Apartheid in Cuba Induced by Dollarization…
The government’s strategy to dollarize part of Cuba’s retail market is another clear sign of its dependence on emigration.
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Osmel Ramirez
Do We Really Have Cooperatives in Cuba?
Osmel Ramirez asks: Do we really have farm cooperatives in Cuba? “Nobody cooperates with anyone anymore or it’s very rare.”
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Challenges of Developing a COVID-19 Vaccine in Cuba
The Cuban media is giving great importance to the Russian Covid-19 vaccine called Sputnik V as well as the potential Cuban vaccine “Soberana”
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Tropical Storm Laura Sweeps Through Mayari
It was a tense night on Sunday, waiting for tropical storm Laura to hit. Its visit to Mayari caused some damage but no loss of life.
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My Little Girl’s Birthday, Amid Cuba’s “Temporary” Crisis
On August 3rd, my youngest daughter, Alisay, turned 5 years old. I love to celebrate birthdays…
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The Chicken Lines in Mayarí, Holguin
The reality is that over half of the people present were left without and I was lucky enough to get mine.
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Trying to Fix a Bathroom in Times of Crisis
Doing up my bathroom is a family necessity right now. It could have been put off before, but no longer.
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“Getting by” in Cuba’s Food Crisis + Covid-19
Today, my family will eat some tamales made from corn that I have grown on my plot of land. Corn is extremely expensive in Cuba right now…
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Another Independent Journalist Arrested and Awaiting Trial in Cuba
Last Sunday June 28th, my friend and Diario de Cuba colleague, independent journalist Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Camejo, was arrested.
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A Rural Family’s Experience of Police Operations during COVID-19
For two days straight, June 19-20, the family of my mother-in-law Cecilia Carballosa Beltran, their house and farm, were victims of police harassment.
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