Special period

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 acknowledges 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 remain in power: "It hurts me."

Díaz-Canel claims 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 in Havana, deserted and in darkness

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

"From that paradisiacal island, only a land sunk in misery remains," affirms Cuban writer Daína Chaviano

"Am I being punished for loving?": The unexpected outpouring from a pro-government Cuban radio host

The journalist María Salomé Campanioni has passed away, a recipient of the Micrófono de la Radio Cubana

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

Michel Torres Corona explodes against El Cangrejo: "What justifies his 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 admits to the regime's mistakes but insists that the U.S. embargo, and not the socialist model, destroys the lives of Cubans

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 it like this... the lyrics?... "Get out without measures or mercy!"

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

Mariela Castro calls on women to support the new economic measures

When hunger outweighs the risk: neighbors collect spoiled eggs in Boyeros

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

Díaz-Canel says he is willing to be criticized, but the reforms have already reached the Parliament "consensually."

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

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

The photo of a mother that moved a Cuban emigrant

"Blackouts will not return": Abel Prieto's promise that time destroyed

PCC defends GAESA while Cubans take to social media

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

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

The sweet shop at Hotel Habana Libre switches to dollars, causing a stampede of its clientele

"The majority people... bets on itself": Powerful verses from Pedro Luis Ferrer in this hour of Cuba

Cuban woman issues a strong response to the men who label other women as "jinetera."

"That breaks my heart": The helplessness of a Cuban grandmother for families that cannot afford to eat

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

"More people like this are needed": Private entrepreneur from Sancti Spíritus donates 20 meals to people on the streets

"All Cuban children have taken it! It's available at Walmart, and I was 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 potential decline in Cuba's GDP by 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: "Do not play into the hands of the enemy ideology"

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

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

"Cuba: the Totalitarian Clamp and the Desire for Change," analyzes a Cuban essayist

"Neither food nor infrastructure": Rubio denounces that GAESA accumulates more money than the Cuban State without benefiting the people

A Spanish woman is being criticized for having a long-distance relationship with a Cuban who is still on the island: "I feel sorry for her."

VIRAL: "Where's the meat?"

An expert in authoritarianism believes that the crisis of the Special Period was never resolved, and in Cuba, there were only "moments of relief."

Cuba: from the pearl of the Caribbean to a beggar of the world. A revolution that was born to live on alms

Cuban reveals it all: "I’m going to stand up for the jineteras of Cuba."

Carlos Otero reveals that he performed at a private party for Raúl Castro at a Cuban airbase

The contradiction that no one mentions about the Cuban regime

Neighbors in Havana set fire to trash cans to obtain water when the firefighters arrive

Rubio: "Things can improve in Cuba with serious economic reforms, but not with the current rulers; they are economically incompetent."

Who wants it? The recipe for Cuban guava durofrío that you didn't know you needed to see

Leftist journalist downplays the impact of the crisis: "Getting around Havana isn't complicated."

Influencer El Creador Cubano pleads for help for Cuba through tears: "Give me back what I had."

"Sister of 'Spiderman' erupts: 'He has been protesting against the regime for days.'"

Cuban returns to the island and breaks down in tears: "The people can't take it anymore."