English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Havana, 9 August 2022 — Nearly 200 people took to the streets on Tuesday morning in Alcides Pino, one of the 21 popular councils of city of Holguín, to protest the prolonged blackouts that the city is suffering. “Turn on the electricity dickhead,” was the majority cry of the people, between the sounds of people … Continue reading “In Cuba, Protests Against Blackouts, and for Freedom, Spread to Holguin”
14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 8 August 2022 — My sore throat woke me up. I went to the bathroom to gargle and looked out the window. An eerie glow was visible in the sky to the east. The fire at the Matanzas Supertanker Terminal, which started last Friday, is not something that can only be … Continue reading “A Monday of Anguish in Havana”
La ‘bola’ — the rumor — about free internet access through Starlink revealed that more and more Cubans and small private businesses are obtaining this expensive and illegal system 14ymedio, Havana, April 10, 2026 – March once again showed that in Cuba, rumors are not mere gossip but a way of surviving informationally in a … Continue reading “March Rumors Fantasized About Russian Oil and the Fall of Díaz-Canel”
“It cannot be properly measured in kopeks, dollars, or pesos,” says Sergei Ryabkov. 14ymedio/EFE, Madrid/Moscow, April 3, 2026 – The friendship between Russia and Cuba is enduring, declared Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister, Sergei Ryabkov, on Friday, stating that Moscow will continue supporting Havana despite U.S. pressure on the Island. “It cannot be properly measured in … Continue reading “Russia’s Deputy Foreign Minister Calls the Friendship Between Moscow and Havana an “Enduring Value””
Miguel Díaz-Canel says the goal is to “identify areas of cooperation” and “concretize actions for the benefit of the people of both countries.” 14ymedio, Madrid, 13 March 2026 — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel confirmed on Friday conversations with the US government to “identify areas of cooperation” and “define actions to benefit the people of both … Continue reading “The Cuban Regime Confirms Talks With the United States”
The decision was approved in line with Raúl’s policy of eliminating subsidies, but now, in the midst of the current crisis, it is creating a hard time for employees. 14ymedio, Madrid, 28 July 2025 — More than 15 years ago, 85% of Cuban workers did what was expected of them: they ratified the proposal from … Continue reading “Cuban Workers Regret Having Voted To Eliminate the Cafeterias”
The “millionaire psychologist” has been named the first secretary of the PCC in Villa Clara. 14ymedio, Havana, 12 June 2025 — Just over a year after stepping down as First Secretary of the Communist Party in Matanzas to serve on the Party’s Central Committee, Susely Morfa has been reappointed as the highest authority in a … Continue reading “Susely Morfa Continues To Rise in the Cuban Communist Party”
At the beginning of 2025, the explosion in Holguín has gotten in the way of so much paraphernalia 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 8 January 2025 — Lovers of ritual, and anchored to symbolic acts, dictatorships are given to organizing ahead of time and in a rigid manner a script of celebrations, public events … Continue reading “Cuba Will Not Allow Tragedy To Spoil the Celebration of the 66th Anniversary of the Revolution”
The ’politics of the cadres’ is ’the Achilles heel’ of the Party, and food production is ’the stone in our shoe’ 14ymedio, Madrid, 6 October 2024 — On Wednesday he was in Las Tunas, on Thursday in the Havana municipality of Diez de Octubre, on Friday in Santa Clara, and on Saturday back in Havana … Continue reading “Cuban President Díaz-Canel Admits That the US ‘Blockade’ Is Not Responsible for All the Problems”
Note to readers: {FORGIVE THE ENGLISH!} We are trying to get a German version of 14ymedio on line, but we need someone who can manage it. Any errors in this post are because it was posted by someone who does not speak German (again, please forgive us). If you can help, please email: TranslatingCuba@gmail.com 14ymedio, … Continue reading “Das kubanische Staatsunternehmen, das 41,6 Millionen Dollar mit dem Export von Müll verdient hat / DEUTSCHE [GERMAN] VERSION”
14ymedio, Madrid, 10 October 2023 — Octavio Romero, general director of Petróleos Mexicanos (Pemex), denied on Monday that the state monopoly has donated crude oil to Cuba, four days after it was revealed that the United States canceled a multimillion dollar credit to the oil company in August, precisely because it had exported fuel to … Continue reading “Pemex Denies it Is Sending Donations to Havana Despite the Presence of a Cuban Oil Tanker in Veracruz”
14ymedio, Havana, 6 September 2023 – The operation of the Ñico López refinery in Havana didn’t last for very long after it was switched on last Wednesday after a year out of operation; the refinery has been responsible for the smell of gas across the capital this week. It stopped operating yesterday. If, on Monday, … Continue reading “No More Smell of Gas in Havana as Refinery Runs Out of Supply”
14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, 5 April 2023 — That April 19, 2018, when deputies had to “elect” the president of the Republic, there was only one name on their ballots aspiring to the position. Raúl Castro himself cleared away all doubts by declaring that his appointment was not a coincidence, that it was planned … Continue reading “Cuba’s Diaz-Canel, Five Years as Hand-Picked Dictator”
14ymedio, Havana, 9 March 2023 — Cuban YouTuber Hilda Núñez Díaz, also known as Hildina, was arrested on Thursday in Santiago de Cuba by police agents. More than 30 officials blocked access to the block where the young woman lives, they burst into her house and, after conducting a search, they seized her telephone and … Continue reading “‘Hildina’, the Young Woman Who Exposes Poverty in Cuba on Her YouTube Channel, is Detained for More Than 7 Hours”
14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, January 3, 2023 — Almost everyone has heard of the Golden Raspberry Awards, popularly known as the Razzies or the anti-Oscars, where the worst films and performances of the year are recognized. The video presented by Díaz-Canel to welcome 2023 could very well sweep those awards, if they were to … Continue reading “Cuba: A Raspberry for the Little Dictator”