Articles written by Tania Costa

Tania Costa

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

Academic recounts how writer Dulce María Loynaz faced an official who wanted to search her bag in Cuba

Angelina Castro sweeps aside "all those who shout in Miami and never lifted a machete in Cuba."

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

Jorgito defeats cancer in Italy after losing hope in Cuba

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

Writer Camilo Venegas debunks the myth of the regime: "No one studied for free in Cuba."

Immigration lawyer warns about deportations of Cubans arriving by sea

Historic 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 collects 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 is a ' rapprochement' between two animals that distrust each other."

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

Zoé Valdés: "I cannot forgive: Drones, drones, drones!"

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

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

Albertico Pujol, about 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 functions like a chain of dominoes: when one falls, they all fall.”

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

Willy Allen believes that Cuban boaters shot down in Cayos Falcones could be deported from the U.S. if they are returned

Political scientist Jorge Domínguez believes that the boat from Florida could have violated the sovereignties of Cuba and the United States, but it is not terrorism

Willy Allen doubts that Raúl Castro will be prosecuted for Brothers to the Rescue, but he admits that "legally it could happen."

Political prisoner of 11J, Duannis León Taboada, in solitary confinement after being beaten in Combinado del Este

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

Jamaica escaped "by minutes" from Trump's tariffs 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 demonstrator 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 Metropolitan Bank has been refusing to deliver the money for two months, claiming they don't have it

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

Deported in absentia, a Cuban I-220A who passed away from cancer three months before her court date in the U.S.

Willy Allen warns of a new decision by the BIA that allows for the dismissal of asylum requests if they are incomplete

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

Lawyer Willy Allen III advises Cubans with I-220A to "live under the radar" because in December "we are going to win."

Willy Allen explains the pathways that are currently working 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 letters for fingerprints."

Willy Allen: "Trying to deny Cuban Adjustment due to public charge 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 was closed

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

Lawyer Willy Allen advises against applying for citizenship until child support payments are up to date

Willy Allen clarifies what USCIS means 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 correctly in the U.S., "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 stay against the U.S. deportation of a Cuban mother I-220B with a baby almost four months old

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

Willy Allen: "Never has a judge 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 residency two years ago."

Willy Allen, to the I-220A: "We need to be patient, residences are still arriving."

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

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

The Cuban regime is demanding over 1,900 pesos a month from an elderly man who is blind, despite his pension being only 1,500 pesos