Read the latest news from regional and global sources, presenting different voices and perspectives.

A runner’s highs and lows in escaping Cuba
Photo of the author‘s running shoes, used with permission. This story was written by the Cuban filmmaker Carlos Melián Moreno and was originally published in Periodismo de Barrio on May 12, 2025. It has been republished in Global Voices under a...

Cuba’s Tourism Minister Speaks Nonsense on His Desperate Tour in Latin America
After suggesting a regional ‘Schengen’, García Granda proposes taking advantage of the World Cup Juan Carlos García ha visitado México tras su paso por Colombia y Brasil en un intento de impulsar el turismo en la región. / El Sol de México...

This Week in MKE Music: July 17-23, 2025
Thursday, July 17 The Formations Series – Tontine Ensemble and Trench @ The Woodland Pattern Book Center, 7 p.m. The Formations Series for new and improvised music continues at Woodland Pattern with a set by the Tontine Ensemble: Allen Russell...

El Toque: A Digital Platform Influencing Cuba’s Currency Market
El Toque and the informal Cuban currency market: independent media or economic weapon? Photo:EFE. July 8, 2025 Hour: 9:48 pm Amid Cuba’s economic challenges, the digital platform El Toque has become a controversial actor in the informal currency...

The Coffee of the Poor in Matanzas, Cuba: Scarce, Cold and Bitter
Many retirees would need to invest half of their pension in a simple 284-gram package of the imported product. The collapse of Cuban coffee is a palpable reality, evident in the disappearance of the product in the bodegas /14ymedio 14ymedio, Julio...

New food business reopens at new home in Stroud
Bringing the sizzling spirit of Havana to Gloucestershire, Los Cubanos’ new purpose-built unit now sits proudly alongside a colourful new bar area, serving up signature mojitos, Cuban cocktails, and an irresistible party vibe. The move marks a...
Meeting of heads of medical missions abroad kicks off in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 8 (ACN) The 23rd Meeting of Heads of Medical Missions Abroad is being held in Havana to discuss strategies to strengthen international medical collaboration and professional training. At the opening of the meeting at the Main...
Cuban FM highlights Cuba's call at BRICS Summit
HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Cuban foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez Parrilla highlighted on X, Cuba's position at the 17th BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro. In a thread posted on that social network, the head of the Cuban diplomacy highlighted the call...

Bitter pill: Cuba runs low on life-saving medicines
Cuban Jessica Rodriguez never knows if she will find the medicines that keep her four-year-old son alive in a country that has all but run out of essential drugs. On a near daily basis she sprints from one state-run pharmacy to another on a quest...

Cuba congratulates Caricom on its 52nd anniversary
On the social network X, the foreign minister reaffirmed Cuba’s invariable solidarity with the region and the will to continue cooperation for the benefit of the peoples. Caricom was born on this date in 1973 with the signing of the Treaty of...

Sego Plans To Advance The South Gold Zone And The Cuba Zone Porphyry Copper-Gold Mineralization
(MENAFN- Newsfile Corp) Vancouver, British Columbia--(Newsfile Corp. - July 8, 2025) - Sego Resources Inc. (TSXV: SGZ) ("Sego" or "the Company") is planning to execute a non-brokered private placement of up to $700,000 to fund a drilling and...

No Slander will Prevent Cuba from Contin…
The US government makes no secret of its policy of destroying and causing harm to Cuba. A clear example of this has been the attack on Cuban medical missions abroad —one of the most genuine and humane legacies of Commander-in-Chief Fidel Castro...

Cuba hosts 10th PCC Central Committee’s Plenary Session
Prime Minister Manuel Marrero emphasized on Thursday that the meeting will assess vital economic and social issues that directly impact the population, in the context of the strengthening of the United States’ blockade against Cuba. The head of...

Cuba: A New Step in the fight of drugs
This entity, the result of collaboration with the European Union on drug policies, reaffirms zero tolerance for this scourge, further supported by educational practices, social inclusion, grassroots participation, treatment, and rehabilitation....

Health Authorities Dismantle Havana’s Only Efficient Pediatric Hospital
“They want to take away our surgical activity,” complains a doctor at La Balear Hospital in San Miguel del Padrón. The surgical operations at the San Miguel del Padrón pediatric hospital are at risk due to a lack of staff and supplies. / Havana...

Cuba’s Fine Arts Museum shows links of graphic humor and literature
Curated by Yahima Marina Rodriguez, the exhibition will allow a revisit to the museum’s collection of funny drawings and will interact with the text “David,” which is part of the bibliographic collection that will accompany the visual...

Poor Folks Coffee in Matanzas, Cuba: Scarce, Cold & Bitter
The collapse of Cuban coffee is a palpable reality, evident in the product’s disappearance from ration stores. Photo: 14ymedio Many retirees would need to invest half of their pension in a simple 284-gram (0.62 lbs.) package of imported coffee. By...

Jamaican gov’t says hasn’t refused the return of any citizen from the US
(Jamaica Gleaner) The Jamaican government is denying a statement by the US Department of Homeland Security that suggested it refused to accept the return of a Jamaican man who is among five foreign nationals described by the United States as...

Cuba Goes on Repression Spree to Keep Residents from July 4 Celebration
Cuba’s communist regime launched an intense repressive campaign against several journalists, activists, and dissidents to prevent them from attending the Fourth of July celebrations hosted by the U.S. embassy in Havana, Cuba-focused outlets...

"Today, if Brazil has a different primary health care system, we owe it to Cuba"
Photo: Estudios Revolución RIO DE JANEIRO. –"My message to the Cuban people is one of immense gratitude," said Dilma Rousseff, current president of the New Development Bank (NDB) of the BRICS Group, to the press team of the Presidency of the...