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One and a Half Years Later, in the Middle of Record Blackouts, the Bayamo Protesters Are Being Tried

The protestors of March 17, 2024 shouted “we want electricity,” homeland and life” and “freedom” This Tuesday there was a 2,052 megawatt deficit of electricity, the second largest recorded 14ymedio Havana, September 17, 2025 — On Tuesday, the Municipal Court of Bayamo, in Granma province, held trial proceedings for 15 of the 16 Cubans arrested … Continue reading “One and a Half Years Later, in the Middle of Record Blackouts, the Bayamo Protesters Are Being Tried”

San Antonio de los Baños Celebrates the 99th Anniversary of Fidel Castro With Anti-Regime Posters

Indifference prevails, especially among young people, and the cult of personality no longer works as an ideological cement. 14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, August 13, 2025 — On this 13th of August, in the streets of San Antonio de los Baños, several posters appeared that read “Abajo Fidel,” “Martí no es comunismo,””Patria y Vida” and … Continue reading “San Antonio de los Baños Celebrates the 99th Anniversary of Fidel Castro With Anti-Regime Posters”

Five-Month-Old Baby Dies in Havana’s Flooding Due to Rain

The child, identified as Neimar Francisco Valdés Pérez, drowned after the water burst into his home. 14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, August 12, 2025 — A five-month-old baby lost his life on Monday in the El Cerro neighborhood of Havana during heavy rains that hit the capital. The little one, identified as Neymar, drowned after … Continue reading “Five-Month-Old Baby Dies in Havana’s Flooding Due to Rain”

Rapper Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Is on Hunger Strike Amid Possible Transfer to a Prison in Eastern Cuba

The political prisoner has been in solitary confinement for five days, says Anamely Ramos. 14ymedio, Madrid, 24 June 2025 — Rapper Maykel Castillo ‘Osorbo’ has been on a hunger strike for five days and is isolated in a punishment cell at the Kilo 5.5 Provincial Prison in Pinar del Río, according to curator Anamelys Ramos. … Continue reading “Rapper Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Is on Hunger Strike Amid Possible Transfer to a Prison in Eastern Cuba”

A “Homeland or Death” Zombie, With Slumped Shoulders and a Lost Gaze

Resigned and aimless, the man reflects the misery that spreads in Cuba. 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 11 June 2025 — A bearded man with thin white hair walks with his shoulders down and a lost gaze. That’s how many Havana residents walk when they go out into the street to make a living, to … Continue reading “A “Homeland or Death” Zombie, With Slumped Shoulders and a Lost Gaze”

One of the Authors of the Grammy Winning Cuban Protest Anthem ‘Homeland and Life’ Receives a Deportation Order From the US

“My life is in danger in Cuba,” says Eliexer Márquez “El Funky.” 14ymedio, Luz Escobar / Yaiza Santos, Madrid, 9 May 2025 — Eliexer Márquez “El Funky,” one of the authors of Patria y Vida, the anthem of the 11 July 2021 protests, winner of two Grammy Awards, persecuted in Cuba for his dissenting songs, … Continue reading “One of the Authors of the Grammy Winning Cuban Protest Anthem ‘Homeland and Life’ Receives a Deportation Order From the US”

Cuban Rapper Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Has Spent Four Days in a Punishment Cell

The artist had a dispute with a State Security agent last Thursday and lost the right to a visit. 14ymedio, Madrid, 28 April 2025 — Maykel Castillo ‘Osorbo’ has been in a punishment cell at Kilo 5.5 in Pinar del Río Provincial Prison for four days today. Curator Anamelys Ramos announced the news on Saturday … Continue reading “Cuban Rapper Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Has Spent Four Days in a Punishment Cell”

Residents of Río Cauto Take to the Streets To Demand the Release of a Mother Arrested for Denouncing Hunger

