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Three Cubans Who Arrived in the United States a Month Ago Fear Being Deported

14ymedio, Havana, 20 November 2022 — Cubans Pedro Yasmani, Raúl Santana and Daisel Pons, who crossed the Rio Grande to the United States on October 17, remain in a detention centre in southern Texas and fear being “deported,” they told Univision News 23. “They chose us at random,” Yasmani complained. The Cuban said that after … Continue reading “Three Cubans Who Arrived in the United States a Month Ago Fear Being Deported”

Murdered Cuban ‘Balseros’ Increase to Six and Those Responsible Are Named on the List of Repressors

14ymedio, Madrid, 31 October 2022 — There are now six* fatalities from the sinking of a boat by Cuban border guards last Friday. As reported on Sunday by La Hora de Cuba, the most recent one identified is Indira Serrano Cala, only 18 years old and originally from Guane, Pinar del Río. An anonymous source … Continue reading “Murdered Cuban ‘Balseros’ Increase to Six and Those Responsible Are Named on the List of Repressors”

Deported and Whereabouts Unknown–One of the Cubans who Stole a Boat in Mariel

14ymedio, Havana, October 5, 2022–The family of Evelio Calvo Capote, who organized, with 21 family members, the theft of a boat from the port of Mariel with the intention of reaching the U.S. does not know where he is being held. “They grabbed him and loaded him onto a white van and they took him,” … Continue reading “Deported and Whereabouts Unknown–One of the Cubans who Stole a Boat in Mariel”

A Family Steals a Boat From Cuba’s Port of Mariel to Try to Get to the United States

14ymedio, Havana, 26 September 2022 — Last Friday, a family of Cubans stole a boat belonging to the Cuban government from the port of Mariel, with the aim of leaving the country and heading to the United States. According to Daniel Calvo, a resident of Miami, he has no details of how they stole the … Continue reading “A Family Steals a Boat From Cuba’s Port of Mariel to Try to Get to the United States”

Havana Historian Eusebio Leal, Two Years After His Death His ‘Oblivion’ is Decreed

14ymedio, Xavier Carbonell, Salamanca, 2 August 2022 — The legacy of Eusebio Leal, after two years of his death, fits in a couple of showcases and some tearful speech. An exhibition at the Elvira Cape Provincial Library, in Santiago de Cuba, was the greatest tribute to which the historian of Havana could aspire, far from the city to which … Continue reading “Havana Historian Eusebio Leal, Two Years After His Death His ‘Oblivion’ is Decreed”

Neighbours in El Condado, Santa Clara, Cuba, Accuse the Police of Killing a Young Man of 17

14ymedio, Havana, 2 July 2022 — Various videos have been circulating in social media since Saturday, showing a teenager shot by the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in the El Condado neighbourhood in Santa Clara. The young man, 17 years old, was identified by several users as Zidan Batista Álvarez. In the videos, a number of … Continue reading “Neighbours in El Condado, Santa Clara, Cuba, Accuse the Police of Killing a Young Man of 17”

A Japanese Bus Crashes and Partially Demolishes a Building in Central Havana

14ymedio, Havana, 17 June 2022 — A public transport bus collided with a column of a building between Monte and the corner of San Nicolás, in Centro Habana, this Thursday afternoon. According to witnesses to the event, to whom journalist Mario J. Pentón had access, the accident left no injuries. The cause of the collision, the same sources … Continue reading “A Japanese Bus Crashes and Partially Demolishes a Building in Central Havana”

Flights from the United States to Santa Clara and Holguin, Cuba will Resume on June 16

14medio, Havana, June 8, 2022 — Flights from the United States to Cuban provinces will resume on June 16, and the first locations went on sale this Wednesday. Yfrain Villazón, a representative of Café Travel, told Miami-based journalist, Mario J. Pentón, that next Thursday, Sagua Travel will begin charter flights to Abel Santamaría Airport in … Continue reading “Flights from the United States to Santa Clara and Holguin, Cuba will Resume on June 16”

One Missing Person and Dozens of Residential Areas Flooded by Rainstorms in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 3 June 2022 — A resident of Pinar del Río fell into a swollen creek in the district of Diez de Octubre and is reported missing by local authorities after heavy rains that mainly affected the west and center of the country. According to what neighbors told the official media, the man “didn’t … Continue reading “One Missing Person and Dozens of Residential Areas Flooded by Rainstorms in Cuba”

Cuban Rafter Who Fled a Conviction for July 11th (11J) Protests Must Show ‘Credible Fear’

14ymedio, Havana, 19 May 2022 — The 27-year-old Cuban Yariel Alfonso Puerta, who jumped into the sea last Friday along with his friend Alioski Quintero González and left the island to avoid a trial for his participation in the July 11 demonstrations in Matanzas, is on a US Coast Guard Cutter conducting his “credible fear” … Continue reading “Cuban Rafter Who Fled a Conviction for July 11th (11J) Protests Must Show ‘Credible Fear’”

‘With the Veto Against Anamely Ramos, the Message is Very Clear: No Cuban is Safe’

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 16 February 2022 — Experts consulted by 14ymedio have found no precedent for the government to have vetoed the entry of a Cuban citizen residing in Cuba, as happened this Wednesday with the art curator and activist Anamely Ramos, who was unable to board her American Airlines flight bound for Havana. The … Continue reading “‘With the Veto Against Anamely Ramos, the Message is Very Clear: No Cuban is Safe’”

‘New Cars’ Given to Cuban Athletes, Who Then Thank Fidel Castro

14ymedio, Havana, 12 January 2022 — A row of shiny cars parked at the entrance of the Ciudad Deportiva (Sports City), in Havana, caught the attention of passers-by on Wednesday. In social networks, an Internet user shared images of the singular scene with a text that read: “Mercedes-Benz for our Cuban Olympic champions.” The news … Continue reading “‘New Cars’ Given to Cuban Athletes, Who Then Thank Fidel Castro”

Uruguay’s President Denounces the Imprisonment of Opponents in Cuba

14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 18 September 2021 — The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, and the Cuban leader, Miguel Díaz-Canel, staged an exchange of accusations this Saturday at the VI Summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (Celac), in Mexico. The discussion began when the Uruguayan showed his concern because on the island, and in … Continue reading “Uruguay’s President Denounces the Imprisonment of Opponents in Cuba”

Cuban Government’s Silence is Prolonged in Response to the Request to Authorize Humanitarian Flights From the U.S.

14ymedio, Havana, 29 August 2021 — Cuban authorities have not yet authorized the landing on the island of cargo airlines from the United States with humanitarian aid despite the fact that the island is experiencing a collapse in its healthcare system and despite the voices that are clamoring for a humanitarian airlift to bring resources … Continue reading “Cuban Government’s Silence is Prolonged in Response to the Request to Authorize Humanitarian Flights From the U.S.”

Cuban General Ruben Marti­nez Puente Dies, the Third General in a Week

14ymedio, Havana, July 25, 2021 — Reserve Major General Rubén Martínez Puente died this Saturday at age 79, according to a brief note released by the Ministry of the Armed Forces in which the cause of death was not specified. Martínez was born in 1942 in Santiago de Cuba. He was part of the Rebel … Continue reading “Cuban General Ruben Marti­nez Puente Dies, the Third General in a Week”