Summer in Cuba

Cuba closes August with a power loss of 2,410 MW, just one megawatt shy of the historical blackout record

Luis Alberto García: "Thank you very much for the wonderful summer" in Cuba

Cuban mothers: "This has been the worst summer."

Divers are mobilizing to clean the seafloor of a crowded beach in Santiago de Cuba

Filled with trash: This is what La Boca beach in Camagüey looks like

Blackouts and heat push more Cubans to bathe in the Malecón despite the prohibition

A Cuban spends a day at the Neptuno Hotel and shares her experience: "I don't intend to debate it with anyone."

"Normal does not exist": Laritza Camacho on the crisis in Cuba

A new shark appears near bathers at Siboney beach, Santiago de Cuba

The regime charges 500 pesos per person to enter this beach in Cuba

Cuban shows her vacation at a 4-star hotel in Varadero: "For those who said I was lying."

Hotel de La Habana unveils a "membership card" in dollars to access its pool throughout August

Camagüey records record temperatures at two weather stations

Cuba keeps the deteriorating Guiteras thermoelectric plant connected for fear of worsening the blackouts

"15,000 pesos for a little cart": Cuban mother erupts over prices at the National Aquarium

Hours-long queue to enter El Náutico: The reality of Cubans that Díaz-Canel did not see during his visit

The summer of survival in Cuba: How to have fun in this country?

Díaz-Canel and Lis Cuesta go for a walk at El Náutico

The beach in Santiago de Cuba has temporarily suspended bathing due to the presence of a shark

Cubana de Aviación announces an increase in domestic routes for the summer

Slices of mango and pineapple, the culinary offer of summer at a campsite in Cuba

"Yesterday it was 20 pesos, today it's 50": Cubans react to the price of the boat to the beach in Las Tunas

“Mom, I’m bored”: Childhood in Cuba faces holidays amid blackouts and inflation

Santiago de Cuba in the dark, but Enramadas lights up to "celebrate" the start of summer

Cuban regime promises fewer blackouts in summer, but admits it will not meet demand

What happened at Manolito Simonet's concert in Guanabo surprised even his followers: "My God."

Cuban mother lashes out at Díaz-Canel: "Is this what we are supposed to be grateful for from the revolution? Look at my little one!"

“Party, fun... and misery”: Cubans dismantle the summer campaign by the UJC calling to “enjoy and recharge energies.”

Guantánamo welcomes a summer "full of activities," says the state-run press

"What cynics": Cubans react indignantly to the summer options on television

"Is the power going out?": Hotel Habana Libre promotes expensive day passes amid crisis

Family would need 4,000 pesos to enter the children's park in Vedado: "We are among cannibals."

National Trains promises more travel options for the summer despite the restrictions

Actor Luis Alberto García to the Cuban regime: "Do you have anything in mind that could make our lives less miserable?"

A mountain of garbage blocks an intersection in Centro Habana as fears of epidemics rise during the summer

Cuban on the Summer Start Festival in Varadero: "The Cuban who stayed over there is the most vulgar."

Luis Alberto García questions the summer kickoff celebration in Cuba

"I'm a mother and I can't take it anymore": Cuban woman recounts the impact of the crisis on her daughter

As if the blackouts and the heat weren't enough: Sahara dust affects Cuba

This is what some Cubans paid for a VIP table at the summer kickoff concert in Varadero

Sandro Castro celebrates the start of summer in Varadero: "What is raised here is for the people."

"Waste of everything the people do not have": Cubans lash out against party to celebrate the start of summer

In a bikini from Varadero: Hallel Génesis returns to Cuba to sing at the start of summer

Sandro Castro is promoting his Summer Kickoff party with a lunch at Casa Dupont, jet skiing, and an afterparty called 'El Limón'

Summer 2026 in Cuba: hotter than usual and intense rainfall

An extremely hot summer is forecasted in Cuba

Time change in Cuba 2026: Daylight Saving Time begins on March 8

Energy crisis, scarcity, and repression: The worst summer in Cuba in decades

Blackouts in Cuba force families to sleep on rooftops and porches in the middle of summer

Hallel and Yomil sing together "Como dice el coro" for the first time in Cuba: "What happens in Varadero, stays in Varadero."

The Electric Company of Las Tunas blames air conditioner usage for the power outages

Cubans react to the government's failure and its promise of "four hours of daily blackouts."

Broken promises and endless blackouts: A chronology of another failure of the Cuban regime

Amid their controversial tour, Dany Ome and Kevincito El 13 will close the summer in Cuba at a hotel in Varadero

Cubans start a tent rental business on Guanabo Beach

Not even the sun can help: Solar parks do not prevent a deficit of 1,600 MW this Sunday

The Cuban government acknowledges its failure to fulfill the promise of reducing blackouts this summer

Cuban minister admits that blackouts will continue, despite a "viable strategy" to save the electrical system

A person dies by drowning at Juraguá beach, Santiago de Cuba

A young Cuban man is killed during the start of summer in Las Tunas: He left behind a pregnant wife