Articles written by Tania Costa

Tania Costa

(Havana, 1973) lives in Spain. She has directed the Spanish newspaper El Faro de Melilla and FaroTV Melilla. She was head of the Murcia edition of 20 minutos and Communication Advisor to the Vice Presidency of the Government of Murcia (Spain).

Cuban father in Peru reports the disappearance of his 13-year-old daughter in Cuba

Five years and 8 months in prison for killing a young man in military service

Professor Pedro Albert rejects parole: "They are not going to treat me like a commodity."

Babalawo Lázaro Cuesta on the Letter of the Year: "Predictions may be unsettling, but it is our responsibility to convey them."

Cuban artist Yulier P: "When your art has political meaning, people divorce themselves from it."

A young man from Santiago de Cuba was slashed with a machete, severely damaging the tendons in one hand

Official media criticizes dollar store in Havana: "Many ears of the people await explanations"

"What does Canel have?": Poet César Pérez parodies the regime's obsession with hotels in Cuba

Iván Camejo returns to Cuba and presents a monologue in Havana: "Here we only have two problems."

"Cuba has neither the time nor the money to resolve its energy crisis," warns expert

Return to Cuba starts off poorly for Cuban-American family due to alleged outstanding fine

A Cuban father is murdered in a settlement of accounts in Matanzas

31-year-old man murdered in Santiago de Cuba

Audio from a prison in Mexico: "Let it be known that a Cuban fought for his two children and his mother, but lost."

Ulises Toirac, on the floating exchange rate: "Products and services continue to rise."

A doctor in Las Tunas resigns from his job after being sanctioned for not prioritizing a friend of the hospital director

Impressive drumming to bid farewell to a Cuban in Havana

Díaz-Canel states that the Cuban people are resilient and creative, and he promises a "productive" 2025

Official remembrance of the first Christmas Eve with Fidel Castro sparks criticism: "What was the revolution for?"

Cuba denied the escape of Bashar al Assad

The missing woman in Sancti Spíritus went out to look for her cows, but the animals returned on their own

Desperation in Cuba: The fuel shortage is causing long lines at gas stations and days of waiting

Alert in Sancti Spíritus: Woman has been missing for several days in Trinidad

Florida Hospital responds to the family of a sick child whom doctors in Cuba have deemed a lost cause

Four municipalities in Havana identified with a high concentration of drug trafficking and drug addiction

Cuban economist criticizes new restrictions on small and medium-sized enterprises: "It's rain on the already wet."

Cuban government cancels wholesale trade licenses for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Díaz-Canel acknowledges the crisis in Cuba, but asserts that the country is "advancing and growing."

Spokesperson for the Cuban regime attacks Sandro Castro: "He should be despised"

Díaz-Canel blames the U.S. for "shortages and difficulties" in the Cuban healthcare system

"The tentacles of the Cuban regime": young activist stranded in Peru after rejection from Nicaragua

The U.S. denies residency to Cuban parents with parole for crossing the border with their child

Mother seeks help for her child with cystic fibrosis: "In Cuba, it is a deadly disease."

Controversy on social media: U.S. Embassy in Cuba thanks comment against the embargo

The regime is harassing the mother of Omara and Ariel Ruiz Urquiola to take away the farm in Pinar del Río

Why are Cubans outraged by the romance between Ana de Armas and Manuel Anido Cuesta?

The U.S. condemns the beating of José Daniel Ferrer in a prison in Santiago de Cuba

They are requesting a prison sentence of 3 to 9 years for the driver who ran over, killed, and left a young military serviceman behind

The silence of Ana de Armas on the regime in Cuba: strategy or indifference?

First repair in 59 years for the La Farola viaduct, one of the seven wonders of Cuban civil engineering

Cuba will not reach the goal of 3 million tourists in 2024

The Spanish Institute Elcano expects that Cuba's energy crisis will be "prolonged."

Wife of a Cuban imprisoned in Mexico: "They have shattered our dream."

Father of Cuban imprisoned in Mexico: "We are in God's hands because we do not find justice among men."

Oscar Casanella, persecuted in Cuba and unprotected in the U.S.: "My political asylum could take 10 years or more."

Cuban entrepreneur Miguel Grillo: "I am in love with capitalism."

Former director of the Cuban Research Institute at FIU responds to Omara Ruiz Urquiola: "I don't know why she's attacking me."

The U.S. denies a visa to Omara Ruiz Urquiola to enter the scholarship she won at FIU in Miami

Drug addict in treatment in Cuba: "The number of kids who are getting into chemicals is enormous."

High-ranking officials of the Cuban Army are negotiating a military cooperation agreement in Algeria

Mexico donates 100 tons of meat to Cuba in support of families affected by Hurricane Oscar

Mother of child with cancer explains how she copes with the wait to leave Cuba

13-year-old girl dies in Cuba after being administered insulin in poor condition amid power outages

Cuban entrepreneur in Iowa: "If you have the idea to do something, do it."

Significant drop in Internet traffic due to massive blackout in Cuba

Cuban Guarapero in the Canary Islands: "I was born in the sugarcane fields."

Multiple murder in Centro Habana

More than 39% of Cuban retirees survive on minimal pensions

Cuban farmer thrives in Spain with his sugar cane business: “Things don’t fall from the sky”

Nelva Ortega, wife of José Daniel Ferrer, protests in the rain outside the Mar Verde prison in Santiago de Cuba