Politics

Cuba, prostituted, between London and Moscow

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

Castroism is now accelerating the transition from a supposedly socialist dictatorship to a supposedly capitalist one, with Russian counsel and control.

Society

'The Right To Be Born' fights to expedite adoption in Cuba and prevent the abandonment of children

Ángeles RosasMadrid

DIARIO DE CUBA spoke with those heading up a 'campaign that seeks to help, guide and never question mothers who find themselves in different situations'

Justice

The details of the trial against the Government of Cuba in London for defaulting on its debt

José Luis ReyesMadrid

Havana's witnesses include several former officials of the National Bank of Cuba who the regime indicted and sentenced.

Emigration

Those who left... are no longer building Cuba

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

More than a quarter of a million Cubans abandoned the island last year, and the vast majority were young people, many of them highly educated.

Policy

The FEU: from Autonomy to Subordination

Dimas CastellanosLa Habana 2

How did an organization that was supposed to guarantee the independence of studies in Cuba end up becoming a body at the service of Castroist repression?

Food

The Cuban government pays the US a record amount for chicken, but families still face shortages

DDCLa Habana

The new system of rationed distribution of this and four other basic products in Havana suffers from a 'lack of availability'.

Laws

Sovereignty and Food and Nutrition Security: The Regime's Rhetoric to Distract Cubans

Lucía Alfonso MirabalLa Habana

The Cuban regime's new mantra appears in official speeches and at least two recently passed laws.

Opinion

Complaints and Demands at the Cuban Crossroads

Elías AmorValencia

The fact that the Constitution provides for the population's right to file complaints does not guarantee that this right will actually be honored in Cuba. Why is the regime insisting on defending it now?

Opinion

Old Words for a New Article on Cuba in 'The New York Times'

Boris González ArenasLa Habana

There is no good reason today for Cubans to favor the US’s rapprochement with Castroism or to believe that the reduction of sanctions could help restore democracy.

MSMEs

All About MSMEs in Cuba: Liberated But Controlled

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

It is the government, not the market, that determines which MSMEs will prosper and which will disappear or survive on a very low productive scale.

MSMEs

All about MSMEs in Cuba: Permits Are Not Rights, That Company Isn't Yours

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

Castroism is striving to dress up its permits to create MSMEs as if they were rights, the aim being to veil their most important characteristic: their temporality.

MSMEs

All about MSMEs in Cuba: who will own them and which ones will prosper?

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

The creation of MSMEs is at the core of the Cuban government's economic strategy. What are they? Why are they gaining prominence? What are their chances of success? What Cuba do they represent? The series of articles we begin today answers these questions.

Politics

Why are the ballot boxes in Cuba guarded by children and not by security forces?

Yoan Miguel González PiedraHolguín

'The clearest proof of the banality and theatricality of the Cuban electoral system.'

Laws

The Expropriation Law in Cuba: license to continue plundering citizens' rights and property

Lucía Alfonso MirabalLa Habana

The purpose of this regulation is to establish a legal framework for expropriations ? which, in practice, have been carried out in Cuba for 63 years, under the mandate of the Constitution.

Laws

How is judicial independence trampled on and controlled in Cuba?

José Luis ReyesMadrid

DIARIO DE CUBA spoke to former Cuban judge Edel García about how judicial independence is violated on the island and how the principle of 'equality before the law' is violated.

Urban Development

The Mystery of Capital in Cuba

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

Cuba possesses an enormous economic potential in the widespread securitization of its urban development, despite 63 years of economic ineptitude and zero private property.

U.S.-Cuba Relations

Why has the Cuban regime still not approved a U.S. investment in its 'private sector?'

José Luis ReyesMadrid

Havana's alleged economic opening up could serve to circumvent the embargo. If so, why is it stalling after the offering of a first deal?

Law

New Cuban Penal Code: As of December 1, Provisions Facilitating Greater Repression

Lucía Alfonso MirabalLa Habana

The new Cuban Penal Code allows the regime to perpetrate and legitimize extrajudicial executions.

Elections

Ballot boxes without 'pioneers' and a probable record abstention rate in the Cuban regime's municipal elections

DDCLa Habana

'As for the rations, they're very bad, nothing like the good lunches they used to bring us in little boxes, to last us all day,' a member of a polling station told DIARIO DE CUBA.

Emigration

The Sinking of Cuban 'Rafters' by the Regime's Coast Guard: Arbitrary Execution

Lucía Alfonso MirabalLa Habana

The Cuban regime flouts international protocols that call for the protection of the victims of human trafficking.