Civil Defense

Díaz-Canel calls for defense structures to address daily issues in communities

Intense rainfall threatens eastern Cuba with risks of flooding and landslides

Díaz-Canel: preparation for defense is a "priority for the country."

The UN says it stands with the Cuban people following a meeting with Díaz-Canel

Warning of serious danger on the Bayamo-Manzanillo road due to landslides

Díaz-Canel urges the population to prepare to take shelter in basements, semi-basements, and tunnels

Díaz-Canel emphasizes "preparation for defense" in Cuba

The head of the Seismological Service says that the false seismic alarm "was something malicious."

Cubans demand ETECSA after false seismic alarm: "They should take responsibility"

"Now they really got it": Cubans lash out at ETECSA for false earthquake alarm

Cubans question ETECSA over false seismic alarm that caused panic in nine provinces

False earthquake alarm creates tension among residents of Camagüey

Cuban regime urges stockpiling food and medicine in anticipation of possible hurricanes amidst ongoing shortages

Díaz-Canel calls on the youth to make the most of the situation they are experiencing and to defend the revolution

Two injured in Colón, Matanzas, after the collapse of a building due to illegal demolition

Díaz-Canel promises to "unleash productive forces" and strengthen territorial defense

Díaz-Canel visits Defense Councils in Havana amid heightened tensions with the U.S.

Díaz-Canel inspects war plans in El Cerro, Havana

"Prepared for what?": Cubans respond with mockery to another defense preparation show in Bayamo

The regime turns Cienfuegos into a stage for war drills in response to a supposed invasion by the U.S.

Authorities in Campechuela are calling for family training to respond to "enemy" air attacks and to combat "hate memes."

More than 100 wildfires in Cuba during the first four months of 2026

The regime formally presents "My Neighborhood for the Homeland," a new structure to reinforce surveillance and political control in communities

Raúl Borges, the Cuban with over 4,000 parachute jumps who saved nearly a thousand lives in disasters

"Bread, cereals, and canned goods": the backpack that the Civil Defense recommends preparing in anticipation of a possible conflict with the U.S.

Concern in Granma over the African snail infestation

Iranian missiles strike luxury hotels in Dubai

Rescue of a newlywed couple trapped by a swell on the Havana waterfront

Coastal flooding advances in Havana and forces the evacuation of low-lying areas along the capital's coastline

Gusts of up to 72 km/h in Havana after the passage of the eighth cold front of the season

Increasing swells: Warning of coastal flooding risk in Havana

Civil Defense issues alert: Urges protection for children and the elderly due to freezing mornings

Cuba's Western Army draws ridicule for exercises with obsolete weaponry for the "people's war."

Civil Defense declares "normalcy" in Santiago de Cuba two months after Hurricane Melissa, amid blackouts and shortages

More than 116,000 homes damaged in eastern Cuba by Hurricane Melissa

Remedios under water: heavy rains cause flooding, evacuations, and isolated areas

Irregularities in the delivery of materials to those affected by Hurricane Melissa have been reported

"Stop playing with this suffering people": Cubans react to the declaration of 'normality' in Holguín, Granma, and Guantánamo

Why does Díaz-Canel wear a military uniform in his recent public appearances?

More than 50 families remain isolated after the collapse of a bridge in Santiago de Cuba

UNICEF donates two trucks with roofing tiles to rebuild schools in Santiago de Cuba

This is how the slow recovery is progressing in eastern Cuba three weeks after Hurricane Melissa

UNDP mobilizes over 2 million dollars for victims of Hurricane Melissa in eastern Cuba

Heavy rains cause flooding and new damage in Granma and Holguín

Holguin internationalist sends message to Díaz-Canel from a destroyed hut: “No one has come here”

Civil Defense declares recovery phase for two municipalities following Melissa, while eastern Cuba is still assessing the damage

Catholics from the United States send food and medicines to families in eastern Cuba

UNDP installs electric generators in communities of Granma affected by Hurricane Melissa

"Will no one be left abandoned? A mother with a disability and her son survive under a thatched roof in San Andrés, Holguín."

From the disaster of others to supposed self-merit: The old propaganda formula of the Cuban regime

Mass evacuation in Las Tunas due to the threat of overflowing dams and reservoirs

Ferrobús rescues residents of Guamo trapped by Hurricane Melissa

Colombian Navy ship sets sail for Cuba with over 240 tons of humanitarian aid and fuel

Rescue operations continue in Guamo, Granma: Another 135 people evacuated

Areas of Santiago de Cuba remain cut off four days after the passage of Melissa

Rescuers evacuate more than 100 people in El Mango, Río Cauto, following severe flooding

"There is no need for a mass evacuation," authorities tell residents in Río Cauto

"Left to Their Fate": Shocking images of abandonment in El Cobre after Melissa's passage

Rescues and evacuations continue in Río Cauto due to the severe flooding in Granma

Destruction in Palma Soriano: Hurricane Melissa leaves the century-old José Martí Masonic Lodge in ruins