Human Rights

A Verdict Makes History in Cuba by Rejecting 'Contempt' as a Crime

DDCSantiago de Cuba

As a crime, 'contempt' is a kind of armor for the regime that the courts are beginning to pierce.

Economy

'These two months have been very hard': Cubans react to the Tarea Ordenamiento

DDCLa Habana

They complain about rising prices and low wages

Society

Marriage Must Be a Right for all Cubans, Heterosexual or Not

Yusimí Rodríguez LópezMadrid

Guarantees, like joint property, and inheritances, depend on the formalization of the relationship. Gay and lesbian couples in Cuba, in this sense, are excluded.

Laws

Housing Law: An Instrument to Evict Desperate Mothers and Discourage Childbirth in Cuba

DDCMadrid

The Cuban state tends to demonstrate greater efficiency in applying punishments than finding solutions.

Health

'We had to fudge the numbers, I did. I even put the names of acquaintances of mine in Cuba': Doctors on 'missions' during the pandemic

Yusimí Rodríguez LópezMadrid

'They tell you that you can't lie, but they force you to,' says a professional who worked in Venezuela.

Journalism

Independent Journalism Will Continue to Pierce Castroism’s Informational Armor

Roberto Álvarez QuiñonesLos Ángeles

Raúl Castro sends fawning messages to the Biden Administration, at the same time he implements a ban on independent journalism.

Health

'We All Have Scabies Here'

Osmel Ramírez ÁlvarezHolguín

Some Cubans already have sores on their skin from going without treatment: "People are really suffering," says a woman from Holguin with a sick baby.

Opinion

Seeking détente with the US, the Cuban regime strives to generate a smokescreen of progress

Juan Antonio Blanco / Emilio MoralesMiami

The reconciliation that is really required, urgently, is between the Cuban state and the Cuban people. The blockade that truly needs to be lifted is internal.

Opinion

US Policy Towards Cuba: Is a New Consensus Possible?

Aimel Ríos WongWashington

In less than a week, seven US senators from both parties have presented two bills related to the island.

Shortages

Emigrants feel it is increasingly urgent – and difficult – to help their families in Cuba

Yaiset Rodríguez FernándezMiami

Some Cubans have been waiting for six months for packages sent by relatives in the United States. Some may never receive them. And the situation is only expected to get worse.

Economy

Electricity Prices Shock Cubans: Over 2,590 Pesos

DDCLa Habana

Some electricity bills exceed the minimum wage of 2,100 pesos.

Covid-19

Hospitals and Morgues in Santiago de Cuba Pushed to Capacity

Alejandro Antonio TorreblancaSantiago de Cuba

'The situation with the deaths is chaotic,' says a funeral worker, even while authorities continue to report low numbers of deaths from Covid-19.

Economy

Promoting state companies in Cuba, to take them over as soon as they can

Roberto Álvarez QuiñonesLos Ángeles

Generals and colonels do not want state-owned companies to disappear because they are already maneuvering to appropriate the least obsolete ones for themselves.

Opinion

Why Did the Culture Minister Personally Resort to Violence?

Antonio José PonteMadrid

Alpidio Alonso, rather than instructing his subordinates to perpetrate violence, actually engaged in it himself.

Emigration

Cubans in Tapachula: to stay or to keep going, that is the question

Darío Alejandro AlemánCiudad de México

Not all Cuban emigrants reach the U.S. border, and they each have their reasons. DIARIO DE CUBA explores them in the latest in this series on emigration.

Emigration

Cubans in Tapachula: Blessings and Curses

Darío Alejandro AlemánCiudad de México

Passing through Mexico in search of the 'American dream', the same traits that distinguish and favor Cubans can place them in danger, a human rights activist explained to DIARIO DE CUBA.

Emigration

Cubans in Tapachula: Migration Routes for Survivors

Darío Alejandro AlemánCiudad de México

Networks of 'coyotes', jungles, violent thieves and corrupt police officers. Those who reach Mexico have overcome these and other hurdles. DIARIO DE CUBA shares their stories here.

Emigration

Cubans in Tapachula: A Guide for New Arrivals

Darío Alejandro AlemánCiudad de México

'Here, you’ve got to make them feel sorry for you, and not run your mouth.' DIARIO DE CUBA spoke to Cuban immigrants who are 'experts' in eluding the city’s perils.

Emigration

Cubans in Tapachula, A City on Edge

Darío Alejandro AlemánCiudad de México

Here the Central American drama, characterized by extreme poverty, gang violence, drug and human trafficking, is all on vivid display. DIARIO DE CUBA travels to the penultimate border that the island's emigrants must cross on their way to the US, this report being the first in a series.

Economics

Cuba is 'no country for old men,' and Castroism has rendered them a burden

Rafaela CruzLa Habana

While in other countries they continue to generate wealth, on the island retirees have no choice but to depend on others.