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Putin’s Adviser for Cuba Calls for More Digitization So That Private Companies Pay Taxes

14ymedio, Havana, 29 November 2023 — Businessman Boris Titov, president of the Russia-Cuba Business Council and interpreter of the Kremlin’s will for business with Havana, recommended on Tuesday to the Central Bank of Cuba (BCC) to accelerate the “digitalization of relations” between private companies and the State. The adviser argued that, “according to various estimates,” … Continue reading “Putin’s Adviser for Cuba Calls for More Digitization So That Private Companies Pay Taxes”

‘While Doing Military Service in La Cabana, Three Recruits Committed Suicide From the Statue of Christ’

14ymedio, Juan Izquierdo, Havana, 9 November 2023 — Adrián González will never erase from his memory the suicide attempt in 1983 by one of his colleagues in the military service. Both were recruits in the military unit of La Cabaña, in Casablanca, on the other side of Havana Bay, when their friend climbed to the top … Continue reading “‘While Doing Military Service in La Cabana, Three Recruits Committed Suicide From the Statue of Christ’”

Cuba: The Confusion of Interests

14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, November 5, 2023 — Freedom is by far the greatest good of the human being; hence the commitment to defend it as appropriate, a reason that forces us to be alert and not believe in redeemers who promise the salvation of our prerogatives, if we follow them like rats do the … Continue reading “Cuba: The Confusion of Interests”

Ricardo Cabrisas Travels to Moscow in Search of More Russian Investments for Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 2 November 2023 — The Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, Ricardo Cabrisas, architect of the rapprochement between the Kremlin and Havana, traveled this Wednesday to Moscow to discuss new agreements to oxygenate the anemic Cuban economy. The plans discussed with his Russian counterpart, Deputy Prime Minister Dmitri Chernishenko, include the promise … Continue reading “Ricardo Cabrisas Travels to Moscow in Search of More Russian Investments for Cuba”

September Rumors in Cuba: Soldiers in Russia, Splurges for the G-77, Punishment for Small Private Businesses

14ymedio/Yucabyte, Havana, 18 October 2023 — In a context of maximum international tension, the news that there were Cuban soldiers fighting in the service of Russia during the invasion of Ukraine generated countless rumors. Meanwhile, on the Island, the leaders did not give an official explanation, and soon – after the arrival in Havana of … Continue reading “September Rumors in Cuba: Soldiers in Russia, Splurges for the G-77, Punishment for Small Private Businesses”

‘The Cuba That Touches Me Is Free Because I See It From Humor’

14ymedio, Xavier Carbonell, Salamanca, 24 September 2023 — When a group of hallucinating historians proposed to name Fidel Castro the “fifth discoverer of Cuba,” graphic humorist Alen Lauzán (Havana, 1974) sharpened his pencil. If, in his country, which he left in 2000 to go live in Chile, reality insists on being as absurd as possible, … Continue reading “‘The Cuba That Touches Me Is Free Because I See It From Humor’”

Castroism and Human Trafficking

14ymedio, Pedro Corzo, Miami, 16 September 2023 — Human trafficking is one of the greatest aberrations that people can do, but when a government does it, it’s hard to find a qualifier. The Cuban authorities have always trafficked their citizens; even worse, they have integrated into the population the idea that this commerce is a … Continue reading “Castroism and Human Trafficking”

The Cuban Regime Juggles To Support Russia Without Provoking the United States and Europe

14ymedio, Madrid, 15 September 2023 — The case of the Cubans recruited to fight alongside Russia in the war in Ukraine continues to be talked about and on Thursday displayed the complicated game of juggling that Havana maintains to please Moscow without provoking the anger of the United States and, above all, of the European … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Juggles To Support Russia Without Provoking the United States and Europe”

‘La Joven Cuba’ Calls for ‘Transparency’ About the Cuban Recruits in Russia

14ymedio, Madrid, 7 September 2023 — The opacity of the Cuban government on the subject of the recruitment of young people from the Island to fight with the Russian Army in Ukraine has aroused suspicion in its own ranks. The magazine close to the ruling party, La Joven Cuba [Cuban Youth], dedicated an editorial to … Continue reading “‘La Joven Cuba’ Calls for ‘Transparency’ About the Cuban Recruits in Russia”

The Russian Ministry of Education Funds Free Online Language Courses for Cubans

14ymedio, Madrid, 5 September 2023 — Ads to learn Russian are proliferating on the Island as relations between the two countries become closer. The most recent comes from the company Maximum Education, which offers free online courses for Cubans from September to December. According to the report to 14ymedio via email, the project, called “Maximum. … Continue reading “The Russian Ministry of Education Funds Free Online Language Courses for Cubans”

To Maintain Its Control, the Regime Promotes the Departure of Cubans From the Country

14ymedio, Frank Calzón, Miami, August 25, 2023 — The only hope is to get out. This phrase, on the lips of many of those who wait under the tropical sun for the water pipe that does not arrive, for the electricity interrupted hours ago or in line with the ration card in hand is repeated … Continue reading “To Maintain Its Control, the Regime Promotes the Departure of Cubans From the Country”

June Rumors in Cuba: Thefts of Prostheses in Cemeteries, a Return to ‘Apartheid’ Hotels, and Russia

14ymedio/Yucabyte, Havana, 22 July 2023 — Surgeons operating in the middle of a blackout, a supposed reissue of the apartheid policy against Cubans in the hotels of the North Keys, and the threat to transfer the inmates of the Island to the most feared prison in Russia, mark the flow of rumors collected in June … Continue reading “June Rumors in Cuba: Thefts of Prostheses in Cemeteries, a Return to ‘Apartheid’ Hotels, and Russia”

The Cuban Minister of the Army Is the First Foreign Visitor in Moscow After the Wagner Group’s Mutiny

14ymedio, Havana, 27 June 2023 — The parsimony of Havana in the face of the armed rebellion of the Wagner mercenary group against Vladimir Putin does not seem to have embittered the Island’s alliance with the Kremlin: the Cuban Minister of the Armed Forces, Álvaro López Miera, is the first senior foreign official to visit … Continue reading “The Cuban Minister of the Army Is the First Foreign Visitor in Moscow After the Wagner Group’s Mutiny”

Government Opponent Guillermo Farinas Says Cuba is in a ‘Battle Situation’

Europa Press (via 14ymedio), Madrid, 4 March 2022 — The prominent Cuban government opponent Guillermo Fariñas has detailed this Friday that there is not “sufficient capacity in Cuba for so many political prisoners” and has claimed that the country is experiencing a “battle situation,” something that he considers “good to know.” In a press conference … Continue reading “Government Opponent Guillermo Farinas Says Cuba is in a ‘Battle Situation’”

“In Cuba we have learned our duties very well, but not our rights” / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Tania Bruguera

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 4 February 2015 – This coming February 22 Tania Bruguera should be in Madrid to present one of her works at the ARCO International Contemporary Art Fair, but she knows she isn’t going to make it. Trapped by Cuban justice since last December 30, when she was arrested during her performance … Continue reading ““In Cuba we have learned our duties very well, but not our rights” / 14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Tania Bruguera”