Special period

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 used to do 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 tries to turn protest into a heroic legend

Cuban mother demands accountability from the regime for her sweaty baby unable to sleep: "I hope they pay for everything while they are still alive."

"To eliminate the CITMA," they did not ask "even a written question," criticizes Cuban professor

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

They gift a bicycle to an Intensive Care Unit chief, and social media explodes: "Is he going to cycle 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 remain in power: "It hurts me."

Díaz-Canel claims that legalizing the dollar has generated 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 dark

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

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

"Am I punished for loving?": The unexpected outpouring 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 somersaults of the regime: "Finding creative and even uncomfortable solutions."

Michel Torres Corona lashes out at 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 émigrés in Spain who accuse those living on the island of cowardice

Ulises Toirac: Was it like this... the lyrics?... "Go away without measures or mercy!"

Cubana estimates that it has lived 44,300 hours without electricity since 1985: the equivalent of over 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 a Value Added Tax (VAT) to production and consumption chains

Díaz-Canel says he is open to criticism, but the reforms have already been brought to the Parliament "agreed upon."

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 expatriate

"No more blackouts": the promise of Abel Prieto that time destroyed

PCC defends GAESA and Cubans lash out on social media

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

"Cuba is wearing me down": It shows everything that has been spent and purchased to send to the island

The candy shop at Hotel Habana Libre switches to dollars, causing a stampede of its customers

"The majority people... bet on themselves": Powerful verses from 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 don't have enough to eat

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

"We need more people like this": Private entrepreneur from Sancti Spíritus donates 20 meals to homeless individuals

"All Cuban children have taken it! It's at Walmart, and I was shocked: ‘I thought it was only available 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 skepticism 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

Cayo La Rosa: The Cuban town that had a factory, airport, and hospital, and today lives in oblivion

"Cuba: the Totalitarian Grip 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

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

VIRAL: "Where is the meat?"

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

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

Cuban woman shares 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