Advice To The Independent Press To Protect Itself From Cuban Security

14ymedio, Yoani Sanchez, Havana, 23 August 2018 — How to evaluate the risks? What to do in the face of physical aggression? How to better protect information? These are some of the questions answered by the Holistic Security Manual for Cuban Journalists, recently published by the Institute for War & Peace Reporting (IWPR). With a simple language, the document is an essential … Continue reading “Advice To The Independent Press To Protect Itself From Cuban Security”

Cuban Doctor Dies While Working for Medical Program in Brazil

14ymedio — Yanier Samón de Hombre, a thirty-two-year-old Cuban doctor who was working as a member of the Brazilian medical program Mais Médicos (More Doctors), died last Thursday in Livramento de Nossa senhora, a small town in the northeatern Brazilian state of Bahía. According to local news sources, Samón had sought medical treatment for abdominal … Continue reading “Cuban Doctor Dies While Working for Medical Program in Brazil”

French Foreign Minister in Cuba Asked to Intercede for Release of Eduardo Cardet

14ymedio, Havana, 28 July 2018 — The Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) has asked French Foreign Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian to intercede for the release of activist Eduardo Cardet, during his visit to Cuba on Saturday, according to the Catholic news agency Aciprensa. Le Drian is the first member of French President Emmanuel Macron’s government to visit the … Continue reading “French Foreign Minister in Cuba Asked to Intercede for Release of Eduardo Cardet”

Cuba Must Increase Investment to Close Economic Gap with Latin America

14ymedio, July 27, 2018 — The decapitalization of the Cuban economy and a decline in productivity has created a “gap” with the rest of Latin America that can only be closed by increasing the rate of investment to 10% to 15% of the gross domestic product (GDP), as noted this Friday by an economist at … Continue reading “Cuba Must Increase Investment to Close Economic Gap with Latin America”

More Restrictions on Private Activities in Tourist Areas

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 28 July 2018 — Trading, donating, buying and repairing dwellings in tourist areas will be more complicated from now on with the advent of new regulations.  After July 24 an authorization from the Municipal Housing Directorate or the Physical Planning Institute will be required, in addition to the requisites in force … Continue reading “More Restrictions on Private Activities in Tourist Areas”

Cuban Economy’s 1.1% Growth is Not Felt on Cubans’ Dinner Tables

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Miami | 25 July 2018 – Cuba’s 1.1% economic growth the first semester of 2018, announced by President Miguel Díaz-Canel, will not reach the kitchens of the Cuban people, nor will it be felt in the already reduced purchasing power of their wallets, according to various economists consulted by 14ymedio. The island, crippled by … Continue reading “Cuban Economy’s 1.1% Growth is Not Felt on Cubans’ Dinner Tables”

More About the Constitution / Fernando Dámaso

Fernando Damaso, 12 July 2018 — The 1940 Constitution, considered one of the most democratic, advanced and well-balanced constitutions in the world, was prepared by important and well-known representatives of Cuban society, politics and economics, selected by way of free and honest elections, to form the Constituent Assembly, in order that each party could publicly … Continue reading “More About the Constitution / Fernando Dámaso”

Cuban Phone Company’s ‘Comprehensive Repair’ Affects Email and Internet Services

14YMEDIO, Havana, July 20, 20108–Another interruption in Cuba’s Nauta email and Internet services left thousands of users without communication on Friday. The failure is the second in less than three weeks that affected several official digital sites, like the newspaper Granma, the national email Nauta, and the WIFI zones of Internet connection, according to 14ymedio. “They’re doing … Continue reading “Cuban Phone Company’s ‘Comprehensive Repair’ Affects Email and Internet Services”

The Failure Of The Dairy Sector In Cuba: From The Glass Of Milk To The ‘Master’ Cheesemaker / Elias Amor Bravo

Elias Amor Bravo (economist), 17 July 2018 – The National Milk Group is one of those inefficient conglomerates that exist in the Cuban state economy to control corporate production, in this case in a fundamental sector such as dairy. To cite just one example, the National Office of Statistics (ONEI) reported the value of wholesale and … Continue reading “The Failure Of The Dairy Sector In Cuba: From The Glass Of Milk To The ‘Master’ Cheesemaker / Elias Amor Bravo”

Cuban Woman Will Be Tried For Contempt For Calling State Official Corrupt / Cubalex

Cubalex, 19 July 2018 — Indira Martínez Borges, 33 and the mother of a two-year-old, will be tried on July 20 in a summary proceeding, charged with the crime of “contempt” for calling an official ‘corrupt’. The official, Anais Rodríguez Cárdena,  is with the Provincial Directorate of Housing of the Camagüey municipality, which confiscated Martinez’s home … Continue reading “Cuban Woman Will Be Tried For Contempt For Calling State Official Corrupt / Cubalex”

Fernando Ravsberg: "In Cuba There Are Good Journalists and Bad Press"

14ymedio, Miami, 13 July 2018 — Fernando Ravsberg, a Uruguayan journalist living in Cuba, has closed his blog Cartas desde Cuba (Letters from Cuba), after an intense campaign of harassment on the part of the most radical sectors of official journalism. Ravsberg published his last post on Thursday, explaining that he made the decision because the authorities refused to … Continue reading “Fernando Ravsberg: "In Cuba There Are Good Journalists and Bad Press"”

"I Prefer the Cuba of the Special Period to the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro," Says a Cuban Doctor

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Havana, 13 July 2018  — After the robbery of 152,000 dollars (a figure later reduced to 16,000 by the police) Cuban doctors in Venezuela have come to be seen as privileged due to their access to the green bills in contrast to the unfortunate situation of the local population. Several physicians consulted by this newspaper … Continue reading “"I Prefer the Cuba of the Special Period to the Venezuela of Nicolas Maduro," Says a Cuban Doctor”

“The ‘Weekly Packet’ Looks More Like ‘Cubavision’ Every Day”

14ymedio, Zunilda Mata, Havana, 12 July 2018 — The ‘Weekly Packet’ is not what it used to be, that space of semi-freedom where you could see audio-visual entertainment materials not offered on Cuban national television. The Government is intervening more and more in the content, imposing documentaries produced in Spanish by an Iranian channel and prohibiting productions … Continue reading ““The ‘Weekly Packet’ Looks More Like ‘Cubavision’ Every Day””

Criminal Gang Steals $150,000 from Cuban Medical Mission in Venezuela

14ymedio, Mario J. Pentón, Miami | 2 July 2018 — Eight armed and hooded men attacked a group of Cuban doctors stationed in Venezuela in the early hours of Sunday morning and stole more than $152,000 (dollars) and 30,000 pesos, according to statements to 14ymedio from several doctors from the island who work in the medical mission in that country. The police reports … Continue reading “Criminal Gang Steals $150,000 from Cuban Medical Mission in Venezuela”

Several Evangelical Churches Appeal to Cuban Government and the Revolution to Block Equal Marriage

14ymedio, Mario Penton, Miami, 6 July 2018 — Five evangelical denominations in Cuba issued a public statement against equal marriage. The document states that “gender ideology” has nothing to do with Cuban culture “or with the historical leaders of the Revolution.” The Evangelical League of Cuba, the Baptist Conventions of the West and East, as well as … Continue reading “Several Evangelical Churches Appeal to Cuban Government and the Revolution to Block Equal Marriage”