Civil Defense

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

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

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

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

Díaz-Canel insists on "preparation for defense" in Cuba

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

Cubans demand accountability from ETECSA after false earthquake alarm: "They should take responsibility."

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

Cubans question ETECSA over false earthquake alert that caused panic in nine provinces

False earthquake alarm generates tension among residents of Camagüey

Cuban regime urges people to stock up on food and medicine amid potential hurricanes during ongoing scarcity

Díaz-Canel urges young people to take advantage 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 at Cerro, Havana

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

The regime turns Cienfuegos into a scenario for military drills in the face of a supposed invasion from the U.S.

Authorities in Campechuela call for training families to respond to "enemy" airstrikes and 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 framework 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 case of a possible conflict with the U.S.

Concern in Granma Over African Snail Infestation

Iranian missiles strike luxury hotels in Dubai

Rescuers save a newlywed couple trapped by high waves on the Havana seawall

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

Gusts of up to 72 km/h in Havana following 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 during freezing early mornings

Western Army of Cuba mocked for exercises with obsolete weaponry for the "war of the whole people"

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

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

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

Irregularities reported in the delivery of materials to victims of Hurricane Melissa

"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 cut off after the collapse of a bridge in Santiago de Cuba

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

Thus progresses the slow recovery in eastern Cuba three weeks after Hurricane Melissa

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

Intense 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.”

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

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

UNDP installs electric generators in Granma communities affected by Hurricane Melissa

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

From the disaster of others to the alleged merit of oneself: The old propaganda formula of the Cuban regime

Mass evacuation in Las Tunas due to the risk of dam and reservoir overflow

Ferrobús rescues residents of Guamo trapped by Hurricane Melissa

A Colombian Navy ship departs for Cuba with more than 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

The Cauto River reaches historic levels after Hurricane Melissa: "It has never looked like this before."

A complex railway operation has begun to rescue hundreds of people stranded in Río Cauto