History of Cuba

Francisco Vicente Aguilera, the man who gave everything for his country

Who was Narciso López really?

Bruno Rodríguez dusts off the old narrative of the "Revolution" to defend the Cuban regime

Narciso López: between patriotism and filibusterism

Ignacio Agramonte: the man who wanted to establish a Republic before winning it

Quintín Banderas: three wars, one general, and a life that racism could not erase

Forget about that girl who never loved you: memories of annexationism in Cuba

Pro-democracy activist and veteran of the Republican Navy of Cuba passes away in Miami

"A democratic Cuba will have to learn to live after the Revolution," argues an Argentine intellectual

Vicente García: the patriot who also harmed the revolution

Pilot flies near Miami and reveals the reason that forces him to ascend in altitude

Chequera recalls the Special Period in Cuba

Why do Cubans pay tribute to Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre today? Discover the full story

We must translate the protests "into a strategy of struggle," assesses a Cuban historian

After the last Castro

Gerardo Machado: Between History and Myth

Bartolomé Masó: History must also do justice to him

Another young person reinterprets "La Catalina" from abroad: "It was about rewriting the song, not breaking our hearts."

Estrada Palma: an honorable man, a misguided president

Historian Rolando Gallardo questions whether Machado was truly a dictator

Luisito, the Collector: The Man Who Defeated Oblivion

José Antonio Saco in today's Cuba: How to restore the dignity of a nation?

Filming the present so that tomorrow the past doesn't change

Challenges of Cuba in the 21st Century: Reconstruction and National Reconciliation in a Democratic, Prosperous, and Free Republic

The crisis of the model and the awakening of civil society in Cuba

A hundred years since the creation of evil: Fidel Castro, the man without a soul, without a face, and without a word

Yunior García on obstacles to the future of Cuba: “We are all too busy attacking each other.”

"Ask how to quench all the thirst of an Island": poet and journalist from Matanzas

"To make us soar and lift us out of the deadly routine": concert by Silvia Pérez Cruz in Old Havana

Cuban society under the new regime

Socialist economy, nationalizations, and structural crisis in Cuba

The institutional framework of the Cuban regime

False earthquake alarm creates tension among residents of Camagüey

The 'Revolution' of 1959: from popular triumph to dictatorship

Manuel Marrero Cruz: "To die for the homeland is to live."

Maceo was shot down in Las Tunas, and no one has responded yet: they demand to reveal those responsible

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

Activist Lara Crofs: "A Maceo cannot be defeated; he is returned to Cuba."

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

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

The Republic from 1902 to 1958: Lights and Shadows of a Nation in Construction

José Martí: the Dreamed Republic and the Warning Against Tyrannies

Unknown individuals knocked down the bust of Antonio Maceo in the park of Las Tunas and damaged his face

"What a shame, Díaz-Canel," "the people no longer want improvements, nor dialogue, nor band-aids, they want freedom": the testimony of a Cuban woman

The wars for Cuban 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 long will this last?"

Daughter of pilot Rafael del Pino seeks justice 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 using his slaves as "cannon fodder" in the war

Slavery in Cuba: the history that Cubans prefer to forget

Caudillismo and the cult of the leader

Rancho Boyeros is falling apart: they call 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 current Cuba to the period of Weyler's reconcentration: "It has been 30 years of collapse. The country is destroyed."

Historic visit of Jennifer Lopez to Cuba revived: the 10 days she spent in a neighborhood in Havana