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The United States Will Increase Its Diplomatic Staff in Guyana to Speed Up Visas for Cubans

14ymedio, Havana, 17 December 2021 — The diplomatic staff at the United States embassy in Guyana will be increased next year in order to eliminate backlogs in the granting of visas to Cubans, primarily applicants who are applying for family reunification. The announcement was made by representatives of the State Department this Thursday at a press conference … Continue reading “The United States Will Increase Its Diplomatic Staff in Guyana to Speed Up Visas for Cubans”

Repression of 11 July Decisive in a ‘Pause’ in the Review of US Policy Toward Cuba

Police officers arrest protesters in front of the Cuban capitol in Havana on June 11. (EFE) 14ymedio, Havana, 3 December 2021 –Joe Biden’s intentions to partially modify US policy toward Cuba were frozen by the July 11 crackdown, Juan González, director of the National Security Council for the Western Hemisphere, revealed in an interview with NBC … Continue reading “Repression of 11 July Decisive in a ‘Pause’ in the Review of US Policy Toward Cuba”

Cuba: Jose Daniel Ferrer Denounces ‘a Constant Noise in His Head, like Crickets’

14ymedio, Madrid, November 8, 2021 — Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD) has requested that the European Union’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borell, intercede “immediately” in favor of dissident José Daniel Ferrer, leader of Unión Patriótica de Cuba (Patriotic Union of Cuba — Unpacu), imprisoned since July 11th. In a communication published … Continue reading “Cuba: Jose Daniel Ferrer Denounces ‘a Constant Noise in His Head, like Crickets’”

Cuban Authorities Predict That Dengue Fever Will Enter an ‘Epidemic Phase’ in Guantanamo

14ymedio, Havana, 24 June 2023 — The dengue fever situation in Guantánamo is “in the prelude to the epidemic phase,” the authorities warn in the local press. With a 30% increase in outbreaks of contagion, the level of alarm in the Provincial Center for Hygiene, Epidemiology and Microbiology has now been raised. The director, Leonel … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Predict That Dengue Fever Will Enter an ‘Epidemic Phase’ in Guantanamo”

Dengue Cases in Santiago de Cuba Reach Disturbing Levels, Especially in Palma Soriano

14ymedio, Havana, 29 May 2023 – – The rainy season is just beginning and dengue threatens again. In Santiago de Cuba, the contagion figures are already worrying, as an article published this Saturday in Sierra Maestra warns. “In recent days the number of medical attentions for non-specific febrile syndrome has increased, as well as reactive … Continue reading “Dengue Cases in Santiago de Cuba Reach Disturbing Levels, Especially in Palma Soriano”

Shortage of Condoms in Cuba Causes Rebound in Sexual Infections and in Abortions

14ymedio, Havana, 14 January 2023 — The shortage of condoms in pharmacies and health centers is taking a heavy toll on Cuban families with a rise in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), as well as unwanted pregnancies and abortions, said Dr. Deglis Luciano, head of the Program of STIs in the province of Guantanamo. The official … Continue reading “Shortage of Condoms in Cuba Causes Rebound in Sexual Infections and in Abortions”

Cuban Singer-Songwriter Pablo Milanes Will Be Buried in the Las Rozas Cemetery, Near Madrid

14ymedio, Madrid, 23 November 2022 — Hundreds of people approached the Casa de América in Madrid on Wednesday, where the funeral chapel of Pablo Milanés, who died early Tuesday, was installed. The musician, as confirmed to 14ymedio by family sources, will be buried near the Spanish capital, in the cemetery of Las Rozas. At the foot … Continue reading “Cuban Singer-Songwriter Pablo Milanes Will Be Buried in the Las Rozas Cemetery, Near Madrid”

Cuban Singer/Songwriter Pablo Milanes Dies at 77

14ymedio, Havana, 21 November 2022 — Cuban singer/songwriter Pablo Milanés died in Madrid on Tuesday at the age of 77. His death was confirmed by sources close to the artist. Milanés had been hospitalized for several weeks with an inflamed gallbladder and a kidney infection, which had forced him to cancel several concerts. Milanés moved … Continue reading “Cuban Singer/Songwriter Pablo Milanes Dies at 77”

Hospitalized in Madrid for his Delicate State of Health, Cuban Performer Pablo Milanes Cancels his Concerts

14ymedio, Madrid, 11 November 2022 — Cuban singer-songwriter Pablo Milanés, 77, is hospitalized in Madrid and has been in delicate health in recent months with various infections, due to his disease, a type of cancer, myelodysplastic syndrome, which decreases his immune response, according to family members. The artist, who suffers from inflammation of the gallbladder … Continue reading “Hospitalized in Madrid for his Delicate State of Health, Cuban Performer Pablo Milanes Cancels his Concerts”

Death by Sepsis of Newborns in Three Hospitals is Investigated in Santiago de Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 21 July 2022 — A commission from the Ministry of Public Health is investigating the death of at least 64 newborns in Santiago de Cuba, supposedly due to sepsis contracted in the hospital. According to a source consulted by El Chago, a Facebook page dedicated to that Eastern province, the deaths were recorded during the first six … Continue reading “Death by Sepsis of Newborns in Three Hospitals is Investigated in Santiago de Cuba”

Cuba: The Majority Dilemma

14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, 12 April 2022 — The majority demanded Pontius Pilate crucify Christ. The majority of Germans, in the times of Hitler, acclaimed the Führer. The majority of Cubans, at some point, shouted “Firing Squad” and “Get out.”  This civic immaturity creates Peter Pan societies, which refuse to grow up and hold … Continue reading “Cuba: The Majority Dilemma”

In Cuba, the Dead Go in White Coffins for Lack of Black Fabric

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez/ Natalia López Moya, Havana, 8 August 2021 — An image invades social networks since the unstoppable increase in deaths from Covid: that of white coffins, a very unusual color in Cuba, where gray and black reigned until now at funerals. “There is no black fabric,” they tell 14ymedio employees of funeral homes in … Continue reading “In Cuba, the Dead Go in White Coffins for Lack of Black Fabric”

From the Gulag to the UMAP: Official History and the Control of Memory

Abel Sierra Madero, Hypermedia Magazine, 15 May  2020 — Yuri Brokhin, a Soviet filmmaker who defected in 1972 and settled in the United States, described his experience trying to purchase a Volga automobile in the late 1960s. In all of Voroshilovgrad, Ukraine, there were only twelve of these cars available for sale to the public, … Continue reading “From the Gulag to the UMAP: Official History and the Control of Memory”

Cubans Will March in Miami in Favor of Family Reunification

14ymedio, Havana, 14 December 2019 — A group of Cubans will demonstrate this Sunday in Miami to demand the resumption of the Cuban Family Reunification Program (CFRP), a program that stopped with the paralyzation of most of the procedures at the US Embassy in Havana following the mysterious acoustic attacks suffered by American and Canadian diplomats. … Continue reading “Cubans Will March in Miami in Favor of Family Reunification”

Frosty Electoral Environment in Cuba

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 13 August 2019 — It is less than 60 days before the National Assembly of Popular Power elects the president and vice president of the Republic. In the same act, the three highest positions of the Parliament — president, vice president and secretary — and the other members of the State … Continue reading “Frosty Electoral Environment in Cuba”