Special Period

The AHS award was presented to Frei Betto, who recommended that Cubans fry potato peels

The Cuban writer Manuel Pereira has died in Mexico

The Cuban regime claims to have implemented 89% of its reforms, but the crisis shows no signs of relief

Father Alberto Reyes: "Cuba today is infinitely worse than during the Special Period."

"We spend our lives wondering what we are going to eat": The disheartening reflection of a Cuban

Chequera remembers the Special Period in Cuba

Economic embargo or failed model? BBC analyzes why Cuba cannot feed its population

After 28 years, a bottle with a message from Cuba arrives in Vigo, Spain

Díaz-Canel asserts that in Cuba "there are no capitalist reforms."

Bicitaxi caravan in Santiago de Cuba to celebrate the centenary of Fidel Castro

Díaz-Canel says that Cuba is going through "one of the most difficult moments" of the revolution

A Cuban recalls what he did as a child during the Special Period on the island: "My daughter doesn’t want to believe me."

The Cuban regime rewrites the Maleconazo and presents Fidel Castro as the hero: "A tyrant would have ordered to shoot."

Granma rewrites the Maleconazo: When propaganda attempts to turn protest into a heroic legend

Cuban mother demands accountability from the regime for her sweaty baby who can't sleep: "I hope they pay for everything in this life."

“'To dismantle the CITMA,' they didn’t ask 'even one written question,' criticizes Cuban professor.”

Cuban recalls the Maceta Plan and the Rastrillo Plan: "What happened, authority?"

A bicycle is gifted to an Intensive Care Unit chief, and social media erupts: "Is he going to pedal all over Havana after a shift?"

Díaz-Canel admits that Cuba depended on the USSR, China, and Venezuela, and states that now he wants to "not be dependent on anyone."

Díaz-Canel acknowledges that the Cuban regime resorted to capitalism to maintain its power: "It hurts me."

Díaz-Canel affirms that legalizing the dollar has created inequality in Cuba

Cubans doubt the regime's 176 measures: "Why should I believe them?"

This is what the streets of Cuba look like: the Monumental Avenue of Havana, deserted and in darkness

This is how this Cuban woman was able to cook at home amid power outages in Cuba: "The reality of many families."

"From that paradise island, only a land mired in misery remains," asserts Cuban writer Daína Chaviano

"Am I being punished for loving?": The unexpected confession of a pro-government Cuban broadcaster

Journalist María Salomé Campanioni has passed away, recipient of the Micrófono de la Radio Cubana

Roberto Morales Ojeda and the rhetorical acrobatics of the regime: "Finding creative and even uncomfortable solutions"

Michel Torres Corona bursts out against El Cangrejo: "What justifies their impunity?"

Cuban journalist erupts against the government: "I want to see who dares to ask me for more creative resistance."

State-owned companies will be able to set salaries, prices, and create subsidiaries as part of the 176 economic measures

Díaz-Canel acknowledges the regime's mistakes but insists that the U.S. embargo, not the socialist model, is what is destroying the lives of Cubans

Great-nephew of the Castros: The U.S. wants to impose forced economic dependency on Cuba

Julio César González Pagés questions Cuban emigrants in Spain who accuse those living on the island of cowardice

Ulises Toirac: Was the lyric like this...? "Leave without measures or mercy!"

Cubana estimates that it has lived for 44,300 hours without electricity since 1985: the equivalent of more than five years in blackout

Mariela Castro urges women to support the new economic measures

When hunger weighs more than the risk: neighbors collect spoiled eggs in Boyeros

The regime will apply Value Added Tax (VAT) to production and consumption chains

Díaz-Canel claims to be open to criticism, but the reforms have already arrived at Parliament "consensually."

The Cuban regime will allow private companies to make financial investments for the first time

Cuban academic Hilda Landrove: The promises of the regime and "the soundtrack of endless destruction."

The photo of a mother that moved a Cuban migrant

"Blackouts will not return": the promise of Abel Prieto that time has destroyed

PCC defends GAESA as Cubans react on social media

"The failure of the revolution is an undeniable fact," says a Chilean journalist with expertise on Cuba

"Cuba is wearing me down": It shows everything that was spent and bought to send to the island

The sweets shop at Hotel Habana Libre switches to dollars, causing a stampede among its clientele

"The majority of the people... bets on itself": Striking verses by Pedro Luis Ferrer in this moment for Cuba

Cuban woman delivers a forceful response to men who label other women as "jinetera."

"That breaks my heart": The helplessness of a Cuban grandmother for families who do not have food to eat

Hospital Lebredo: a site destroyed in Cuba without the need for bombs

"More people like this are needed": Private entrepreneur from Sancti Spíritus donates 20 meals to homeless individuals

"All the Cuban children have taken it! It's available at Walmart and they were shocked: 'I thought it was only in Cuba.'"

Díaz-Canel congratulates Cuban mothers with a message dedicated to a young soldier

Pedro Monreal warns of a possible decline in Cuba's GDP of at least 15% in 2026

The government promises another "economic transformation," and Cubans respond with disbelief after decades of improvisation

The Cuban government advocates for "reinventing itself" after admitting that its "traditional methods" are not working

Marxlenin Pérez Valdés and another tribute to Fidel Castro: "Not playing into the hands of the enemy ideology"

"Cuba has already overcome the Special Period": Díaz-Canel calls for resilience in the face of the crisis and assures that the people have confidence