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Martín Domínguez Architect of Havana’s Focsa Building, Erased by Francoism and Castroism

14ymedio, Maite Rico, Madrid, 13 January 2018 — Madrid’s Zarzuela racecourse, with its spectacular grandstands and challenging cantilevered decks, is notable in the annals of architecture. As is Havana’s Focsa building, that “open book” of 39 floors, inspired by Le Corbusier, that dialogues with the bay and Malecon in Cuba’s capital city. Behind these two emblematic … Continue reading “Martín Domínguez Architect of Havana’s Focsa Building, Erased by Francoism and Castroism”

The Real Parents of the Weekly Packet / Cubanet, Augusto César San Martín and Rudy Cabrera

This video is not subtitled but the images will be interesting to all. Cubanet, Augusto César San Martín and Rudy Cabrera, Havana, 24 November 2017 — Contrary to what has been affirmed to date, the “Weekly Packet” did not have a creator. The original idea was spontaneous, in the mid-eighties, with the arrival in Cuba … Continue reading “The Real Parents of the Weekly Packet / Cubanet, Augusto César San Martín and Rudy Cabrera”

Cuba’s Most Pressing Problems / Eduardo Martinez

Primavera Digital, Eduardo Martínez Rodríguez El Cerro, Havana, 5 September 2017 — We list here the most pressing problems faced by average Cubans: 1-A greatly reduced ration book of subsidized foods. High prices in the markets. Very little on offer in the stores. Relatively cheap goods of horrendous quality. In an island surrounded by water … Continue reading “Cuba’s Most Pressing Problems / Eduardo Martinez”

Marti and His Myth / 14ymedio, Jose Gabriel Barrenechea

14ymedio, José Gabriel Barrenechea, Santa Clara, 17 May 2015 – From the interpretation of a significant event in the history of a nation, the interpreters’ political orientation can be very well surmised. Here we have this date, 24 February 1895 – the day on which our ancestors departed for the last time to the scrubland, … Continue reading “Marti and His Myth / 14ymedio, Jose Gabriel Barrenechea”

The Internet Isn’t Eaten, But it Feeds / Agusto Cesar San Martin

HAVANA, Cuba – In the first half of the year the ironic character of the restoration of some of the people’s rights will be perfected with Internet for cellphones. Cubans will have access to the network from our cells, in proportions equal to the costs of unattainable hotels, real estate and cars. The government announcedthat … Continue reading “The Internet Isn’t Eaten, But it Feeds / Agusto Cesar San Martin”

Radio Netherlands: Controversial Cuban Blogger Answers Tough Questions / Yoani Sanchez

For over a decade, the Cuban government refused to allow one of the world’s best known bloggers, Yoani Sánchez, to travel abroad. When Havana finally loosened travel restrictions for Cuban citizens, Sánchez was one of the first to take advantage of the change, embarking on an 80-day 10-nation tour. One of the countries she visited … Continue reading “Radio Netherlands: Controversial Cuban Blogger Answers Tough Questions / Yoani Sanchez”

Action of the International Pen Club for Calixto Martinez, Antonio Torres and Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban

CUBA: Two journalists jailed, one writer sentenced to five years in prison The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International protests a renewed wave of repression and harassment against journalists and writers in Cuba, including the imprisonment of two journalists and the conviction of a writer. Independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias has been … Continue reading “Action of the International Pen Club for Calixto Martinez, Antonio Torres and Angel Santiesteban / Angel Santiesteban”

To Paya / Baltasar Santiago Martin

Your last name lends itself to jokes of the kind that Cubans are masters of but you, luckily, are the opposite of your last name, the jokes, and what’s more important, everything that smells of dogma, eternal socialisms and redundant death, collecting the signatures that will unveil the tomorrow that won’t be long. — Translator’s … Continue reading “To Paya / Baltasar Santiago Martin”

Thunder, Radios and Lightning / Rebeca Monzo

On my planet almost everything is difficult to obtain , but one of the most difficult is information – no small thing! It is said that information is power, so you can imagine how weak is our power. The sale of short-wave radios is prohibited. They are not to be found in any home appliance … Continue reading “Thunder, Radios and Lightning / Rebeca Monzo”

Sebastián Martínez, Spanish Journalist in Cuban Prison / Angel Santiesteban

The Cuban government doesn’t censor, persecute and punish its nationals enough, though they live in the diaspora, but that it also is expanding to foreigners its need to teach a lesson to anyone who dares to break the “untainted” — and only authorized — image that it exports of the deteriorating “Revolution” which, if it … Continue reading “Sebastián Martínez, Spanish Journalist in Cuban Prison / Angel Santiesteban”

Sentenced to Five Years for Disrupting ‘The Natural State of Tranquility and Security That Characterizes’ Cuba

Rapper Nando OBDC was sentenced for painting “counter-revolutionary phrases” such as “Cuba First in the streets for human rights” on a sheet. 14ymedio, Havana, 19 January 2025 — Rapper Fernando Almenares Rivera, known as Nando OBDC, was utimately sentenced to five years in prison for the “intentional and consummated crime of propaganda against the constitutional … Continue reading “Sentenced to Five Years for Disrupting ‘The Natural State of Tranquility and Security That Characterizes’ Cuba”

Castro and Chávez, a Criminal Association

The teachings of Castroism have led the Venezuelan autocracy to implement a social control very similar to that of Cuba. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 18 January 2025 — The deaths of several dozen Castro henchmen in Caracas irrefutably testifies to the close alliance between the dictatorial systems of Cuba and Venezuela, a league in which … Continue reading “Castro and Chávez, a Criminal Association”

To Prevent a Protest at the Combinado Del Este Penitentiary, Several Prisoners Are Being Transferred to Other Prisons

Cubalex reports that Walnier Aguilar was sent to Agüica prison in Matanzas, and Ángel Cuza to Guanajay prison in Artemisa. 14ymedio, Madrid, 5 November 2025 — At least two political prisoners have been transferred in recent days from the Combinado del Este maximum security prison in Havana, Cubalex announced on Tuesday. One of them is Ángel … Continue reading “To Prevent a Protest at the Combinado Del Este Penitentiary, Several Prisoners Are Being Transferred to Other Prisons”

Cuba: 11 July, Four Years Later

Díaz-Canel and all the henchmen who accompany him in government and in the inevitable repression are consumed by the fear of losing power. 14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 21 July 2025 — Castro’s totalitarian regime has once again demonstrated that the only thing left in its arsenal of lies and manipulation is the most brutal and … Continue reading “Cuba: 11 July, Four Years Later”