Nieuws uit Cuba

EAM Jaishankar holds discussions with counterparts from Nigeria and Cuba

A new life in Cuba

LAS MINAS, Cuba (AP): Liexer De La Cruz took a deep breath as he entered a federal courtroom in Miami, where life as he knew it would end. It wa…

Garcia vs Benn: Conor Benn crushed by Ryan Garcia in two rounds of world title mismatch

Ryan Garcia crushed Briton Conor Benn with a ruthless second-round stoppage to retain his WBC welterweight crown in a world title mismatch in La…

Palmares Seeks Private Operators for Cafés and Retail Outlets in Havana Amid State Management Failures

Palmares S.A., a company operating outside the hotel sector, has launched a public bidding process to lease the management of 13 cafés and retai…

Alarming Sanitary Conditions Exposed at Emergency Ward of Orlando Pantoja Tamayo Hospital in Contramaestre

Independent journalist Yosmany Mayeta Labrada shared disturbing photos this Saturday, revealing the appalling state of the restrooms in the emer…

Fatal Motorcycle Crash in Camagüey Leaves One Dead, Woman Critically Injured

A male motorcyclist tragically lost his life this past Saturday after colliding with a pillar at the roundabout leading to Saratoga and La Norma…

Prime Minister meets with Cuban FM

Prime Minister Le Minh Hung had a meeting with Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla, Politburo member and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Cuba, in New Delhi…

Cuban Official Claims Power Outages Have "Significantly Decreased" Despite 2,000 MW Shortfall

Lisner Cruz Sánchez, head of operations for the National Load Dispatch of the Cuban Electric Union, announced on the state-run Canal Caribe that…

Street in Havana Turns into Dumping Ground: "This is Cuba Now"

A video shared on Facebook this Saturday reveals the dire state of Escobar Street at its exit from Belascoaín in Central Havana. The road has ef…

Persistent Noise Issues at Havana's Almendares Park Disrupt Residents

Cuban author Rafael de Águila has once again taken to social media to voice his frustration over the relentless noise pollution emanating from H…

Unchecked Resellers Exploit Bread Shortage in Cojímar, Havana

Residents in Cojímar, located in Havana's East municipality, raised alarms on Friday over resellers who are hoarding nearly the entire bread sup…

Ongoing Power Outages Plague Gratitud Community in Matanzas Due to Repeated Thefts

The electrical substation in Gratitud, located three kilometers from Jovellanos in Matanzas, has been targeted by thieves six times over the pas…

Search for Missing Electrical Worker Expands in Eastern Cuba

The operation to locate Alexander Pantoja Bertot, an employee of the Santiago de Cuba Electric Company, intensified this Saturday. Over 50 worke…

Chronicles of a Barber: The Journalist and the Psychologist

This young man whose head I have in my hands is a psychologist, or something along those lines. He studied a degree called Health Psychology.

Holguín's New Food Stalls Surrounded by Trash After Clearing Los Chinos Market

Recently, a video shared on social media highlighted a troubling scene in Holguín, Cuba, where piles of trash have accumulated next to the newly…

Reflections by Father Alberto Reyes Inspired by a Cuban Child's Remark: "Yankees Are Human"

A six-year-old Cuban child was assigned a school task: to construct a sentence using the word "Yankee." Without parental guidance, the child pen…

5 lives were cut short when a jet struck their van. Now friends mourn a generous crew who took pride in their dangerous work

By Ray Sanchez, Carolina Peguero, CNN (CNN) — An exhausted Julio Pineda would arrive some nights at the Miami-Dade County apartment complex wher…

Profile in Bias: Andrea Mitchell's 35 Years of Liberal Advocacy

On July 31, 2013, NBC chief foreign affairs correspondent Andrea Mitchell celebrated her 35th anniversary at the network and was predictably pra…