Special Period

Rice drink and cookies with turmeric: Dietary supplements for the elderly in Cuba

Heartbreaking testimony: Cuban mother relives childhood as she sees her son studying in the dark

Finance Minister boasts of surplus in Santa Clara while the economic crisis deepens in Cuba

Musician and comedian Raúl Andrés Castro (Billy Ta-Lento): "There is no happiness in Cuba anymore; there is separation, pain, and death in the sea."

Egg production in Cuba reaches historic lows, worse than during the Special Period

Díaz-Canel refers to the Cubans who participated in the Maleconazo as “dark forces.”

Malecónazo: 31 years later, the demands for freedom are still alive in Cuba

Official journalist demands fairness after 22 hours of blackout in Matanzas: "It was fulfilled during the Special Period."

"Symbol of the decline of the revolution": this is how the Italian press views Sandro Castro

Former Cuban Health Minister Julio Teja Pérez has passed away

A family is caught sleeping on a balcony due to power outages: “It reminds me of the '90s during the special period.”

"Minervas" are back: Announcement of the sale of 10,000 bicycles in national currency as an alternative mode of transportation

94-year-old Cuban recounts her ordeal: “A terrible feeling of hopelessness”

Is Cuba worse off today than during the Special Period? An independent observatory explains

Just like in the '90s! Radio in Pinar del Río will broadcast television programs during power outages

Housing construction in Cuba falls below levels seen during the Special Period

Isla de la Juventud: The only territory not affected by a massive blackout

"Will we navigate a non-fuel economy? Is the Zero Option coming to Cuba?"

The absurdity of being avant-garde in Cuba: Mediocre awards for a pointless sacrifice

Economist compares the current agricultural crisis in Cuba to the Special Period: “No recovery in sight”

The New York Times describes the current crisis in Cuba as the worst since the Revolution

Catholic priest from Santiago de Cuba: "By 2025, those who do not change will become extinct."

Promotion of henequen cultivation in Matanzas, a key plant in the 1990s for producing rope and threads

LPG sales resume following the arrival of a ship at the port of Santiago de Cuba

Cuba Libre: history, revolution, and flavor

Fear changed sides 30 years ago

Spanish recounts his trip to Cuba in 1992: The Cubans felt sympathy for the Spanish crisis while they could hardly afford food

Cuba produces less milk today than during the Special Period

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

Cuban "invents" congrís without painted beans using guava leaves

Cubans respond: "What is the hardest thing you have had to endure?"

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

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

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

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

Authorities in Sancti Spíritus defend the use of cassava and pumpkin flours in bakeries

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

Cuban scientists create toothpaste with white clay as the main ingredient

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

Scheduled blackouts continue in Cuba

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

Cuban: The future of my country is like the faint light of a gossiper surrounded by a lot of smoke

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

The Cuban government does not renounce its goal for the national economy to grow by 6% this year

HUMOR: Cuban video game Special Period II, The Repression premieres

Monumental lines to buy gasoline in Holguín

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

A Cuban woman with several health issues talks about the difficulties of buying dietary milk at the grocery store

Cuba of guts and without a heart

Three Essential Recipes in Cuba During Times of Scarcity

The resellers of El Paraíso

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

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

Cubans gather detergent spilled on the streets of Havana

The new novel by Leonardo Padura deals with the challenging 1990s

Cuban writer in Mexico: “No one can take away our identity as emigrants.”

The Cuban government is considering implementing measures from the "Special Period" in response to the coronavirus crisis

Cuba: The coronavirus spreads and beans run out

Cubans remember the Special Period: "There was nothing"

Shortage of liquefied gas in Cuba forces the use of coal and firewood for cooking