English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Havana, 26 April 26, 2023 — “If this is going on in Havana, what will happen in the countryside?” asks a man from Camagüey after Cimex announced the reorganization of gas stations in the capital on Tuesday. The fuel shortage, despite the arrival of oil tankers in the ports of the Island, is at … Continue reading “Cimex Proposes a Computer Application To Organize Gasoline Lines in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 21 January 2021 — The Cuban government hopes that the new US president, Joe Biden, will “quickly” reverse the hard line towards the island of his predecessor, Donald Trump, and resume the thaw initiated by Barack Obama in 2014. This was stated to Reuters by Carlos Fernández de Cossío, the top Cuban Foreign … Continue reading “Havana Hopes Biden Will Reverse US Policy Toward Cuba ‘Rapidly’”
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 22 January 2021 — Once Joe Biden assumed the presidency of the United States for the next four years, a space opened to serenely analyze the meaning that it may have for Cuba’s relations with the world’s leading power, since, although it is difficult to recognize it, this link has a … Continue reading “Before a New Thaw, the Strategy is Already a Matter of Debate”
Interview with Rosa Maria Paya Leader of the Christian Liberation Movement and Cuba Decides From El Pais “The United States is negotiating with the Cuban caste.” Cuban regime opponent, daughter of Oswaldo Para, speaks of the shortcomings of the thaw. Alba Casas Madrid, 3 July 2015, 23:03 CEST To Rosa Maria Paya (b. January 1989, … Continue reading “MCl Leader for the Freedom of a Cuba without Castros / Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo”
14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 30 March 2015 – A compendium of bows to the official discourse has served the Secretariat of the Cuban National Workers Center (CTC) to tailor its now traditional Call for the May Day celebration. Under the central motto “United in the Construction of Socialism” a call has gone out to fulfill … Continue reading “An Anachronistic May Day / 14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar”
14ymedio, Madrid, 15 September 2023 — Senior officials from Cuba and the United States held a meeting on Monday in Washington, according to a statement released this Thursday, shortly after the renewal of the US embargo was announced. The meeting was attended by the Undersecretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs of the State Department, Brian A. … Continue reading “High-Level Meeting Between Cuba and Washington Before Cuban President’s Diaz-Canel’s Visit to New York”
“Between individuals as between nations, respect for the rights of others is peace.” Benito Juarez From the pages of Granma we learned, on April 9: “The United States confiscated more than $493,000,000 from 2010 to date,” and in addition that this was, “a part of the economic blockade imposed on our country for more than … Continue reading “Do what I say… / Rosa María Rodríguez Torrado”
