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Cuba’s Minister of Education Says Vaccines Will Not be Mandatory to Attend Classes

14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 13 October 2021 — Cuba has resumed the 2020-2021 school year with the progressive reincorporation of students in classrooms depending on the mass vaccination process against covid-19 and with the priority of hygienic-sanitary measures, said the Minister of Education, Ena Elsa Velázquez on Wednesday. The official also said at a press conference that … Continue reading “Cuba’s Minister of Education Says Vaccines Will Not be Mandatory to Attend Classes”

Buying New Shoes, Another Mission Impossible in Cuba

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 6 October 2021 — Sandra stands at the display window of the Sport shoe store in Havana’s Carlos III shopping mall, where a long line has formed outside. On display are the two cheapest pairs of children’s tennis shoes, for $22.50 and $22.68 respectively. They are not brand names, and … Continue reading “Buying New Shoes, Another Mission Impossible in Cuba”

Havana Restaurants Reopen with Exorbitant Prices and at Full Capacity

14ymedio, Luz Escobar & Natalia Lopez Moya, Havana, October 9, 2021 — Rey & Gaby is fully booked until sometime in November. Currently, it is impossible to reserve a table at this privately owned restaurant in El Vedado. Before the pandemic set in, the place always had empty tables. Now that restaurants in Havana are … Continue reading “Havana Restaurants Reopen with Exorbitant Prices and at Full Capacity”

Cuban Writer and Journalist Marta Rojas Dies

14ymedio, Havana, 4 October 2021 — The Cuban writer and journalist Marta Rojas died this Sunday in Havana as a result of a heart attack, according to the Cubadebate portal. Winner of several national awards, author of more than a dozen books, and a staunch defender of the official line of the regime, she was born in Santiago de Cuba in … Continue reading “Cuban Writer and Journalist Marta Rojas Dies”

Tabacuba Explains Why There’s Shortage of Cigarettes, and it is Not Because of the ‘Blockade’

14ymedio, Havana, 1 October 2021 — Cigarettes have become one of the first things whose scarcity is not officially attributed to the ‘lockdown’. In statements to Radio Rebelde, the directors of Tabacuba explained that the delays in the arrival of supplies to Cuba “were not all due to the restrictive measures imposed by the US … Continue reading “Tabacuba Explains Why There’s Shortage of Cigarettes, and it is Not Because of the ‘Blockade’”

‘We Will Not Allow the 20N March’, Cuban Political Police Warn Opponent Cuesta Morua

14ymedio, Havana, 30 September 2021 — The government opponent Manuel Cuesta Morúa was released on Wednesday night after an arrest of almost 12 hours in which the police told him that the marches called for November 20 will not be authorized, according to the dissident himself speaking to 14ymedio shortly after returning home. The vice president of … Continue reading “‘We Will Not Allow the 20N March’, Cuban Political Police Warn Opponent Cuesta Morua”

The ‘House of Preserves’ Falls a Few Days After Opening

14ymedio, Natalia López Moya, Havana, 28 September 2021 — Almost three weeks after the inauguration of La Case de las Conservas (The House of Preserves), the products that the store sells today are far from the presentation and quality of those initially praised by authorities and the official press at the opening of the establishment. This … Continue reading “The ‘House of Preserves’ Falls a Few Days After Opening”

Most Cubans Live in Poverty on Less Than $ 1.28 a Day

14ymedio, Madrid, 27 September 2021 — Food shortages continue to be the main problem for most Cubans, followed by covid-19 and the economic consequences caused by the ‘Ordering Task’*. This data is presented by the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) in its fourth report on The State of Social Rights in Cuba, presented this Monday in Madrid, which … Continue reading “Most Cubans Live in Poverty on Less Than $ 1.28 a Day”

The Mexican President Comes Out of the Closet and Makes His Castroism Public

14ymedio, Joel Ortega Juárez, Mexico, 17 September 2021 — Miguel Díaz-Canel, nominal president of Cuba, appointed by Raúl Castro, Fidel’s brother, both of the dynasty in power since 1959, has been invited by Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (known familiarly as AMLO) to the ceremonies celebrating the beginning of the Independence of Mexico. The … Continue reading “The Mexican President Comes Out of the Closet and Makes His Castroism Public”

Cuba’s Official Press Silences the Death of Colonel Accused of Torturing US Prisoners in Vietnam

14ymedio, Havana 10 September 2021 — Retired Colonel Eduardo Morejón Estévez is the 10th Cuban military man to die since mid-July. With the notable difference that the official press has not announced his death, unlike what occurred with the previous officers. The news was reported in a tweet published on September 7 by Elio Perera, … Continue reading “Cuba’s Official Press Silences the Death of Colonel Accused of Torturing US Prisoners in Vietnam”

With the Pandemic at Its Height in Cuba, the Opening of the Borders is Announced for November 15

14ymedio, Madrid,6 September 2021 — The official press announced this Sunday the next border reopening, which will begin “gradually” on November 15, although the staggered process will only apply, apparently, to the national market. Last year, on the same date, the country was opened to tourism but had to close it again after two months … Continue reading “With the Pandemic at Its Height in Cuba, the Opening of the Borders is Announced for November 15”

A Doctor of Law Lies in the Official Media / Cubalex

Cubalex, Laritza Diversent, 2 September 2021 — It is irresponsible (as a professional and as a teacher) for the “Doctor of Legal Sciences” Mayda Goite Pierre to give her opinion on things she doesn’t know about or hasn’t even studied. If silence is bad, a cover-up is worse; her opinions misinform the public and confuse … Continue reading “A Doctor of Law Lies in the Official Media / Cubalex”

Controlling People in Line Before Saving a Life in Cuba

14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 3 September 2021 — A woman and a motorcyclist were seriously injured on Friday when the latter ran his vehicle over the former on the busy corner of Avenida Carlos III and Calle Infanta, in Havana. The witnesses asked for medical help. Outraged, they tell 14ymedio that none of the many military personnel … Continue reading “Controlling People in Line Before Saving a Life in Cuba”

Rain of Judicial Sentences for Resellers and ‘Coleros’ in Villa Clara

14ymedio, Havana, 1 September 2021 — In the first six months of this year, 78 people were tried for crimes related to speculation and hoarding in Villa Clara and only five were acquitted. The others ended up with prison sentences, sometimes commuted to correctional work, many were fined and all the assets involved were confiscated. … Continue reading “Rain of Judicial Sentences for Resellers and ‘Coleros’ in Villa Clara”

Pharmaceutical Authorities Say Cuban Vaccines Have Lowered the Mortality Rate in Havana by ‘Six Times’ Without Providing Supporting Data

14ymedio, Madrid, August 31, 2021 — The lethality of covid-19 has dropped in the four Havana municipalities where vaccination began, according to the biopharmaceutical authorities who appeared on the State television  Mesa Redonda (Roundtable) program this Monday, without providing data. The objective seemed to be to clear the doubts and fears of Cubans about national vaccines against … Continue reading “Pharmaceutical Authorities Say Cuban Vaccines Have Lowered the Mortality Rate in Havana by ‘Six Times’ Without Providing Supporting Data”