Articles written by Tania Costa

Tania Costa

(La Habana, 1973) lives in Spain. She has directed the newspaper El Faro de Melilla and FaroTV Melilla. She was the editorial chief for the Murcia edition of 20 minutos and an advisor in the Vice Presidency of the Government of Murcia (Spain); she worked in the press for the Mixed Group Assembly of Melilla. She has been a journalist at La Verdad de Murcia and is currently at Cadena SER

An academic recounts how the writer Dulce María Loynaz confronted an official who wanted to search her bag in Cuba

Angelina Castro sweeps aside "everyone who shouts in Miami and never raised a machete in Cuba."

FNCA co-founder Diego Suárez claims that Reagan threatened bombings due to radio interference from Cuba

Jorgito overcomes cancer in Italy after losing hope in Cuba

Elier Muir, father of a teenager imprisoned in Cuba, claims that bedbugs are eating his son in jail

Writer Camilo Venegas dismantles the regime's myth: "No one studied for free in Cuba."

Immigration Lawyer Warns About Deportations of Cubans Arriving by Sea

Historical prisoner Ángel de Fana: "Cuba can free itself without U.S. intervention."

Amelia Calzadilla confirms that the EU will review the dialogue and cooperation agreement with the Cuban regime

Jonathan Muir's father gathers 20 signatures of support against those who want his son to "die in prison."

Cuban Oraisa Estrada reveals what she felt when the Cuban regime tried to silence her at the UN

Expert Isaac Nahón clarifies what Trump's motivation is for delivering "the final blow" in Cuba

Ulises Toirac on the U.S.-Cuba dialogue: "It's an 'approach' between two animals that distrust each other."

Zoé Valdés demands that Cuba be the setting for the first Nuremberg against communism

Zoé Valdés: "I can't forgive: Drones, drones, drones!"

The regime returns the ashes of Michel Ortega, who died in a boat near Cayos Falcones, and charges 1,000 USD for the time spent in Forensic Medicine

Sister of Michel Ortega, who died in the boat that was shot down in Cayos Falcones, requests to identify the body in Cuba

Albertico Pujol, on Fidel Castro's stone: "If they throw it into the sea, let it be with a chain."

Expert Jorge Piñón explains the massive blackout in Cuba: "The electrical system works like a chain of dominoes: when one falls, they all fall."

Preventive detention for a soldier who had been requesting his discharge from the FAR for three years without it being granted

Willy Allen believes that Cubans who were shot down in Cayos Falcones could be deported from the U.S. if they are sent back

Political scientist Jorge Domínguez believes that the boat from Florida may have violated the sovereignties of Cuba and the U.S., but it is not terrorism

Willy Allen doubts that Raúl Castro will be prosecuted for Hermanos al Rescate, but admits that "legally it could happen."

Political prisoner from 11J, Duannis León Taboada, in a punishment cell after being beaten in Combinado del Este

Iberia rules out cancellations of Madrid-Cuba flights and is open to flexible fares and ticket changes for travelers

Jamaica narrowly escaped Trump’s tariffs "by minutes" by allowing the cargo ship Emilia to be in its waters before heading to Cuba

Mario Dueñas warns that legalizing documents before June makes it difficult for Cubans to enter mass regularization in Spain

Young Cuban protester from 11J, detained for 7 months by ICE in Texas for being I-220A

Former Cuban Minister Alejandro Gil Fernández is facing two separate trials: one for espionage, for which he is facing a life sentence, and another alongside other individuals under investigation

Send 2,200 euros to Cuba, and the Banco Metropolitano has been withholding the money for two months, claiming that they don't have it

Cuban-American entrepreneur Tony Haber is reviving iconic brands in the U.S., such as Guayabita del Pinar

A Cuban woman who was deported in absentia, I-220A, died of cancer three months before her court hearing in the U.S.

Willy Allen warns of a new decision by the BIA that allows asylum requests to be dismissed if they are incomplete

Lawyer Liudmila Marcelo clarifies that initial asylum payments can only be made in court, but "if you have doubts, make the payment."

Lawyer Willy Allen III advises Cubans I-220A to "keep a low profile" because in December "we are going to win."

Willy Allen explains which paths are currently available for family reunification in the U.S.

Willy Allen: "I fear for the detained Cubans I-220A"

Willy Allen, Immigration lawyer: "The new panic this month is the fingerprint letters."

Willy Allen: "Trying to deny Cuban Adjustment on public charge grounds could be an argument used by USCIS officials."

Jorge Piñón, researcher at the Texas Energy Institute: "I don't see a solution to power outages in Cuba by 2026."

Willy Allen clarifies that "traffic fines do not revoke your residency nor affect your entry into the U.S."

Mother of Cuban girl with tongue injury seeks help for treatment in the U.S.

A new court ruling in the U.S. puts Cuban activists awaiting asylum at risk of deportation

Willy Allen believes that if there is a favorable decision on the I-220A in January, they will be able to apply for residency the next day

ICE denies credible fear to Cuban I-220A detained in court after his asylum case is closed

The U.S. denies humanitarian visa to Jorgito, the Cuban boy with cancer supported by Marco Rubio

Attorney Willy Allen advises not to apply for citizenship until child support payments are current

Willy Allen clarifies what USCIS understands by good moral character in citizenship applicants

Willy Allen Jr: "In practice, there is no difference between an I-220A and a parole."

Willy Allen believes that if the asylum law is applied in the U.S. as it should be, "80% of Cubans will never win it."

Immigration Attorney Willy Allen: "Cuba brought the travel ban upon itself."

Ariel Ruiz Urquiola stands before the Swiss Parliament demanding that Díaz-Canel and Raúl Castro be judged

They reject the appeal against the deportation to the U.S. of a Cuban mother I-220B with a baby nearly four months old

Expert Mario Dueñas warns about the mistakes that should not be made when applying for the Grandchildren's Law

Willy Allen: "No judge has ever denied me in court a Cuban Adjustment for a person with parole."

Cubana I-220A, detained by ICE and released with an ankle monitor: "I applied for permanent residency two years ago."

Willy Allen, to the I-220A: "We must have patience, residences are still arriving."

Cuban doctor who fled a mission in Brazil, detained by ICE in Texas: "If they deport me, I will commit suicide."

Lawyer Liudmila Marcelo explains the "advantage" of the increase in asylum fees: "The bad news is that it is retroactive."

Cuban regime gives a small room to an elderly person with blindness and demands more than 1,900 pesos a month despite his pension being only 1,500