Coal

Coal: The business of the moment in Cuba, born from darkness

Coal and Fans: The Motivation for Baseball Players in Las Tunas

Cuban grandmother receives a special gift and her reaction goes viral on social media: "My little one sent it to me."

Cuba in survival mode: This is how to create a stove with sawdust to cook without electricity or gas

Among rice, peas, and hope: This is how those evacuated by Hurricane Melissa are fed in Granma

They steal the pressure cooker that she had on the charcoal stove softening the beans

Artists amaze in Isla de la Juventud with a giant Mona Lisa painted with charcoal in the middle of the street

At least 60,000 Cuban prisoners produce tobacco and charcoal that end up in Europe under forced labor, according to NGOs

Firewood bundles are being sold in Las Tunas due to the general blackout in Cuba: "Something is better than nothing?"

"Cubans never have a day of joy": Cuban woman reveals her reality in "the coal era."

Coal exports are increasing and Cubans are asking: "What about the people's coal?"

Cuban in Cienfuegos turns old rice cookers into charcoal stoves

"Neither vulnerable nor bedridden": official excuse to deny liquefied gas to a sick elderly woman in Matanzas

From Gas to Coal: Cuban Government Promotes the Use of Briquettes for Cooking Amidst the Energy Crisis

Fires, logging, and less reforestation: the triple blow to Cuba's green lung

The pork vendor from Matanzas lights a charcoal grill on the street so that neighbors can brew coffee every morning

Alert: More than 9 million Cubans are cooking under precarious conditions due to the energy crisis

Young person recounts the ordeal of obtaining liquefied gas in Cuba: "That's why you'll see many cooking with charcoal."

Without rice, without gas, and waiting for coal: This is the situation in Santiago de Cuba

They export coal from Cuba while it becomes scarce and more expensive for the people

"With plastic because there is no fuel": Cuban shows how to light charcoal when the blackout hits

"With dark circles like a raccoon": Cuban shows how she survives amid blackouts and soot from coal in the pots

This is how coal is lit in Cuba: It's not a tutorial; it's the harsh reality for thousands of families

A state journalist confirms that families are cooking with doors and windows as firewood in Cuba

Official newspaper highlights the struggle of cooking without electricity in Cuba