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Cuba: Seventy Anti-Government Incidents of Graffiti Appeared Overnight on Walls, Fences, Billboards, and Streets Across the Island

Havana concentrates the majority of the 1,245 protests recorded in March in Cuba 14ymedio, Havana, April 1, 2026 – Social discontent in Cuba manifested itself throughout nearly the entire month of March on the Island. For three consecutive weeks, Cubans protested night after night, in the darkness caused by blackouts, with pots and pans in … Continue reading “Cuba: Seventy Anti-Government Incidents of Graffiti Appeared Overnight on Walls, Fences, Billboards, and Streets Across the Island”

Cuban Troubador Silvio Rodríguez Composes His Own Requiem

With the regime’s top brass present, the presentation of an AKM assault rifle to the old troubadour has something grotesque about it. Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, March 20, 2026 / It looked like a meme or an image created with artificial intelligence. But it wasn’t. The official website of the Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed … Continue reading “Cuban Troubador Silvio Rodríguez Composes His Own Requiem”

Matanzas Under Siege Amid the Appearance of Posters Against the Regime

State Security harasses an evangelical pastor for allowing “subversive ideas” in his congregation. Pablo Padilla Cruz, Matanzas, March 17, 2026 – The “City of Bridges” does not sleep, not because of the bustle of its cultural life or the flow of its rivers but because of the weight of a security operation that reveals an … Continue reading “Matanzas Under Siege Amid the Appearance of Posters Against the Regime”

Cuba’s National Electrical System Collapses Completely

The UNE says that no breakdowns were reported at any of the thermoelectric plants that were operating at the time the system was disconnected. 14ymedio, Madrid, March 16, 2026 — A total shutdown of the national power grid (SEN) on Monday left the entire country in a simultaneous blackout around 2:00 PM. The Cuban Electric … Continue reading “Cuba’s National Electrical System Collapses Completely”

Heavy Police Deployment Throughout Cuba and a Cordon Around the ‘14ymedio’ Newsroom in Havana

The regime is mobilizing all its security forces with the order of “zero impunity” for the demonstrations 14ymedio, Havana, March 15, 2026 — The regime has gone on high alert and increased its deployments following the intensification of protests in Cuba, especially the massive demonstration in Morón. Police are mobilizing operations throughout the country to … Continue reading “Heavy Police Deployment Throughout Cuba and a Cordon Around the ‘14ymedio’ Newsroom in Havana”

A Dozen Cuban Political Prisoners Are at Risk of Suicide

After Yosandri Mulet Almarales’ death, NGOs warn of the risk this kind of prisoner is facing in the island’s prisons 14ymedio, Madrid, 3 September 2024 — Three “suicidal ideation events”, three self-harming events and six attempts to take one’s own life have been registered by the Cuban Prison Documentation Center (CDPC in Spanish) since January … Continue reading “A Dozen Cuban Political Prisoners Are at Risk of Suicide”

‘She’s Quiet’: Cuba’s University of the Arts (ISA) Has a New Dean

14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, 18 January 2023 — A rumor had been going around the Island since December of last year: the dean of the Universidad de las Artes (ISA) had been relieved of his duties. This euphemism is usually used in Cuba when referring to party hacks who are dismissed or dethroned. Many … Continue reading “‘She’s Quiet’: Cuba’s University of the Arts (ISA) Has a New Dean”

Unanimous Submission on Cuba’s New Family Code from a Neighborhood Meeting in Ciego de Avila

14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2022 — No one had read the new Family Code this Monday when the debate was held in a neighborhood south of Morón, in Ciego de Ávila, in anticipation of a referendum on a date yet to be determined. At the very least, sincerity reigned in the atmosphere at the beginning of … Continue reading “Unanimous Submission on Cuba’s New Family Code from a Neighborhood Meeting in Ciego de Avila”

Cuba: Reforms in the Countryside Should Not be Left Half Done

14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 5 April 2021 — While more and more images are arriving of the impact of the social protests that increase throughout Cuba — including the San Isidro Movement and UNPACU — the communist leaders try to cope with the great problem of lack of food and introduce small reforms such … Continue reading “Cuba: Reforms in the Countryside Should Not be Left Half Done”

From the Left Wave to the Right Tsunami

14ymedio, Mauricio Rojas, Santiago de Chile | 23 Marzo 2019 — Ten years ago the Latin American left was in a situation unparalleled in the history of the region: never before had it been as influential or controlled as many governments as it did then. Hugo Chávez in Venezuela, Lula da Silva in Brazil, Cristina Kirchner in Argentina, … Continue reading “From the Left Wave to the Right Tsunami”

Cuban Punta Alegre Rafters Denounce Sinking by Border Guards

14ymedio, Havana, 30 March 2018 — “They sunk us by throwing an anchor against the boat,” recalls Denys Díaz Crespo, a 22-year-old rafter who, together with 15 other young people, sailed from Punta Alegre, in Ciego de Ávila, Cuba, on March 17. The group was heading to the United States but the Cuban border guards violently prevented … Continue reading “Cuban Punta Alegre Rafters Denounce Sinking by Border Guards”

Kidnapped by Human Traffickers / 14ymedio, Georlys Olazabal Drake

14ymedio, Georlys Olazabal Drake, Florida, Camagüey Province, 19 October 2016 — At 29, like many of the young people here, Georlys Olazabal Drake fled the lack of opportunities in Cuba for undertake the risky journey to the United States. A member of the opposition movement Somos+ (We Are More), Olazabal Drake, who studied computer science, … Continue reading “Kidnapped by Human Traffickers / 14ymedio, Georlys Olazabal Drake”

Notes from Captivity XV / Pablo Pacheco

“Vicissitudes of an Isolation Cell” by Pablo Pacheco Avila My time behind the bars taught me to value the characteristics of each common prisoner, avoiding any sort of unnecessary confrontations. Imprisonment actually teaches you a great deal, but you have to learn quickly in order to survive through so much human misery. One morning we … Continue reading “Notes from Captivity XV / Pablo Pacheco”

Message from Paquito de Rivera / POLEMICA: The 2007 Intellectual Debate

Message from Paquito de Rivera to Marta Valdés Dear Marta (Valdés): I congratulate you on your brave insertion into the group of Cuban intellectuals against the sadly famous ex-ex-ex cultural leader Luis Pavón, who, by the way, has been for a long time a perfect non-entity (pun intended). I hope this is just an introduction … Continue reading “Message from Paquito de Rivera / POLEMICA: The 2007 Intellectual Debate”

Journalism as a Living Faith: Telephone Interview with Pedro Argüelles Morán #liberanlosya / Claudia Cadelo

In 2003, 75 Cubans were arrested in four days. Their crime? Being pro-democracy political activists, fighters for human rights, or simply journalists independent of the hegemonic line of the only Cuban political party, the Communists. Pedro Argüelles Morán was one of them. Seven years later — in the same arbitrary way as the imprisonments — … Continue reading “Journalism as a Living Faith: Telephone Interview with Pedro Argüelles Morán #liberanlosya / Claudia Cadelo”