Freedom

Rosa María Payá receives the FAES Freedom Prize this Friday in Madrid

Straightening Out the History of Cuba: What We Were Not Told

The history of communism

Nobel Peace Prize winner Navi Pillay is accused of ignoring human rights violations in Cuba and China

Between knowing and living in freedom: 158 years since the Grito de Yara

The great scam continues 74 years later

Anna Bensi responds after the conviction: "Head held high and with my convictions stronger than ever."

Protesters gather alongside the Tower of Liberty against Trump's library: "It is our most cherished symbol of freedom."

The man who protested with a banner in front of the Capitol in Havana has been transferred to Villa Marista

Man apprehended after protesting in front of the Capitol in Havana with signs against the dictatorship

President of Uruguay responds to criticism for not condemning the Cuban regime at the UN: "A word to the wise is enough."

"Chamamé a Cuba" revisits its history and now envisions an island without Castroism or political prisoners

Priest Alberto Reyes: the Church in Cuba is the "uncomfortable neighbor" that the regime has not been able to silence

Lithuania, Costa Rica, and the U.S. are launching an international front for democracy in Cuba

Díaz-Canel: "The freedom of Cuba arrived on January 1, 1959, and we are not going to lose it."

Cuba remains at the bottom: Freedom House once again indicates the country as the least free in Latin America

Costa Rica speaks out on the possibility of receiving Cubans deported from the U.S.

Ulises Toirac: "Freedom begins in the mind."

Bryan Ávila urges the Cuban people not to lose faith and promises a strong hand against the regime

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

President of the Communist Youth of Chile denies that Cuba is a dictatorship: "The great sin is not having economic prosperity."

From Protest to Transition: What Carolina Barrero's New Platform Means for Cuba's Political Future

Cuban pianist Andy García Palacios breaks the silence after being released by ICE in the U.S.

Freedom House appoints Cuban Carolina Barrero as ambassador for its new global initiative for freedom

Vicente García: the patriot who also harmed the revolution

Bishop of Palm Beach delivers a powerful message about Cuba: "No people was created by God to live on their knees."

Laritza Camacho on Cuba: "We are a country free from everything that would make us a... free country."

What gesture did Mia Dio make with her fingers when receiving the crown of Miss Universe Cuba? She reveals its strong significance

Cuban priest Alberto Reyes: "Those who govern us do not know how to escape the trap they created."

A Cuban keeps a bottle of cider for when the dictatorship falls: "Will I be able to toast in a free Cuba?"

Ulises Toirac: "The first freedom is that of thought. And the most difficult."

Lisandra Silva calls for freedom for Cuba on Chilean reality show: "My dad didn't get to see it."

The casserole protest breaks the silence in Plaza de la Revolución

The wars for the independence of Cuba

"I'm not ready to die": Guillermo del Sol has been on hunger strike for 49 days and makes a dramatic plea

Cuban actress shares her mother's greatest wish: "At 95 years old, her desire is to see a Cuba free of dictators."

Luis Alberto García: repressing demonstrators "is unconstitutional and very, very undemocratic"

Billboard in Guanabacoa: "Repression is increasing, but they have not managed to stop disobedience."

When people forget what makes them great

The destruction of civil society: When the State turns everyone into dependents

"We are indebted to you": the heartfelt message from Manolín el Médico de la Salsa to Luis Manuel Otero

Cuban in Brazil: "In Cuba, I was a doctor and had my own house; here I am nobody in someone else's land, but we have health and freedom."

When justice ceases to be independent: Courts at the service of power

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara warns of what the only solution is to free all political prisoners in Cuba

"The people are dying while you talk": Cubans overflow with frustration at Rubio's speeches about Cuba

Sociologist Cecilia Bobes analyzes the legacy of July 11: "The street has ceased to be merely a space managed by the State."

Abel Prieto calls the 11J a "farce" and unleashes a torrent of criticism on the fifth anniversary of the massive protests in Cuba

Hermitage of Charity: "Our prayer for those who continue to suffer imprisonment, persecution, and exile."

Police patrol monitors the home of the father of a political prisoner from the 11J on the fifth anniversary of the protests

Alina Bárbara López denounces on July 11 that the Cuban regime is a "terrorist state against its own people."

Sissi Abascal raises her voice from exile on the anniversary of 11J

Testimony reports three nights of protests and increasing tension with the police in Santa Fe, Havana

"We want freedom, not electricity": the light returns during a massive protest in Centro Habana

Cacerolazo in Alamar: residents burn trash in the street against the regime's blackouts

They demand the unconditional release of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

Cubans send messages about freedom for the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

"Communism will have to answer for its victims": the Cuban artist Selene Perdomo dismantles Díaz-Canel's rhetoric

Selene Perdomo: "The Cuban regime has had 67 years without opposition and has sunk the country."

María Corina Machado congratulates the U.S. on its 250th anniversary and draws a parallel with the Venezuelan struggle for freedom

"Freedom!": Cubans protest after more than 24 hours without electricity and days without water