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Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (Part 5, Final) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca

There was an issue Yoani Sanchez did not address in the Brazilian Congress: the conspiracy of the Cuban ambassador against her. When the blogger set foot on Brazilian soil we recommended that she not refer to the intrusion of the Cuban ambassador, because we still didn’t have sufficient evidence to make a fair judgment, nor … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (Part 5, Final) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca”

Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (4) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca

The impact of the attacks Yoani, victorious against the “demons” paid by the Cuban Embassy in the Brazilian capital, have become something of a legend in Brazil. After the Cuban blogger’s brilliant presentation, and a standing ovation, the next day there was a program in the city of Salvador, the capital of Bahia state. However, … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (4) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca”

Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (3) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca

The despicable act in “Feria de Santana” was also executed against one of the most loved and respected senators, with the recognized militancy of the left. By Jorge Hernandez Fonseca, Brasilia If the repercussions of Yoani Sanchez’s coming to Brazil confirmed–according to the Brazilian press–the organization of the “acts of repudiation” by the Cuban embassy, … Continue reading “Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (3) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca”

Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (2) / Jorge Hernandez Fonseca

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”

Yoani Sanchez: A Cuban Hurricane in Brazil (1) / 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”

Cubans Need Help Recovering From Hurricane Sandy / Yoani Sanchez

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”

Seven Proposals After 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”

What Was I Doing Before? / Lilianne Ruíz

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”

Requiem for Guantánamo

The easternmost province of Cuba is also the poorest, and the ideologues of the regime know that the greater the poverty, the greater the dependence 14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, October 24, 2024 — Thanks to the theater, I was lucky enough to tour almost the entire Cuban archipelago, from Pinar del Río to Santiago, … Continue reading “Requiem for Guantánamo”

Cuba Will Remain Without Electricity at Least Until Saturday

UNE announced the “total disconnection” of the Electrical System The Antonio Guiteras power plant had scheduled maintenance, but it did not last until the scheduled date With the country in darkness and the economy paralyzed, Marrero says that Cuba “is not yet in a bottomless abyss” 14ymedio, Havana, 18 October 2024 — The Cuban Ministry … Continue reading “Cuba Will Remain Without Electricity at Least Until Saturday”

A US Report Illustrates the Magnitude of the Economic and Social Crisis in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, October 18, 2024 — The origin of the current economic crisis in Cuba has its roots in 2016, and the country received a mortar blow in 2019, the prelude to the pandemic. This year it has bottomed out. The Economic Research Service of the US Department of Agriculture has written a report that … Continue reading “A US Report Illustrates the Magnitude of the Economic and Social Crisis in Cuba”

Cuban President Díaz-Canel Admits That the US ‘Blockade’ Is Not Responsible for All the Problems

 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”

Tabacuba Is Committed to a Harvest of 25,500 Tons and Income of 300 Million Dollars

The joint venture Habanos S.A., 50% owned by Spain, earned 721 million dollars in 2023 14ymedio, Havana, 23 September 2024 — The authorities estimate 300 million dollars to be the amount received each year by the Cuban State thanks to tobacco, according to a note published this Monday in the State newspaper Granma. It reports … Continue reading “Tabacuba Is Committed to a Harvest of 25,500 Tons and Income of 300 Million Dollars”

Washing Bottles Instead of Going to Class, the Beginning of the School Year for Many Students in Havana

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 2 September 2024 — Not all Cuban children will start classes this Monday, when the 2024-2025 school year has been inaugurated with great fanfare. In Havana, for the next 15 days, some of them will have to work, either in cleaning, or in gardening, or even in other tasks, in … Continue reading “Washing Bottles Instead of Going to Class, the Beginning of the School Year for Many Students in Havana”

Japan’s Aid to Cuba: Medical Supplies, Buses and Now Support for Agriculture

14ymedio, Havana, 27 March 2024 [Note delayed translation] — It is only 62,000 euros, but “the contribution constitutes a message of solidarity from the Japanese people,” said Tokyo’s ambassador to Cuba Hirata Kenji this Tuesday, during the signing of a document with which his country begins a new cooperation project, this time in Pinar del … Continue reading “Japan’s Aid to Cuba: Medical Supplies, Buses and Now Support for Agriculture”