“We want Mayelín!” shouted the protesters who also banged on pots and pans for the woman 14ymedio, Havana, 7 March 2025 — Hundreds of residents demanded freedom for Mayelín Carrasco Álvarez on Friday in the streets of Guamo, a town in Río Cauto, in Granma province. “We want Mayelín!” shouted the protesters who also banged … Continue reading “Residents of Río Cauto Take to the Streets To Demand the Release of a Mother Arrested for Denouncing Hunger”

Lacalle Pou Holds Off on Invitations to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela for Orsi’s Inauguration

The person in charge of the Frente Amplio indicates that they plan to invite all the countries with which they have diplomatic relations. EFE (via 14ymedio), Montevideo, 14 February 2025 — The president of Uruguay, Luis Lacalle Pou, has refused to send invitations to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela for the inauguration of Yamandú Orsi as … Continue reading “Lacalle Pou Holds Off on Invitations to Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela for Orsi’s Inauguration”

Cuban Faces 2024: Mijaín López, 130 Kilograms in the Service of the Cuban Regime

’The Horseshoe Colossus’, as he is known, won his fifth Olympic gold medal in Paris 2024 and avoided Cuba’s debacle 14ymedio, Havana, 26 December 2024 — The best exponent of Greco-Roman wrestling is Cuban. Mijaín López, at age 41 and against the odds, won his fifth consecutive gold medal at the Paris 2024 Olympic Games … Continue reading “Cuban Faces 2024: Mijaín López, 130 Kilograms in the Service of the Cuban Regime”

Cuban Artist and Activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is Awarded a Norwegian Human Rights Prize

The Rafto Foundation has awarded prizes to defenders of democracy, including four people who later received the Nobel Peace Prize EFE (via 14ymedio), Copenhagen, 19 September 2024 — Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was awarded the Rafto Human Rights Prize in Norway on Thursday “For his fearless resistance against an authoritarian regime … Continue reading “Cuban Artist and Activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is Awarded a Norwegian Human Rights Prize”

They Killed Diubis!

14ymedio, Francis Matéo, Barcelona 13 July 2024 — “La Habana, Santa Clara, Holguín, Santiago, Palma Soriano, Camagüey, Las Tunas, Pinar del Río, Alquízar…” Dianelys lists the cities through which the shock wave has spread since yesterday, caused by the first demonstration in San Antonio de los Baños, southwest of the Cuban capital. She is twenty … Continue reading “They Killed Diubis!”

Exiles and Legislators in the United States Call for the Release of Cuba’s Political Prisoners Three Years After 11J

The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance echoed the letter entitled “Nosotros Somos Plantados,” written by three prisoners EFE (via 14ymedio), Washington, 12 July 2024 — Members of Congress and Cuban exile organizations in the United States asked this Thursday, on the third anniversary of the historic anti-government demonstrations of 11J in Cuba, for the release … Continue reading “Exiles and Legislators in the United States Call for the Release of Cuba’s Political Prisoners Three Years After 11J”

Two Books Point Out That the ’11J’ Protests Put an End to the Idyllic Vision of the Cuban Revolution Abroad

For the Regime, “nothing happened” that day, not even in Beijing’s Tiananmen Square in 1989, said Francis Matéo, sarcastically 14ymedio, Xavier Carbonell, Salamanca, 10 July 2024 — Three years after the massive protests of 11 July 2021 (’11J’), many Cuban readers wait to read two books: a historical study that defines the caliber and meaning … Continue reading “Two Books Point Out That the ’11J’ Protests Put an End to the Idyllic Vision of the Cuban Revolution Abroad”

Yasmany González Valdés, ‘Emaciated and Toothless’ in a Cuban Prison

He denounces that the political prisoner Mario Alberto Hernández Leyva was brutally beaten EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 28 June 2024 — Political prisoner Yasmany González Valdés (“Libre Libre”) who is serving a four-year sentence in Combinado del Este in Havana, is “thin, emaciated, and toothless.” According to what she told Martí Noticias, his wife, Ilsa Ramos, … Continue reading “Yasmany González Valdés, ‘Emaciated and Toothless’ in a Cuban Prison”