English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Havana, 2 April 2024 — The data on the delivery of Venezuelan oil to Cuba in March confirm that Havana cannot count on Caracas at the moment to alleviate its energy problems. In February, only 34,000 barrels per day (bpd) arrived on the Island that month, 39% below the monthly average of 56,000 bpd … Continue reading “Venezuela Sells Its Oil on the International Market Instead of Giving It to Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 2 April 2024 — The data on the delivery of Venezuelan oil to Cuba in March confirm that Havana cannot count on Caracas at the moment to alleviate its energy problems. As in February, only 34,000 barrels per day (bpd) arrived on the Island that month, 39% below the monthly average of 56,000 … Continue reading “Venezuela Sells Its Oil on the International Market Instead of Giving It to Cuba”
14ymedio, Madrid, 10 July 2023 — The arrival at the port of Havana of the Russian military ship Perekov, scheduled for this Tuesday, hides other interests beyond the sending of humanitarian aid, warns Cuba Siglo 21. According to a dossier made public on Monday by the organization, based in Madrid, and signed by former Cuban … Continue reading “Putin Uses Cuba in His ‘Political Blackmail’ With the United States, Warns Former Cuban General Rafael Del Pino”
Breaking: The Russians are coming back to Cuba, this time as tourists and with hard currency. And these last few days there has also been a fleet of enormous Russian ships, bristling with weaponry and radar, at anchor in Havana’s port. The intentions of both governments are clear. Castro II wants to ask for a … Continue reading “Russia is Coming Back”
The ’USS Helena’ is on the Island “as part of a routine port visit,” says Washington EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 15 June 2024 — The Government of Cuba declared this Friday that it dislikes the presence of a United States war submarine in Guantánamo Bay because the naval visits are the result “of an invitation, … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Expresses Its Displeasure About the Arrival of a U.S. Submarine in Guantánamo”
Moscow doubled its agro-industrial exports to the Island in 2023 14ymedio, Havana, 8 June 2024 — During the tour carried out by Cuban Deputy Prime Minister Ricardo Cabrisas in search of funding for the Development Plan of Cuba until 2030, at the International Economic Forum of St. Petersburg 2024 (SPIEF), it was reported that exports … Continue reading “Russia Says It Has the Resources To ‘Guarantee Cuba’s Food Security’”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 April 2024 — Paralyzed since 2021 and after a stampede by its employees, the Hermanos Díaz refinery in Santiago de Cuba has come out of its lethargy thanks to an unusual “adaptation.” Despite the fact that its facilities are designed to process light crude oil, the managers have decided that it will … Continue reading “An ‘Experiment’ Allows the Santiago de Cuba Refinery To Process Heavy Crude”
14ymedio, Havana, 3 April 2024 — The reconstruction of the fuel tanks at the Matanzas Supertanker Base is progressing at a slow pace. Four months after the deadline that the authorities set for the construction of the first tank, the images shared days ago by the Matanzas Fuel Marketer reveal that the structure of the … Continue reading “The Reconstruction of Cuba’s Matanzas Supertanker Base Accumulates Delays”
14ymedio, Havana, January 31, 2024 — The visit to Havana of the Minister of Defense of Belarus, Víctor Jrenin, resulted in speeches, medals and many photographs, but no relevant agreements. In contrast to the discretion of the official Cuban press, the media of the European country have followed step by step the journey of the … Continue reading “‘Military Force Is the Basis of Political Relations Between Cuba and Belarus’”
14ymedio, Madrid, 9 January 2024 — Fuel on the Island will quintuple in price starting February 1st. But Cubans, always thinking ahead, are more afraid of the dangers to come. These include even larger price increases on the black market and shortages at service centers, especially for those paying in Cuban pesos (CUP) rather than … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Announce Price Increases of More Than 500 Percent for Regular Gasoline and Diesel”
14ymedio, Havana, 2 January 2024 — The unexpected departure of Leinier Domínguez in the Sunway Sitges tournament (Barcelona) last December did not prevent the Cuban from starting the year as the eighth best chess player in the world, according to the International Chess Federation (FIDE). With 2,752 Elo* and playing under the American flag, it … Continue reading “The Cuban Leinier Domínguez, Eighth Best Chess Player in the World Despite His Stumble in Barcelona”
14ymedio, Havana, 27 September 2023 — The Government of Russia donated 650 tons of vegetable oil to Havana through the World Food Program (WFP). According to the official press on Wednesday, the product is valued at three million dollars, in addition to the other 4.5 million that Russia contributed between 2022 and 2023 to finance the purchase … Continue reading “Russia Donates 650 Tons of Vegetable Oil to Cuba for Its ‘Emergency Food Reserve’”
14ymedio, Havana, September 25, 2023 — Several months after finally completing the dredging of the access channel to the port, work that started more than ten years ago to allow the entry of larger vessels, the directors of the Mariel Special Development Zone (ZEDM) regret that not a single one of these vessels, up to … Continue reading “Mariel Special Development Zone in Cuba Languishes After Investing To Receive Large Boats, Which Still Don’t Arrive”
14ymedio, Havana, July 6, 2023 — Fuel shipments from Venezuela to Cuba continue to increase. In June, according to the monthly report of the Reuters agency, they increased by almost 30%: from 58,000 barrels per day (bpd) in May to 75,000 bpd. The main destination for Venezuelan oil, whose exports surpassed 700,000 bpd last month (an … Continue reading “Venezuela Raised Its Fuel Exports to Cuba by Almost 30 Percent in June”
14ymedio, Havana, 5 July 5, 2023 — The oil tanker SCF Prime, with a Liberian flag and an approximate capacity of 530,000 barrels, arrived this Tuesday in the bay of Havana from the Russian port of Tuapse. It is the first tanker to arrive on the Island after the oil supply agreement between Russia and … Continue reading “An Oil Tanker With 530,000 Barrels From Russia Arrived in Havana”
