Special Period

The sale of liquefied gas resumes following the arrival of a ship in the port of Santiago de Cuba.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cuba Libre: history, revolution, and flavor

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Fear switched sides 30 years ago.

  • Iván León

Spanish recounts his journey to Cuba in 1992: The Cubans sympathized with the Spanish crisis while they could barely obtain food.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cuba is producing less milk today than during the Special Period.

  • Iván León

Worse than the Special Period: The opinion of many Cubans on the Island

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cubana "invents" the rice and beans painted with guava leaves.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cubans respond: "What is the hardest thing you have ever experienced?"

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

MININT claims that the Maleconazo was a "victory" for Fidel, and the Cubans respond.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Héctor Noas recalls the premiere of the adventure "Shiralad."

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Leonardo Padura: "It is unfair to label women as immoral for engaging in prostitution."

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cuban musician Edesio Alejandro claims that he turned down millions of dollars to avoid staying in the U.S.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Authorities in Sancti Spíritus advocate for the use of cassava and pumpkin flours in bakeries.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Farewell to a master of timba: "May the people dance until they fall apart."

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cuban scientists create toothpaste with white clay as the main ingredient.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

An American ophthalmologist found the reason why 50,000 Cubans lost their vision during the Special Period.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Scheduled power outages continue in Cuba.

  • Katia Monteagudo

Díaz-Canel: "We overcame the Special Period and we will overcome this moment as well."

  • CiberCuba Writing/Editorial Team

Cuban: The future of my country is like the dim light of a gossiping figure surrounded by a thick haze.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Five-hour blackouts in Sancti Spíritus: “Breakdowns, maintenance, and now investments… how long will this last?” users ask.

  • Katia Monteagudo

The Cuban government remains committed to achieving a 6% growth in the national economy this year.

  • Tania Costa

HUMOR: New Cuban video game Special Period II, The Repression is released.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Monumental lines to buy gasoline in Holguín.

  • Tania Costa

Ulises Toirac remembers the Cuban mothers who lost their children in the war or at sea.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

A Cuban woman with several health issues discusses the difficulties she faces in purchasing dietary milk at the store.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team

Cuba of guts and without heart.

  • Zoé Valdés

Three Essential Recipes in Cuba During Times of Scarcity

  • José Roberto Loo Vázquez

The resellers of El Paraíso

  • Tania Costa

"I imagine myself in another country that is not Cuba: everything will be harmony and prosperity."

  • Tania Costa

Cuban government distributes agriculture manual to enable the population to produce their own food.

  • CiberCuba Editorial Team