Education

'We’ll all be lousy college students'

Jorge Enrique RodríguezLa Habana 1

The authorities have announced that all students who complete the twelfth grade are guaranteed higher education slots this year.

REPRESSION

Using everything against Cuban dissidents, even their private lives: the political police’s misconduct

Alberto AregoMadrid

The way the regime uses private photos is not only a violation of the right to privacy, but also their honor, notes lawyer Laritza Diversent.

Economics

The Cuban Economy and the Latest the Chicken-or-the-Egg Paradox

Dimas CastellanosLa Habana

Once again, Castro's leaders grapple with the relationship between productive incapacity and insufficient wages

Economics

Monetary Unification in Cuba: Why Now?

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

The Government was waiting for the perfect time… to sweep its blunders under the rug of a major disaster

Economics

Shell games and no real reform: the Cuban government's response to the "high tension" in the economy

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

The regime limits itself to tinkering with the centralized model, apparently in the hope that, after 61 years, they will suddenly realize how to make socialism work.

MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL: THE CUBAN LINEUP

José Abreu is a traitorous 'worm'

Neno DíazPinar del Río

Why doesn't the Cuban national press talk about the country's players in the Major Leagues?

Politics

Why are the Contracts of Cuban Professionals Sent on "Medical Missions" Secret?

DDCMadrid

Only 33% of these professionals were shown and given a copy of their employment contracts.

Opinion

The Coronavirus and Neglect in Cuba: A Family’s Ordeal at Several Hospitals

Yania SuárezLa Habana

'I confess that at first I was excited, thinking that this time they’d do a good job, but now I'm sure of one thing: they're lying.'

Economics

Trump's Measures Could Slash the Cuban State's Tourism Revenue by 35%

DDCMadrid

DIARIO DE CUBA spoke with economists Emilio Morales, Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, Elías Amor and Pavel Vidal about the US's new measures.

Politics

Havana's Best-Kept "Mystery" Revealed: How Much the State Charges vs How Much It Pays its Doctors on "Missions"

DDCMadrid

A report by Cuban Prisoners Defenders explores Havana's business selling the work of Cuban professionals in different countries.

Politics

The Struggle for New Constitutional Reform in Cuba: Unlikely, But Not Impossible

DDCMadrid

The possibility is actually hidden in the tangled web of laws woven by the regime. DIARIO DE CUBA explains how it works.

Social Media

Cuba's "Electronic Government" Subjected to Surveillance by a Virtual "Accountability Assembly"

DDCMadrid

For the first time citizens have a forum for critical commentary, rectification and condemnation.

Economy

Cuba’s Quandary: A Market Economy or Famine

Dimas CastellanosLa Habana

The result of the totalitarian model has been the destruction of its main sources of resources and their replacement by fragile and uncontrollable solutions.

SHORTAGES

The Black Market 'Has Also Run Dry': You Have to Have Dollars to Eat in Havana

Jorge Enrique RodríguezLa Habana

The shortage of stores accepting CUC and other state markets is leaving many Cubans empty-handed.

Economics

Cuban Government Desperate to Capture Dollars Because It Is Unable to Generate Them

DDCMadrid

DIARIO DE CUBA spoke with Cuban economists Elías Amor and Emilio Morales about the recent economic measures announced on the island.

Economics

Cubans Complaints About the New Currency Stores Reach the Official Press

DDCLa Habana

'High-end' Cubans vs 'low-end' Cubans?', they ask in a 'Cubadebate' forum.

Business

New "High-End" Grocery Stores Poised to Exacerbate the Social Gap in Cuba

DDCLa Habana

The Government says that they will make it possible to maintain an "economic line of merchandise" in CUC.

REPRESSION

Can the Family Members of Cubans Killed by Police Aspire to Justice?

DDCMadrid

An analysis of the existing legal instruments in Cuba and how the military and police try to avert their application.

Editorial

Civil Society's Strategies in Cuba: Two Lessons

DDCMadrid

The search for media impact is beginning to prove insufficient for the cause of democracy and human rights on the island.

REPRESSION

What Is DIARIO DE CUBA Journalist Jorge Enrique Rodríguez's Legal Situation?

DDCMadrid

Here is an analysis of the possible paths that the case could take, based on the information available.