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14ymedio, Manzanillo (Granma Province), 19 January 2025 — Before the official information was issued about the death of nine young people and four officers in the explosions of January 7 in the Melones military unit in Holguín, other parents, this time in Manzanillo, said goodbye to their children in a forced march towards the Army. … Continue reading “Distressed Families Say Goodbye to Their Children Summoned for Military Service in Manzanillo, Cuba”

The certification of firefighting engineers includes training to operate drones in emergency situations 14ymedio, Havana, 1 July 2024 — Relations between Russia and Cuba seem to return more and more to the old years of the Soviet Union, with the training of professionals from the Island in the Eurasian country. This Saturday, it was announced … Continue reading “Russia Will Train Cuban Firefighters, Police and Lawyers”

The fire has already been extinguished by firefighters, and “an immense layer of foam covers the place,” according to the official press 14ymedio, Havana, 15 June 2024 — “We are still waiting for the official reports of the disasters and accidents in the last five years,” complained a reader of Cubadebate this Friday, at the … Continue reading “Negligence or Sabotage, the Readers of ‘Cubadebate’ Comment on the Fire at the Guiteras Power Plant”

14ymedio, Havana, 8 June 2024 — A worker of the Cárdenas Oil Drilling and Extraction Company, in Matanzas, died this Friday after inhaling toxic gases during the repair of a leak. The news was shared on the official Facebook profiles of the company, a branch of the Cuban Petroleum Union (Cupet), which regretted the death … Continue reading “Cuba’s State Press Is Silent Over the Death of a Cupet Worker From Toxic Gases”

South Korea will open a temporary office in the Cuban capital until the the diplomatic headquarters is completed 14ymedio, Havana, April 29, 2024 — After re-establishing diplomatic relations last February, Cuba and South Korea have agreed to open their respective diplomatic headquarters in Seoul and Havana. The pact was signed in the capital of the … Continue reading “Seoul and Havana Take One More Step Towards the Opening of Embassies in Both Countries”

14ymedio, Havana, 15 February 2024 — “North or South?” The geopolitical knowledge of those who commented on Wednesday on the announcement of the Cuban Foreign Ministry about the re-establishment of diplomatic relations with South Korea was not enough to distinguish, by the official name, between the communist country of the north and the capitalist country … Continue reading “Cubans, Disoriented by the Agreement With South Korea, Ask for Explanations”

14ymedio, Havana 13 February 2024 — The generation deficit predicted by the Electric Union (UNE) broke a new record on Tuesday, with the announcement that 1,308 megawatts (MW) and up to 1,378 MW at peak hours will be missing. Cubans already know what that means: the climax of the energetic debacle after several weeks of … Continue reading “Despite Having Enough Oil, Cuba Registers a Record Electricity Deficit This Tuesday”

14ymedio, Havana, January 31, 2024 — An interview with a young woman on a radio station in Cabaiguán, Sancti Spíritus, is the only official confirmation, for the moment, that women who wish to study journalism in Cuba must pass compulsory military service beginning next year. The information was reported by the independent newspaper CubaNet last … Continue reading “A Government Source Confirms Compulsory Military Service for Journalism Students”

14ymedio, Havana, 13 October 2023 — The directors of the Recycling Company congratulated themselves this Thursday on Cuban State TV’s Roundtable program for being one of the few “industries” in the country that has overfulfilled its plan: so far this year, the company has collected 74,000 tons of raw material and collected more than 41.6 … Continue reading “With Recycling, the Cuban State Earned 41.6 Million Dollars Exporting Garbage”

14ymedio, Havana, 9 August 2023 — Both the official Cuban and Venezuelan press have been secretive about the visit to the Island of Diosdado Cabello, the second man in the regime of Nicolás Maduro and the United Socialist Party of that country (PSUV). However, his tour this Wednesday through the port area of Mariel, where … Continue reading “Venezuela Will Build a Fuel Warehouse in the Cuban Port of Mariel”

14ymedio, Madrid, 21 July 2023 — The long speech this Thursday by the president of the People’s Supreme Court, Rubén Remigio Ferro, before the National Assembly of People’s Power, to present the Law of the Military Criminal Code, had its most prominent moment in the argument made by the official for the death penalty on … Continue reading “Revalidating the Death Penalty in Cuba To ‘Defend the Revolution in the Face of Very Serious Threats’”