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After Being Threatened by the Regime, Pastor Alain Toledano and Family Arrive in the US

14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2022 — Evangelical pastor Alain Toledano Valiente and his family arrived in the United States on Monday. The minister, according to the organization Outreach Aid to the Americas, was forced to leave the island under threats from the Cuban authorities: “Leave the country within 30 days or you and your family … Continue reading “After Being Threatened by the Regime, Pastor Alain Toledano and Family Arrive in the US”

Green Avocados, Ginger and a Portrait of Fidel Castro: All That’s Left in a Havana Market

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 27 July 2022 — The scene this morning in the Havana market at 17th and K, in Vedado, could be attributed to the passage of a cyclone. The empty and skeletal platforms, waiting for products that never arrived; the plastic boxes upside down on the floor; the red earth, the … Continue reading “Green Avocados, Ginger and a Portrait of Fidel Castro: All That’s Left in a Havana Market”

Yaime Perez Says Goodbye to her Discus and the Cuban Delegation While in the United States

14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2022 — Cuban athletics continues to add defeats. To the sporting failure at the XVIII World Athletics Championships that was held in Eugene, Oregon in the United States, where the Cuban delegation didn’t win any medals, is added the escape of the Olympic medalist and world champion of the discus throw, … Continue reading “Yaime Perez Says Goodbye to her Discus and the Cuban Delegation While in the United States”

In Spite of the Disastrous Situation in the Country, President Diaz-Canel Only Sees Successes in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 26 July 2022 – – The day started off complicated in the editorial office of 14ymedio in Havana. Several members of the team awoke to no internet connection and started to look for alternative ways to reach their readers. They concluded, with resignation, that the reason for this was that Etecsa [the Cuban State … Continue reading “In Spite of the Disastrous Situation in the Country, President Diaz-Canel Only Sees Successes in Cuba”

Open Letter From a Swedish Citizen to Miguel Diaz-Canel

14ymedio, Hans Lunell (Letters from Readers), Stockholm, 26 July 2021 — I am writing this letter from Sweden, one of the most developed countries in the world as it is free, democratic and capitalist. You live in one of the poorest and most unsuccessful countries in the world since there is no freedom, it is totalitarian … Continue reading “Open Letter From a Swedish Citizen to Miguel Diaz-Canel”

Mexico Has Paid More Than $6 Million US Dollars for Cuban Doctors in the Fight Against COVID-19

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”

"Despot and Feared": Chief of Cuban Mission Expelled Doctor Who Then Died in Paris

14ymedio, Havana, 20 September 2019 — The death of Cuban doctor Juan Manuel Obana Borges, in a bathroom at the Charles de Gaulle airport in Paris, has put a new internationalist mission under the spotlight, this time the one established in Mauritania. After a strong conflict with the management of the hospital where he worked, … Continue reading “"Despot and Feared": Chief of Cuban Mission Expelled Doctor Who Then Died in Paris”

Patience, This Year the School Uniforms Are Late

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 26 July 2019 — Bulletin boards in schools or workplaces are often ornaments hung in a corner, loaded with historical events and photos that nobody pays attention to. However, at certain times they gain prominence and dozens of eyes gather around, such as when the date school uniforms will go on sale is … Continue reading “Patience, This Year the School Uniforms Are Late”

Jaime Ortega, Cardinal of the Thaw, Dies in Havana

Luz Escobar and Mario J. Penton, Havana/Miami, 26 July 2019– Cardinal Jaime Ortega (1936-2019), a key figure in the secret talks that led to the reestablishment of relations between the United States and Cuba, died at age 82 on 26 July in Havana, after a long illness, according to ecclesiastical sources. “Jaime Ortega was a … Continue reading “Jaime Ortega, Cardinal of the Thaw, Dies in Havana”

Cuba and Fundamental Rights / Dimas Castellano

Dimas Castellanos, 17 January 2018 — The impact of fundamental rights on the development of society is of such magnitude and significance that it becomes impossible to comprehend the advancement, stagnation or regression of a population without accounting for it. To mark the tenth anniversary of Convivencia (Coexistence), the current issue addresses a central theme … Continue reading “Cuba and Fundamental Rights / Dimas Castellano”

Corruption and Mistreatment in the Ruins of the Old Hotel Rex in Havana

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 26 July 2018 — The two hotels have the same name but have had very different destinies. The Hotel Rex in Santiago de Cuba, where some of the protagonists of the assault on the Moncada barracks stayed, can boast of three stars. The ruins of what was once the Hotel Rex in … Continue reading “Corruption and Mistreatment in the Ruins of the Old Hotel Rex in Havana”

From a Public Urinal to a Luxury Hotel, The San Carlos is Reborn in Cienfuegos

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 19 January 2018 — Every night during the ’90s there were knocking sounds from the abandoned hotel San Carlos, which borders the market in the historic center of Cienfuegos where Joaquín Rodríguez worked as custodian. There were hardly any vestiges left of the navy blue of the façade and fragments of the cornices … Continue reading “From a Public Urinal to a Luxury Hotel, The San Carlos is Reborn in Cienfuegos”

Machado Ventura Denies Cuba’s Mediation In The Venezuelan Conflict

14ymedio, Marcelo Hernandez, Havana, 26 July 2017 – There were few surprise in Jose Ramon Machado Ventura’s speech this Wednesday during the ceremony for National Rebellion day in Pinar del Rio. The Cuban Communist Party number two reiterated that “the direction of the Revolution is laid out,” and denied that Cuba was participating in the … Continue reading “Machado Ventura Denies Cuba’s Mediation In The Venezuelan Conflict”

Where Are Che’s Bones ? / 14ymedio, Bertrand de la Grange

14ymedio, Bertrand de la Grange, 1 December 2016 – In the Santa Clara mausoleum everything is genuine. Except, perhaps, Che’s bones. Thousands of people are making pilgrimages lately to this giant stone building to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Ernesto Guevara’s death. Official history says that a team of Cuban forensic scientists found his skeleton … Continue reading “Where Are Che’s Bones ? / 14ymedio, Bertrand de la Grange”

Cuban Civil Society, For The First Time Present In The Regional Internet Governance Forum / 14ymedio, Regina Coyula

Regina Coyula, Havana, 26 July 2016 — ¿Gover… what? That reaction has become increasingly familiar in a conversation discussing internet governance. Although many users who take advantage of it aren’t aware, governance is a fundamental issue for everyone when we venture out onto the World Wide Web. That our family email travels equally with the statistics of … Continue reading “Cuban Civil Society, For The First Time Present In The Regional Internet Governance Forum / 14ymedio, Regina Coyula”