Poverty in Cuba

A retired Cuban spends her entire pension on a single product: "What can I buy with 1,500 pesos?"

Forgotten by the system, a retired teacher collects cans in Holguín to survive

Díaz-Canel acknowledges child labor and begging in Cuba after years of official denial

Controversy on social media: Otaola lashes out at the Mexican YouTuber Luisito Comunica

Inflation in Cuba: the economic imbalance persists

"My Díaz": Lis Cuesta spills sentimentality for the dictator's 65th birthday

Silvio Rodríguez acknowledges material and spiritual exhaustion in Cuba: “I am not one to blame the blockade for everything.”

Poverty in Cuba: Worker collects spilled yogurt on the street in front of a Mipyme filled with food

From Abandonment to Propaganda: Cuba Celebrates the Achievement of Rescuing Its Own Beggars

Cuban priest Alberto Reyes: "We are a country in bankruptcy and without a voice for the poorest."

Cubans help a child with Down syndrome living in precarious conditions in Guantánamo

Mother with over 40 years of work needs help to pay for her house in Santiago de Cuba: "My salary is poor."

Lis Cuesta's expensive photophobia: The "not-first lady" of Cuba arrives in Honduras wearing luxurious Gucci sunglasses

Victims identify scammer in Santiago de Cuba, and the crowd captures him

Miami Film Festival premieres documentary on repression, crisis, and exodus in Cuba following July 11th

José Daniel Ferrer denounces repression and calls for international solidarity in face of the humanitarian emergency in Cuba

This is how coal is lit in Cuba: It's not a tutorial, it's the harsh reality for thousands of families

The contradiction between official rhetoric and reality: "It is very difficult to be a young revolutionary."

Sandro Castro congratulates the young Cubans: "We are equality!"

Teatro Sauto, a microcosm of the debacle in Cuba: Person with mental health issues causes damage in the coliseum of Matanzas

The Cuban regime insists: "The United States pushed them to emigrate and now says it will expel them."

The U.S. expresses indignation over the harassment of Cubans receiving food from José Daniel Ferrer

Díaz-Canel proposes "spiritual care" for Cuban teachers while the education system collapses

The Cuban regime aims to "perfect" social policy and review salaries in the state sector

"When they see you, they already know you": Young Cuban distributes food to elderly people on the street and invites others to join in

Contrasts in Cuba: This is what a "Cuban Day" looks like in the hotels of Varadero and Cayo Coco

Potato crisis in Sancti Spíritus: more expectations than food on the table

Fidel Castro's grandson remains unrepentant and continues to provoke the Cuban people

Cubans collect rotten eggs in a street in Santiago de Cuba, and a diarrheal outbreak is reported

Yotuel: "The only thing the Cuban revolution built after '59 was hotels."

Lis Cuesta Peraza: "For Cuban women, it is beneficial to resist and move forward."

The drama of blackouts in Cuba: Cuban family loses their food after more than 50 hours without electricity

Official media blames drugs for the increase in beggars on the streets of Cuba

People in need do not remember the last time they received chicken, fish, or eggs through the ration book in Santiago de Cuba

Sister Nadieska Almeida makes an emotional plea regarding the situation in Cuba: "Enough Already"

Cubans to the "young" Raúl Castro: "You don’t even know what you’re saying, at any moment you will shout Homeland and Life."

Heart-rending testimony portrays the despair of living in Cuba: How much longer?

The Cuban government claims to have "refined" its plan to save the economy

Manuel Marrero celebrates the "positive work environment" in the food industry

Manuel Marrero announces a "reorganization" of domestic trade in Cuba

Cuban woman shows the struggles she's facing: "We have gone over 50 days without water, and I had to go out to find water in the fields."

Díaz-Canel’s Press Chief responds to Silvio and defends the presence of millionaires at the Habano Festival

Elderly woman from Guantánamo lives with a plague of mice in her home

Crisis in Cuba: Man collects ground beef from boxes thrown at the fair in Santiago de Cuba

Alarm in Cuba: Activist calls for urgent help for child with severe malnutrition in Sancti Spíritus

"I don't live with communism": 88-year-old woman survives by selling lollipops in Havana

This is how the exchange rates for the dollar, euro, and MLC start on International Women's Day in Cuba

Cuban boy who cleaned windshields in Havana receives charitable assistance

Prank in Trillo Park Unleashes Laughter and Tears in Havana

The regime blames the U.S. and the global crisis for the increase in beggars in Cuba

Caught on video: Neighbors in Old Havana apprehend a thief after grabbing a tourist's belongings

Economist calculates the monthly cost of basic food for two people in Cuba: The result is dramatic

Leonardo Padura: "There are few reasons to think of Havana with optimism."

"People struggle to survive": Cuban shows on TikTok what life is like on the island

José Daniel Ferrer denounces over a month of harassment aimed at preventing his humanitarian work in Santiago de Cuba

Touching gesture: Man in Matanzas gives his coat to a homeless elderly man

Urgent help is needed for three elderly siblings living in extreme poverty in Granma

Sandro Castro: "I believed we were equality, but we are inequality."

Spanish tourist travels to Cuba and is struck by the reality on the island: "Cubans don't deserve this."

Luxury and scarcity: The Habano Festival shines as Cubans pay 500 pesos for a box of cigars