue reading “Two Hundred Cubans in Sancti Spiritus Lose Their Fixed Telephone Lines for Non-Payment”

A Hot August is Coming in Cuba

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, 1 August 2023 Access to the internet barely functions. The ATMs are almost out of cash. The Electric Union announces an increase in blackouts. It is better not to go near the hospitals because there are no serums for hydration. Bus stops have become places for long waits. There are … Continue reading “A Hot August is Coming in Cuba”

A Dozen Residents of Central Havana Protest the Lack of Electricity and Water

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, July 24, 2023 — The presence of a State Security motorcycle was the only trace this Monday morning of the protest that took place on Sunday night in Belascoaín and San Lázaro, in Centro Habana . A dozen people managed to interrupt traffic by sitting across the street until two … Continue reading “A Dozen Residents of Central Havana Protest the Lack of Electricity and Water”

Sentences of Up to Nine Years in Prison for Eight Cubans Who Looted a Dollar Store

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 8 July 2023 — A Cuban military court sentenced eight people to up to nine years in prison for a protest against the blackouts in July 2022, which ended in the looting of a state hard currency store in the town of Covadonga. According to sentence number 13 of 2023, of … Continue reading “Sentences of Up to Nine Years in Prison for Eight Cubans Who Looted a Dollar Store”

With Surveillance, Clubs and Internet Cuts, the Cuban Regime Mobilizes to Prevent a New ’11J’ Day of Protests

14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, June 11, 2023 — Messages by phone, by word-of-mouth, and “orientations from above”: the tension in Cuban workplaces during the second anniversary of the ’11J’ — 11th July 2021 — protests began very early this Tuesday. In each school, in each company, someone had to remain “on guard” and with a club in … Continue reading “With Surveillance, Clubs and Internet Cuts, the Cuban Regime Mobilizes to Prevent a New ’11J’ Day of Protests”

The Cuban Government Acknowledges Having Used Diesel From the State Industry To Generate Electricity

EFE/14ymedio, Havana, 13 June 2023 — The Cuban Minister of Economy and Planning, Alejandro Gil, acknowledged that the diversion of diesel from industry to electricity generation has negatively affected the country’s productive activity. Gil made these statements in his inaugural speech at the “Three Days of Productive Economics of Cuba,” a meeting of state and … Continue reading “The Cuban Government Acknowledges Having Used Diesel From the State Industry To Generate Electricity”

The Trail of Oil Sent to Cuba Is Lost Between the Cienfuegos Refinery and Matanzas

14ymedio, Havana, 7 June 2023 — Every day, more than ten tanker trucks with the Unión Cuba-Petróleo (Cupet) logo depart from the Cienfuegos refinery and embark on a long route that takes them to Matanzas, passing through the municipalities of Palmira, Cruces, Lajas, El Diamante and Aguada de Pasajeros. The journey of 121 miles takes … Continue reading “The Trail of Oil Sent to Cuba Is Lost Between the Cienfuegos Refinery and Matanzas”

Cuba: You Must Be Having a Laugh Diaz-Canel… / Jeovany Jimenez Vega

Jeovany Jimenez Vega, 5 May 2023 — How was it possible, after the worst plane crash in our recent history, [Cubana de Aviación Flight 972 crashed in May 2018  at Santiago de las Vegas with loss of 112 lives], after the fatal collapse of the balconies that took the lives of three girls in a … Continue reading “Cuba: You Must Be Having a Laugh Diaz-Canel… / Jeovany Jimenez Vega”

In Four Years, Cuba Has Lost Almost 25 Percent of Its Electricity Production, According to Official Data

14ymedio, Madrid, 30 May 2023 — Electricity generation was reduced by almost a quarter in just four years in Cuba. According to the data published on Monday by the National Bureau of Statistics (ONEI), last year there were 15,732 gigawatts (GW) per hour on the Island, 24.5% less than in 2018, when the amount reached … Continue reading “In Four Years, Cuba Has Lost Almost 25 Percent of Its Electricity Production, According to Official Data”