Santa Clara

Mike Hammer meets in Santa Clara with promoters of change in Cuba

Drumming of cauldrons in Santiago de Cuba: "It got heated."

Electricity restored in El Condado after protest that forced the repair of a faulty transformer

Residents of Estrada Palma in Santa Clara take to the streets and report roadblocks with a police presence

A fire affects the provincial hospital of Villa Clara

The UNE reports that the SEN has been restored "throughout the country"; "which country?" users question on social media

The UNE reports progress in the reconnection of the National Electric System while blaming the embargo for the blackouts

Economist Pedro Monreal: New private exchange house in Cuba quotes closer to the street rate than the official rate

Cuban woman returns sick from Cuba to the U.S. and recounts her experience: "It was a catastrophe."

This is what the interior of Cuba's first private currency exchange looks like, opened in Santa Clara

The first private currency exchange is now operating in Cuba: why its operations are more important than they seem

Cuba opens the door to private and foreign capital in its banking system

Graffiti against Díaz-Canel and the PCC appear at his alma mater on the first day of the school year

Mike Hammer asks young people in Santa Clara if football has already surpassed baseball in Cuba

Cuban educational crisis: second- and third-year students at UCLV will not have in-person classes until January

Mike Hammer reaches vulnerable homes in Villa Clara during humanitarian aid distribution

Mike Hammer visits Villa Clara and oversees the delivery of U.S. humanitarian aid: "For the good of the Cuban people."

Mike Hammer meets with Coco Fariñas in Santa Clara

They receive the first shipment of humanitarian aid from the United States in Quemado de Güines

Alessandro di Battista flies back to Italy after two weeks hospitalized in Cuba

Productive neighborhoods, solar energy facilities, and private sponsors: the official response in Santa Clara to "make life more bearable."

U.S. aid arrives in Santa Clara: 700 food kits and 700 hygiene kits

The Cuban government is seeking private operators for 16 warehouses in Santa Clara and is offering up to two years without paying rent

Former Italian deputy Alessandro Di Battista may remain hospitalized in Cuba for another month

Cuban poet raises his voice for José Gabriel Barrenechea: "Shout his name, for he is a man of high caliber."

From 18-story buildings in Santiago de Cuba, they report 40 hours without electricity

Emergency surgery performed on former Italian deputy hospitalized in Cuba

"To die in Cuba is a simple procedure... a line we stand in silently," laments the Cuban poet

Cuban mother with three sick children reports that they were given mattresses filled with "intimate nylon."

More than 100 days without garbage collection: a massive dump nearly blocks a residential area in Santa Clara

"My soul can’t take it anymore": Cuban mother has been living in a hospital with her son for two years

Political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo released after more than 20 hours of detention in Santa Clara

Coco Fariñas was detained after going to support Andy García at a police station in Santa Clara

A prestigious Italian doctor highlights the health crisis in Cuba following the severe hospitalization of a former deputy

Andy García remains in custody and is being charged with "public disorder."

Activist: "Surviving in Cuba every passing second is an extreme torture."

Andy García was detained for "walking and filming on the street," his sister reports

Italy sends doctors to Cuba due to the serious condition of a hospitalized former deputy

On July 11th, Andy García Lorenzo was once again detained in Santa Clara

News about the former Italian deputy hospitalized in Cuba: he cannot be repatriated at the moment

Former Italian deputy remains hospitalized in Cuba in serious condition

Luisito, the Collector: The Man Who Defeated Oblivion

Ten families receive free bread and food packages from a private project in Santa Clara

"Sleep well and breathe deeply": Cuban hospital advises on combating stress amid blackouts and crisis

Crespo Jacomino passes away, an inseparable figure of El Mejunje in Santa Clara

Cuban state company seeks private entities to operate 21 commercial premises in Villa Clara

American traveler explores Cuba amid crisis and is shocked: "We could be very close to the end."

Guillermo del Sol on the brink of death: Enters 66 days on hunger strike

Authorities in Villa Clara boast of having 46 "solineras" while communities go 20 hours without electricity

The Villa Clara government targets businesses with inflated prices and enforces forced sales and closures

Activist Guillermo del Sol has been on a hunger strike for 61 days: "We are vigilant for any outcome."

Two new "solineras" in Villa Clara aim to alleviate the energy crisis

Young doctor turns 26 in Cuba and erupts: "Seeing you with no present and even more, no future"

Santa Clara Hospital attacks mother who sought help for her daughter

New "solineras" inaugurated in Villa Clara, including the first fast and ultra-fast charging station for electric vehicles

A heartbreaking poem to the "Protective Society of Cubans" that "is based in Florida"

“What a shame, Díaz-Canel,” “people no longer want improvements, dialogue, or quick fixes, they want freedom”: the testimony of a Cuban woman

Villa Clara sets maximum prices for essential foods: eggs cannot exceed 110 pesos, and a liter of oil cannot exceed 2500 pesos

Urgent in Santa Clara: 9-year-old girl needs dialyzers to continue her hemodialysis

"I'm not ready to die": Guillermo del Sol has been on a hunger strike for 49 days and makes a dramatic appeal