Special period

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

Cuban woman reveals 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 bins 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 in 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"

Sixth day of protest: "Spiderman" challenges the regime from his balcony in Havana

VIRAL: Cuban grilling "a little pig"

Cuban grandmother lashes out in tears against the dictatorship: "There are still people who support that."

"However hard times may be: We will overcome!": Marrero's message to Díaz-Canel on his 66th birthday

"Come for me": Cuban champion challenges the regime and denounces hunger in Cuba

Writer Daína Chaviano reveals her secret dream if Cuba changes: "To hunt ghosts!"

Daína Chaviano: "Dictatorships should be set on fire like the macaw."

"Only socialism": Díaz-Canel clings to the model amid deterioration

Five Provinces on the Brink: Report Reveals Critical Food Survival Levels in Cuba

Sandro Castro calls for deep changes in Cuba: "There must be a free market."

Cubans are once again using stoves from the 1980s due to the energy crisis

"The young blonde" who "walked back through Santa Clara": The heartfelt tribute of the CTC leader to Díaz-Canel

Carlos Varela celebrates 63 years with a reflection on life

"What village are the Cuban leaders talking about?" questions researcher

The PCC runs out of ideas and wants to revive Fidel in his battle against imperialism

Is the Cuban regime on the brink of collapse or will it withstand again like during the Special Period?

"My soul aches": Cuban mother describes her children growing up without light

Cuban woman denounces "drama and mafia" for filling gas in Havana

"The only food I had was a little bit of beans": The harsh reality of a sick elderly woman and her son in Cuba

"My Soul Hurts": The Heartbreaking Tale of a Cuban Mother Facing Children Asking for Food

She grew up as Fidel's secret daughter, fled with a stolen passport, and today she cries for Cuba from Miami: the story that the regime sought to silence

The regime that Fidel built destroyed his own family: his daughter demands his downfall from exile

Fidel Castro's daughter breaks the silence: "The regime change in Cuba is urgent."

Cuban regime presents an update on its "government economic program" while the country sinks

U.S. military base in Guantánamo: A bubble within a crisis-stricken Cuba

Not even in total crisis: The FBI claims that the Cuban regime prioritized espionage during the Special Period

Cubadebate blames the embargo for hunger in Cuba and triggers a wave of mockery

From Venezuela to Cuba: Trump's doctrine of maximum pressure and its wager on the collapse of the last communist regimes in the hemisphere

From gas stoves to wood stoves: how Cuba is regressing decades in its energy model and what explains this shift

When did the collapse of Cuba really begin?: A Spanish newspaper seeks the turning point of the island

When talking about Cuba, Trump asserts that he never thought he would have to use his military: "Sometimes you have to do it."

Cuban state journalist presents the reverberation as a symbol of domestic resistance

U.S. Southern Command prepares for possible mass exodus and humanitarian crisis in Cuba

"Take your diplomats away": Costa Rica asks the regime to close the embassy

Most Cubans believe that Díaz-Canel will not announce anything new in his appearance

Amid blackouts and hunger, a father sends a message to Trump: “I hope you take this to see if Cuba improves.”

Protests in Cuba are increasing as the crisis worsens

Minister asks municipalities to design their own energy strategy "with their own resources."

Eighty percent of Cubans view the current crisis as worse than the Special Period, according to a report

Frei Betto urges Cubans to "look at Fidel's example of resistance" amidst new tensions with the U.S.

"Cuba is prepared for a total blockade," asserts its representative to the UN

The sinking of Cuba makes it to the cover of El País: the end of the revolutionary narrative

Woman in Trinidad rescues solar oven from the 90s amid new energy crisis

Cuba cannot pay for its energy or its oil: the regime is sinking without external subsidies.

What is the "Zero Option" and why does the Cuban regime present it as its lifeline?

How Cuba turned Soviet and Venezuelan oil into its largest source of foreign exchange

"Cuba is a trauma in the lives of Cubans": Testimony revives the ghost of the Special Period

Cuban chef in Spain recalls the Special Period and the hunger recipes in Cuba

From the Special Period to the current crisis