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Where Is The FEU While Cuban Police Beat Congolese Medical Students?

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 9 April 2019 — For decades, the official Cuban press has reported in detail on police violence against student demonstrations around the world. Thus, we have seen riot police respond with tear gas, tonfas and rubber bullets to university students in many countries. But the day that scene happened in Cuba, the national … Continue reading “Where Is The FEU While Cuban Police Beat Congolese Medical Students?”

Panama Adds Advantages to Its Tourism Card for Cuban Shoppers

14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Miami, 17 March 2019 — The Government of Panama has decided to allow Cubans who have a tourism card for purchases in that country to obtain a stamped visa, according to a statement from Panama’s National Migration Service. The new measure is established through an Executive Decree signed by the country’s president, Juan … Continue reading “Panama Adds Advantages to Its Tourism Card for Cuban Shoppers”

Official Press Sees Electoral Advantages in the Tornado

Mario J. Pentón/14ymedio, Miami/Havana, February 20, 2019 — The official press on the island has received guidance to take advantage of the tragedy of the tornado that, at the end of January, devastated Havana, in order to advance propaganda for the Yes vote in the February 24 referendum on the new constitution. This newspaper has had … Continue reading “Official Press Sees Electoral Advantages in the Tornado”

An IMO Update Leaves Thousands of Cubans Without Messaging Services

14ymedio, Luz Escobar / Mario J. Pentón, Havana / Miami, 15 January 2019 — A recent update of the popular IMO messaging and calling application has left thousands of Cubans on both sides of the Florida Strait without communications. After the update the contacts with the American prefix disappears, inviting the user to open a … Continue reading “An IMO Update Leaves Thousands of Cubans Without Messaging Services”

Independent Cuban artists say NO to Decree 349 / Ivan Garcia

Iván García, 7 December 2018 — Luis Manuel Otero, an independent artist, the day before his 31st birthday, walks hand in hand with his wife  Yanelys Núñez, an art historian, aged 29, along a dark narrow street going to an art gallery in an old cinema which showed porn movies in the Chinese district in Havana. … Continue reading “Independent Cuban artists say NO to Decree 349 / Ivan Garcia”

Amid the Chaos in Venezuela, Cuba has No Plans to Evacuate Its Doctors

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón / Luz Escobar, Miami / Havana, 29 January 2019 — Kept quartered in some states and working in others, the thousands of doctors that the Cuban government maintains in Venezuela await the outcome of the conflict between the president-in-charge Juan Guaidó and ruler Nicolás Maduro, without evacuation plans. “Since Guaidó assumed … Continue reading “Amid the Chaos in Venezuela, Cuba has No Plans to Evacuate Its Doctors”

The Police Removed the Poor From the Streets of Cienfuegos During the Visit of Diaz-Canel

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos / Miami, 19 January 2019 – More than twenty beggars and elderly people were picked up by the police in the streets of Cienfuegos and sent to the Psychiatric Hospital. The authorities wanted to prevent those poor people from “wandering” in the city during Thursday’s visit by … Continue reading “The Police Removed the Poor From the Streets of Cienfuegos During the Visit of Diaz-Canel”

Dengue and Zika Advancing in Cienfuegos

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos/Miami, December 12, 2018 –Winter hasn’t managed to contain the Aedes aegypti mosquito, which is grazing freely in Cienfuegos. 198 people have been seen in the past week under suspicion of dengue, and 22 suspected cases of Zika have been recorded, which makes the province one of those … Continue reading “Dengue and Zika Advancing in Cienfuegos”

Alleged Murderer of Two Women in Cienfuegos Commits Suicide

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos/Miami, 5 December 2018 — Rafael Garcia, alleged perpetrator of the double femicide that shook Cienfuegos last May, committed suicide on the eve of his trial, scheduled for Wednesday, several sources close to the family confirmed to 14ymedio. The tension was thick in the air in the morning hours in the vicinity of … Continue reading “Alleged Murderer of Two Women in Cienfuegos Commits Suicide”

The Lack of Water Hits Several Hospitals In Central Cuba

14ymedio, Justo Mora / Mario J. Pentón, Cienfuegos / Miami | November 09, 2018 – The deterioration of the hydraulic infrastructure in the center of the country is hitting hard at several hospitals in the region, which cannot function normally as they suffer from daily rationing of the water supply to complete cutoffs in the … Continue reading “The Lack of Water Hits Several Hospitals In Central Cuba”

Cuban Government Raises the Minimum Pension for the First Time in Ten Years

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón / Luz Escobar, Havana/Miami | 31 October 2018 — Beginning in December, Cuban pensioners who receive the minimum monthly pension of 200 Cuban pesos (equivalent to $7.50 USD) will receive 242 CUP ($9.00 USD). The increase, announced Tuesday by Belkis Delgado, Director of Prevention, Assistance and Social Work of the Ministry of Labor and Social Security, is … Continue reading “Cuban Government Raises the Minimum Pension for the First Time in Ten Years”

Prestigious Ecuadorian Surgeon Opposes Cuban Medical Mission in His Country

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Miami, 29 September 2018 —  Bernardo Sandoval Córdova, a surgeon who is dean of the Faculty of Medicine of the International University of Ecuador, has raised the controversy over the permanence of the Cuban medical mission in that South American country. In an opinion column published in the official government newspaper El Telégrafo, Sandoval Córdova … Continue reading “Prestigious Ecuadorian Surgeon Opposes Cuban Medical Mission in His Country”

Canadian Producer Brings the Story of the “Idealism and Altruism” of Cuba’s “Five Spies” to the Big Screen

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, 12 September 2018 — The story of the five Cuban spies sentenced to prison in the United States will arrive on the big screen very soon, and twice. A year after learning that the Frenchman Olivier Assayas had adapted Brazilian writer Fernando Morais’ book The Last Soldiers of the Cold War, the Canadian Pictou … Continue reading “Canadian Producer Brings the Story of the “Idealism and Altruism” of Cuba’s “Five Spies” to the Big Screen”

Cancun, a New El Dorado for Cubans

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Cancún, México | September 28, 2018 — The wind was barely blowing and the humidity was unbearable. Outside Terminal 2 of Cancún’s international airport, Juan Ernesto waited for his brother, who was arriving aboard an Aeroméxico flight from Havana. It was Jonathan’s first time abroad. His purpose: to buy some basic essentials … Continue reading “Cancun, a New El Dorado for Cubans”

Father Jose Conrado Rodriguez Denounces Cuba’s “Totalitarian” System

14ymedio, Mario J. Penton, Miami, 19 September 2018 — The political system in Cuba, an inheritance from the former Soviet Union, is deeply monstrous and inhuman. Caribbean totalitarianism has turned every Cuban into an executioner and at the same time into a victim and the only way to escape from the vicious circle of lies and … Continue reading “Father Jose Conrado Rodriguez Denounces Cuba’s “Totalitarian” System”