Special Period

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

Hotel Habana Libre's candy shop switches to dollars, causing a stampede of customers

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

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

"That breaks my heart": The helplessness of a Cuban grandmother for families that have nothing to eat

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

"It takes more people like this": Private entrepreneur from Sancti Spíritus donates 20 meals to people on the streets

"All the 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 the Cuban GDP of at least 15% in 2026

The government promises another “economic transformation,” and Cubans respond with disbelief after decades of improvisations

The Cuban government advocates for "reinventing itself" after acknowledging 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 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, an airport, and a hospital, and today lives in nothingness

"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

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

VIRAL: "Where's the meat?"

An expert on authoritarianism believes that the crisis of the Special Period was never resolved and that Cuba has only experienced "moments of relief."

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

Cubana spills 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 nobody mentions about the Cuban regime

Neighbors in Havana set fire to trash bins to get water when the firefighters arrive

Rubio: "Things can improve in Cuba with serious economic reforms, but not with the current leaders; 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 is not 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 bursts into tears: "The people can’t take it anymore."

Sixth day of protest: "Spiderman" defies 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."

"No matter how tough the 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 amidst deterioration

Five provinces on the brink: report reveals critical levels of food survival in Cuba

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

Cubans are turning back to using stoves from the 1980s due to the energy crisis

"The blonde young man" who "traced back to Santa Clara": The heartfelt praise from the CTC leader to Díaz-Canel

Carlos Varela celebrates 63 years with a reflection on life

"Which people are the Cuban leaders talking about?" questions the researcher

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

Is the Cuban regime on the verge of collapse, or will it endure once 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 getting gasoline in Havana."

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

"My Soul Hurts": The Heartbreaking Account of a Cuban Mother Facing Children Who Ask for Food

She grew up as Fidel's secret daughter, fled with a stolen passport, and today cries for Cuba from Miami: the story that the regime wanted 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."

The 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 culpa al embargo del hambre en Cuba y desata avalancha de burlas

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

From Gas Stoves to Firewood: How Cuba Is Regressing Decades in Its Energy Model and What Explains It