History of Cuba

Homeland, revolution, and socialism: the demagogic "holy trinity" of Fidel Castro, says Cuban historian

Activist Lara Crofs: "Maceo cannot be overthrown; he must be returned to Cuba."

Education and Culture in the Republic (1902-1958): A nation that built schools, trained teachers, and fostered thought before the historic break

Armando Tomey calls Díaz-Canel "a donkey with teeth."

The Republic from 1902 to 1958: lights and shadows of a nation in the making

José Martí: the Dreamed Republic and the Warning Against Tyrannies

Unknown individuals vandalize the bust of Antonio Maceo in the park of Las Tunas and damage his face

"What a pity, Díaz-Canel," "people no longer want improvements, dialogue, or band-aids; they want freedom": the testimony of a Cuban woman

The wars for Cuba's independence

Great Cuban thinkers of the 18th and 19th centuries on an island that began to shine with its own light

The Spanish Colony: Economic, Social, and Political Formation of Cuba

Cuba, between hope and tragedy: The first inhabitants and the discovery

Cuban historian: "A shared outcry emerges: how much longer will this last?"

Daughter of pilot Rafael del Pino seeks compensation from Cuba for the kidnapping and death of her father

Historian argues that Cuba is more Spanish than African

The Moncada: From Myth to the Birth of a Tragedy

An expert questions the figure of Céspedes for adding his slaves to the war as "cannon fodder."

Slavery in Cuba: the history that Cubans prefer to forget

Caudillismo and the cult of the leader

Rancho Boyeros is falling apart: they are calling for the rescue of the "cathedral of Cuban livestock."

Alina Bárbara López dusts off a phrase from Fidel Castro from 1959 that seems written for today's Cuba

Amir Valle: Cuba, "a private estate of the Castros," "where people are dying of hunger."

Historian Ada Ferrer compares present-day Cuba to the era of Weyler's reconcentration: "It has been 30 years of collapse. The country is destroyed."

Reviving Jennifer Lopez's historic visit to Cuba: the 10 days she spent in a neighborhood of Havana

Can Cubans govern themselves? Historian responds

Raúl Castro reappears to bid farewell to Ramiro Valdés alongside Díaz-Canel

The museum of a "martyr of the revolution" burns amid protests in Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba

Ramiro Valdés dies, architect of the Cuban repressive apparatus

The constitutional trap of Castroism: When "irrevocable socialism" becomes a problem

What happened to the ills of capitalism? The economic shift of the Cuban regime

What happened to the Yankee enemy? The Cuban regime rewrites six decades of confrontation with the U.S.

Palacio de Aldama, another architectural gem being destroyed in Cuba

Bronze plaque dedicated to poet José María Heredia disappears on a street in Matanzas

The Castro power group is the "primary responsible party for the national ruin," asserts a Cuban academic

The psychological trauma that communism caused to the Cuban people

For sale: "Hoz y Cruz," a book by journalist Yoe Suárez about the resistance of evangelicals against the Cuban dictatorship

Spain and Cuba: historical memory, endangered interests, and moral debt

The regime that emerged in 1959 sought to "dismantle the entire republican civilization and its historical-cultural memory," says a Cuban academic

Outrage over the treatment of José Martí's son's remains during an exhumation at Colón Cemetery

Cuban intellectual Luis Álvarez Álvarez, National Literature Prize winner, has passed away in Brazil

In Cuba, "there isn't even the hope that existed in Spain" before Franco's death, reflects a Cuban writer

The Capitol Paradox: the regime in Cuba uses the symbols of the Republic that it attempted to discredit for decades

"The Platt Amendment seems quite small": Juan Antonio Blanco recalls that the regime it accuses of being annexationist was the one that constitutionalized loyalty to Moscow

"There is a war in Cuba": Armed state against an unarmed people, according to analyst Juan Antonio Blanco

Batista's granddaughter breaks the silence: "My family threw in the towel out of fear."

Pavel Giroud: "The Revolution took from us even the day of independence."

The United States claims José Martí and speaks of freedom for Cuba: "He continues to inspire generations."

Zoé Valdés announces the presentation of her book "Dignas cubanas" in Miami

Aspects of the Platt Amendment That You Were Not Taught in School

Mario Valdés explains the historical context of the Platt Amendment in Cuba

Historian Aries Cañellas: "The situation in Cuba is much worse than when the war ended in 1898."

Historian reveals why Fidel Castro didn't want you to know this about the Republic in Cuba

Rafael Rojas warns of a possible uncontrollable explosion in Cuba

Academic recalls crimes of the UMAP in the context of the Cuban Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia

MININT reminds that there are no entrance exams for its universities

Why does May 20th rekindle hopes for change among Cubans?

Cayo La Rosa: The Cuban town that had a factory, an airport, and a hospital, and today lives in nothingness

The Cuban regime invokes the 1940 Constitution, which it dismantled, to legitimize expropriations

Why must the U.S. act NOW against the Cuban regime? Explosive analysis

Cuban shows progress on the "La Ruina" project in Isabela de Sagua