English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
As the morning of February 18 dawned across Brazil, the smiling photo of the Cuban Yoani Sanchez was stamped on the front page of most Brazilian newspapers of wide circulation, as well as a good share of the five thousand regional and municipal newspapers. The simple reception prepared for the blogger by Brazilian and Cuban … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (2) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca”
The story of a conspiracy of the Cuban ambassador in Brasilia, far from harming the Cuban blogger, amplified her importance and prominence in Brazil Jorge Hernandez Fonseca, Brasilia Background Dado Galvão, Brazilian documentary filmmaker and director of the documentary Cuba Honduras Connection, where Yoani Sanchez is interviewed as part of the plot of the film–whose … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (1) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca”
How You Can Help Hurricane Sandy has devastated the city of Santiago de Cuba and caused severe damage in several towns in the east of the country. The images of destruction speak for themselves, but the cameras barely manage to capture a share of the drams. The great tragedy runs on a plane difficult to … Continue reading “Cubans Need Help Recovering From Hurricane Sandy / Yoani Sanchez”
Thursday morning will never be forgotten by thousands of people in Eastern Cuba. The wind, flying roofs, heavy rains and trees falling on streets and houses, will remain as permanent memories of Hurricane Sandy. Nor will they be able to get out of their heads that first night after the disaster in which, from their … Continue reading “Seven Proposals After Hurricane Sandy / Yoani Sanchez”
I have been many Lillis, and all are me, one of those Lillis tried to escape from a confinement to which my mother condemned me, at age 22 at the Fajardo Hospital, really depressed after an abortion and drugged by one Dr. Justo against my will, I jumped without knowing what I was doing from … Continue reading “What Was I Doing Before? / Lilianne Ruíz”
The official press recognizes the collapse of honey production throughout the country 14ymedio, Havana, 8 May 2024 — “That the honey from the Cuban hives continues to conquer the European market,” is the closing aspiration of an article in the official press this Tuesday. The desire corresponds to reality: the Island exports every year between … Continue reading “The Government Exports 90 Percent of the Island’s Honey, Which Cubans Must Buy ‘On The Left’”
The greatest effects, including severe damage to agriculture and electricity networks, were concentrated in the municipalities of El Cotorro, San Miguel, Arroyo Naranjo and Boyeros 14ymedio, Havana, April 24, 2024 — Once again, the Cuban Council of Ministers approved the financing for 50% of the cost of construction materials needed by the victims of the … Continue reading “Cuba Approves the Financing of Construction Materials for Victims of the March Rains in Havana”
14ymedio, Havana, 21 March 2024 — The current tobacco planting campaign in Sancti Spíritus, the territory with the second highest production in the country, is barely at 49%. According to the official press, which could not disguise its disappointment with the figure, the main causes of the debacle are the lack of fuel to carry … Continue reading “For Cuba’s ‘Vegueros’ (Farmers) in Sancti Spiritus, Tobacco Is No Longer a Profitable Business”
14ymedio, Havana, 26 October 2023 — Cuba’s official press celebrated, this Thursday, the operation of the 28 de Enero state poultry farm, in Pinar del Río. A production of 49,000 eggs per day, 61,144 hens and roosters, and a computer that monitors the “feeding, ventilation and collection of excrement” of the animals day and night … Continue reading “Eggs Are Scarce and Expensive Because Cuban Chickens Are ‘Very Sensitive and Stressed’”
14ymedio, Havana, 30 August 2023 — Florida remains in suspense before the imminent arrival of Idalia, which will reach the coast of Big Bend as a category 4 hurricane, according to the forecasts of the National Hurricane Center (NHC) of the United States. Its fleeting passage through Cuba, even as a tropical storm, left hundreds … Continue reading “While Florida Evacuates the Population in the Face of Idalia’s Threat, Cuba Evaluates the Damage”
14ymedio, Elías Amor Bravo, Economist, 28 May 2023 — If the current scenario is maintained, the forecast for the coming months is that the blackouts will continue and this when now the hottest months of the year arrive, in which consumption becomes more necessary to face the high temperatures. The situation of the national electricity … Continue reading “The Electricity Crisis in Cuba From Bad to Worse: Towards a Long and Warm Summer”
14ymedio, Havana, 3 May 2023 — On Tuesday in Santiago de Cuba a shipment of 30,000 food packages arrived, which the authorities plan to allocate to the most vulnerable families in the province. The local press pointed out that the packages were made with “donations from solidarity countries,” but did not say which ones. The … Continue reading “Rice and Sardines in the Donated Packages That Will ‘Save’ Santiago de Cuba From Hunger”
14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 17 April 2023 — The fuel crisis in Cuba is far from over and is reflected not only in the empty city streets but also in the unpayable prices of private transport. “Unfortunately we have a high demand and little availability of vehicles due to lack of fuel,” said a … Continue reading “Forty-two Dollars for a Two-mile Taxi Ride in Havana”
14ymedio, Havana, 1 April 2023 — Between tobacco plantations and in a very beautiful natural setting, the residents of San Juan y Martínez in Pinar del Río continue to suffer the aftermath of Hurricane Ian, which last September destroyed much of the municipality’s infrastructure. To the meteoric winds is added the State’s lack of attention … Continue reading “A School Without a Roof in San Juan and Martinez Where the Cuban Regime Profits From Tobacco”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 28 March 2023 — The NGO Amnesty International (AI) denounced on Monday in its annual report the “hundreds of people” in prison in Cuba for “the peaceful exercise of their human rights” — including “three prisoners of conscience” — and the “repression” of “dissidence” and protests. In its document, which summarizes … Continue reading “Amnesty International Denounces the Hundreds of Prisoners in Cuba for Exercising ‘Their Human Rights’”
