English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 22 March 2020 — It’s Sunday and the clotheslines in the building are about to snap from the weight of the clothes. This morning they turned the water pump on early and families rushed to wash everything that had accumulated during the week. School uniforms are the priority, although many hope … Continue reading “Day 2 of the Covid-19 Emergency in Cuba”
14ymedio, Marcelo Hernández, Havana, 17 March 2020 — While the world implements social distancing measures and encourages teleworking to fight the spread of the coronavirus, none of this occurs in Cuba, where lack of connectivity prevents recourse to these measures that are proving effective against the spread of the epidemic elsewhere. The support of telecommunications … Continue reading “Cuba’s State Telecommunications Company Silent Before the Pandemic”
The diplomat arrived a year after the island-wide ’11J’ protests and experienced the rise of the private sector on the Island 14ymedio, Havana, 29 October 2024 — The United States Embassy in Havana announced on Tuesday the departure of its Chargé de Negocios on the Island, Benjamin Ziff, who served as the main representative of … Continue reading “After Two Years as Chargé d’Affaires at the US Embassy, Benjamin Ziff Leaves Cuba”
The director starred in a public protest in October last year, which he documented through social networks 14ymedio, Havana, 29 October 2024 — Cuban director Jonal Cosculluela Sánchez died this Monday night at the age of 47 in Havana. The news was spread by the Assembly of Cuban Filmmakers through social networks, without giving the … Continue reading “Filmmaker Jonal Cosculluela Dies at the Age of 47 in Havana in Unclear Circumstances”
14ymedio, Madrid, 2 October 2024 — The hiring of Cuban doctors is, once again, a source of controversy in South Africa. As was revealed in the local parliament last week, the Gauteng Department of Health – the province where Pretoria and Johannesburg are located – mistakenly continued to pay, for one year, seven Cuban health … Continue reading “For One Year, South Africa Paid Seven Cuban Doctors Who Had Already Returned to the Island”
Two Cuban Foreign Ministry officials reported the death of Lázaro Delgado Chaple on social media 14ymedio, Havana, 24 September 2024 — Until last week, the death toll from Oropouche Fever in Cuba, according to Cuban Public Health authorities, was zero. However, the death of Colonel Lázaro Delgado Chaple, reported at the same time by several … Continue reading “Cuban Soldier Accused of Exiling Opponents Dies From Complications of Oropouche Fever”
14ymedio, Madrid, 23 September 2024 — Cuban doctors living in Spain have declared war on the bureaucratic jam of the Ministry of Universities, which prevents the certification of their degrees within a reasonable time. The doctors complain that it takes an average of two or three years to carry out this validation, when the law … Continue reading “Cuban Doctors Waiting for Certification To Practice in Spain Ask for Solutions”
14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez/Olea Gallardo, Havana, 14 September 2024 — Entering La Chocolatera is a pleasure for all the senses. The place, situated at the Havana Club in the municipality of Playa, is small but clean, illuminated, stocked and perfectly air-conditioned. The strong odor – a sour vanilla – of chocolates and sweets seeps into … Continue reading “La Chocolatera, an Oasis of Luxury in Cuba, Alongside Poverty and Scarcity”
Adrián Curuneaux Stivens has been sentenced to four years for assault and aggravated contempt in addition to a previous sentence of four years for assault and battery. 14ymedio, Havana, 9 September 2024 — Activist Adrián Curuneaux Stivens, who was arrested after attempting to visit Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara in Havana’s Calixto García hospital in May … Continue reading “Activist Who Tried To Visit Alcantara in Hospital Sentenced to Seven Years in Prison”
The main tourist market on the Island registers a slight drop this year after two previous warnings 14ymedio, Havana, 1 September 2024 — For the third time in less than a year, the Government of Canada has published a warning, now about the increase in dengue fever, targeting its nationals traveling to Cuba. The two … Continue reading “Canada Publishes an Alert About Dengue Fever in Cuba, ‘Which Can Be Deadly’”
For arriving late from her leave, the authorities threatened to move her to a harsher regime. 14ymedio, Havana, 30 August 2024 — Political prisoner Yilian Oramas García ended her hunger strike at the Cuba Panama prison for HIV-positive prisoners on Tuesday. The woman from Villa Clara had been punished with a change of regime from … Continue reading “Political Prisoner Yilian Oramas Obtains the Revocation of a Sanction, Thanks to Her Hunger Strike”
Cuba’s Former Minister of Economy José Luis Rodríguez recognizes “mistakes” and the impossibility of reaching the 2% growth predicted in 2024 14ymedio, Madrid, 27 August 2024 — Cuba’s gross domestic product (GDP), which collapsed by 1.9% in 2023, will not even come close this year to the predicted 2% increase. An article published this Monday … Continue reading “A Former Minister Admits That Cuba Is Suffering From an Economic Debacle”
The Prime Minister hopes that, with the new Government, Tehran will invest more in the Island 14ymedio, Havana, 22 August 2024 — “To what extent is Cuba willing to change?” The key question of the HispanTV journalist who interviewed Manuel Marrero during his visit to Iran, at the beginning of the month, produced an uncomfortable … Continue reading “Marrero Left Iran Empty-Handed and With Few Promises of Economic Aid for Cuba”
People must deposit solid waste in designated areas starting at 6:00 p.m. 14ymedio, Havana, 21 August 2024 — Havana’s municipality of Cerro has turned to a private company to collect the mountains of garbage that have accumulated for months in the streets. In the area, one of the most densely populated in the Cuban capital, … Continue reading “A Private Company Is Hired in Havana To Collect Mountains of Accumulated Garbage”
14ymedio/EFE, 20 August 2024 — Far from improving, or even maintaining, as happened with the June figures, tourism in Cuba continues to sink. In July, according to the report published on Tuesday by the National Office of Statistics and Information (ONEI), 153,261 travelers from abroad arrived in the country, a figure similar to that in … Continue reading “The Debacle of Tourism in Cuba Continues, With a 14 Percent Decrease in July”
