Special Period

"Medieval Configuration and Food Insecurity": The Warning About Cuba's Energy Future

"There are people who don't want to work": Criticism of Cubans on the island who depend on those from outside

Cuba is currently enduring without Venezuelan oil, but experts warn of an imminent collapse

Mexico's oil, the last concession to the Cuban regime

The CIA describes a Cuba on the verge of economic collapse, but does not foresee an imminent fall of the regime

Cubadebate is now discussing "the planting of resilient crops" following the controversy over rice and potatoes

After the controversy over rice and potatoes, Marrero celebrates urban agriculture in Cuba

Ulises Toirac reminds Virulo that humor cannot mask the reality of Cuba

Rice drink and cookies with turmeric: Supplements in the diet for the elderly in Cuba

Heartbreaking testimony: Cuban mother relives childhood watching her son study in the dark

Finance Minister boasts of a 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, dead bodies in the sea."

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

Díaz-Canel calls the Cubans who participated in the Maleconazo "dark forces."

Maleconazo: 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 Minister of Health of Cuba Julio Teja Pérez has passed away

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

The "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 sense of hopelessness."

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

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

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

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

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

The absurdity of being avant-garde in Cuba: Mediocre awards for a useless 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 of Santiago de Cuba: "By 2025, those who do not change will become extinct."

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

The sale of liquefied gas has resumed following the arrival of a ship at the port of Santiago de Cuba

Cuba Libre: history, revolution, and flavor

Fear switched sides 30 years ago

Spanish recounts his journey to Cuba in 1992: The Cubans sympathized with the Spanish crisis, while they could barely 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" congris without beans painted with guava leaves

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

MININT claims that the Maleconazo was a "victory" for Fidel, and the 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 advocate for 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 for which 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 dim light of a gossip with a lot of smoke

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

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

HUMOR: The Cuban video game Período Especial II, The Repression is released

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 illnesses shares her struggles to buy special diet milk at the 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."