The Flintstones of Cuba

Digital drawing by Fabiola Gonzalez By Fabiana del Valle HAVANA TIMES – Lately I wake up waiting for the rooster to crow at me from the window. Living on this Island is like inhabiting a version of The Flintstones, only without the comedy’s irony...

Private pharmacies, clinics and hospitals are illegal in communist Cuba

Satanizing the people in uniform: the new pretext for the war against Cuba

FAR and Minint are an inseparable part of Cuba's history in its permanent struggle against the vile obsession of the U.S. governments to truncate our right to independence and sovereignty. Photo: Juvenal Balán The military that Marco Rubio's...

Who sets the price of the dollar in Cuba?   The financial war that many don't see

In a regional scenario where economic wars are fought both in the markets and online. The afternoon of August 3, 2022, marked a key moment for the Cuban economy. Thousands of citizens tuned in to one of the most anticipated editions of the...

Cuba Reads From Right to Left: Cubans Rush To Consume Manga

Álex Jiménez, a 21-year-old, has been running a thriving business that he has decided to call Mangatiny Jimenez hand-covers the books to deliver them to a wave of followers of this type of literature in Havana. / EFE / Screen Capture EFE (via...

Eat Up Havana: Night Markets Tell The Full Story Of Aurora

Over a decade ago, former Westword food editor Mark Antonation began his food-writing career by eating his way up Federal Boulevard. Now, we're turning our attention to another vibrant culinary corridor. The four-plus-mile stretch of Havana Street...

What do gender equality indicators reflect in Cuba?

The incorporation of the 2024 population interface facilitates the detailed monitoring of key indicators such as women's economic empowerment, education, access to decision-making, sexual and reproductive health, and gender violence. Photo: Granma...

Cuba denounces violation of the of Foreign Ministry's YouTube channel

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Cuban Foreign Ministry (Minrex by its Spanish acronym) denounced today the recent breach of its official YouTube channel by malicious actors. Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs asserted that the act constitutes a...

Cuba, an inspiring sister

HAVANA, Cuba, July 6 (ACN) In the context of the 17th BRICS Summit, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez met in Rio de Janeiro with Washington Quaquá, mayor of the municipality of Maricá and vice president of the Workers' Party (PT) of...

Havana Leads Group A in National Under-23 Baseball Series

Under 23 Baseball Havana, July 6 (RHC) - Today, the team from the capital city, playing host at the Latin American Stadium, defeated its similar team from Isla de la Juventud twice and took the lead in Group A of the National Under-23 Baseball...

Cuba debuts today against Curaçao at 2025 Baseball Little League Caribbean tournament

HAVANA, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) Cuban La Lisa team will debut today against Pariba, representing host Curaçao, in the U12 Caribbean Little League Baseball tournament, which will award a spot to the World Series in Pennsylvania next August. The Havana...

Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)

July 9, 2025 Now it’s aiming at Cuba’s international medical missions. Edit Ad Policy Secretary of State Marco Rubio speaks during a news conference following the NATO summit on June 25, 2025.(Omar Havana / Getty Images) President Donald Trump and...

Cuba launches new format and campaign for island's leading beer

HOLGUIN, Cuba, Jul 7 (ACN) — The Cristal Festival, organized by Cerveceria Bucanero S.A. as a great show for the Cuban public, will be held in the provinces of Holguin and Havana on July 12 and 19, respectively. The event, which began in 2023,...

Cuba and the MST strengthen ties at the BRICS Summit in Rio de Janeiro

The meeting was part of the activities promoted by the Cuban Embassy in Brazil and was attended by leaders of various grassroots movements. Photo: MST / Priscila Ramos. The Cuban president and Brazilian social leader João Pedro Stedile embraced...

Who are Lina Luaces' parents? All about Miss Universe Cuba 2025

On July 8, 2025, Cuban model Lina Luaces was crowned Miss Universe Cuba 2025. She competed with 15 other contestants from the nation and represented Santiago de Cuba. According to the Facebook page Missosology, Lina was born to popular TV host...

Cuba's heart beats in Marica

Rio de Janeiro, July 6 (RHC)-- After arriving early Sunday morning in Rio de Janeiro to attend the Seventeenth BRICS Summit, President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez held a meeting with the Governor of the municipality of Marica, Washington Quaquá, a...

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...

Trump lifted sanctions on Syria. Now do Cuba.

President Trump’s new National Security Presidential Memorandum (NSPM) on Cuba, announced on June 30, reaffirms the policy of sanctions and hostility he articulated at the start of his first term in office. In fact, the new NSPM is almost...

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...

Where Justice Died: The Lurid Slaughter and Rape in a Havana Jail-Jigjiga

By Ismail Aliyu Minnesota Institute of Horn of Africa Studies (MNIHAS) The heart-wrenching tales of Havana Prison in Jigjiga paint a grim picture overshadowed by silence and injustice. The walls of this prison echo with the cries of young men like...