English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Olea Gallardo, Havana, 18 September 2020 — With 19 positive cases of Covid-19 reported this Friday, Ciego de Ávila continues to be the second province in number of infections, behind Havana, and its situation is not improving. The most worrying data is that it accounts for 9 of the 19 critically ill or seriously … Continue reading “The Covid Outbreak in Ciego de Avila General Hospital is Due to Negligence”
14ymedio, Havana, 15 September 2020 — Havana’s efforts to sell the island as a safe destination are faltering after the weekend revealed a coronavirus outbreak in a Trinidad hotel that added two more positives cases this Monday. In total, there are already seven infected in the Village Costasur, three workers, two vacationers and two contacts of those … Continue reading “An Outbreak of Covid in a Hotel in Trinidad Threatens the Image of Safe Tourism in Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 8 September 2020 — In just one week, the fines for breaching the new restrictions against the Covid-19 pandemic in Havana exceeded 9 million pesos. The government of the capital registered 4,589 sanctions until September 7. In the first four days, the authorities imposed 1,824 fines of 2,000 pesos and 48 of 3,000, figures that doubled … Continue reading “Havana Collected 9 Million Pesos in Fines in One Week for Anti-Covid Measures”
14ymedio, Havana, 2 September 2020 — Three people died of covid-19 this Tuesday, according to the latest accounting announced by the authorities. This data, the worst in more than three months, raises the total death toll to 98 since the start of the health crisis in March. According to the Ministry of Public Health, the three deceased … Continue reading “With Three Deaths From Covid-19 in a Single Day, Cuba Has the Worst Data in Three Months”
14ymedio, Havana, 28 August 2020 — As of September 1st Havana will suffer the most restrictive measures so far to contain the rise in infections of Covid-19. As announced this Thursday by Reinaldo García Zapata, governor of Havana, on the Roundtable program, people and vehicles will be prohibited from to move from 7 pm to 5 am; all private … Continue reading “Cuban Government Decrees a Curfew in Havana to Contain the Pandemic”
14ymedio, Havana, 20 August 2020 — Under the sun, with her cane, Xiomara waited this Tuesday outside the Coppelia ice cream parlor in Havana to get the ten scoops of ice cream that each customer is allowed to buy, but neither her disabled person’s card nor the requests to the employee allowed her to enter … Continue reading “Pandemic in Cuba and People with Disabilities: Forgotten or Protected?”
14ymedio, Havana, August 10, 2020 — The increase in Covid-19 cases in Cuba requires taking drastic measures not only in Havana but also in other zones of the Island that are affected by the resurgence, especially in Camajuaní, Artemisa and Pinar del Río. The Cuban Minister of Public Health, José Ángel Portal, said on television … Continue reading “New and Drastic Measures to Control the Pandemic in Havana, Camajuani and Pinar del Rio”
Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 24 July 2020 – A few days ago, a post-COVID update on the interventions of the state in the transport and tourist industries was held at the round table. In today’s article, we will look at the former, an area within the Cuban economy with closer ties to the private sector and … Continue reading “"Where are the Chinese trains?": Transport in Post-COVID Cuba”
14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2020 — The Mexican government paid Cuba more than $6 million US dollars (135 million Mexican pesos) during May and July of this year for the services of a group of doctors from the Island. The 585 doctors hired by Mexico gave medical attention to patients with COVID-19 in the country’s … Continue reading “Mexico Has Paid More Than $6 Million US Dollars for Cuban Doctors in the Fight Against COVID-19”
14ymedio, Havana, July 9, 2020 — The epidemiological situation is complicated in Havana, and the light at the end of the tunnel never arrives. This couldn’t be better said. On Wednesday, while part of the capital was living in a blackout that lasted for nine hours, the authorities, in their daily meeting about supervising the … Continue reading “Blackouts and Covid Outbreaks Appear in Havana”
14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 6 July 2020 — Three medical brigades from the ‘Henry Reeve’ international contingent left Havana on Sunday for three countries in Africa to help combat Covid-19, the official press reported. Of the 111 health professionals that make up the three Cuban health brigades, 76 will be stationed in Equatorial Guinea, while 19 specialists … Continue reading “A Group of Cuban Healthcare Workers Travel to Three Countries in Africa to Combat Covid-19”
14ymedio, Luz Escobar / Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 4 July 2020 — “It seems like a lie to me, I hadn’t waited even five minutes at the bus stop and the bus arrived and best of all, it was practically empty.” In front of the Bus Terminal, Rocío shared her joy when she boarded the P12 … Continue reading “Empty Buses, No Customers for Coppelia, This is How Phase 1 Post-Covid Begins in Havana”
14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 2 June 2020 – The lines no longer last for hours, but rather days. It was happy, the voice of a friend who called me last Friday, he sounded relieved to tell me that after days of waiting his number, 306, finally was reached, permitting him to buy chicken at a … Continue reading “The Covid-19 Emergency in Cuba, Days 67 to 73: The Lines, Our Life and Our Death”
Cubanet, Miriam Celaya, Havana, 27 May 2020 — If the Cuban official figures are taken as true, we could be certain that the days are numbered for the COVID-19 epidemic on the Island. In fact, saying “epidemic” is to disagree with the phases which the Chinese flu has gone through in Cuba, as established by … Continue reading “COVID-19 in Cuba: Eliminated by Decree? / Miriam Celaya”
14ymedio, Havana, 25 May 2020 — La Época store in Central Havana has been the focus of an outbreak that is “potentially dangerous for the province” according to the president of the Provincial Defense Council, Luis Antonio Torres Iríbar. Eleven people who had been in this mall tested positive for Covid-19 on Friday, when 15 … Continue reading “Cuban Authorities Report "Potentially Dangerous" Covid-19 Outbreak at La Epoca Store”
