Job Offer for Skilled Cubans on the Island of Granada

They offer contracts in US dollars and work visas for the island of Grenada to Cuban masons and carpenters.

Neglected Cuban Towns Without Electricity or Potable Water

Life in Cuba’s towns is fading away. A set of photographs from San Antonio de Cabezas, in the municipality of Union de Reyes, Matanzas, bears witness to the decline. The streets show barely any movement: few people and no vehicles appear in public. A park without people, buildings without paint. The monotony of nothingness.

Cuban Teen Gets Eight Years for Carrying “El Quimico”

On September 4, 2025, the sentencing was announced in Moron (Ciego de Ávila) of an 18-year-old who must now spend eight years in prison for being in possession of several doses of the drug with intent to traffic, according to a report in Invasor, the official newspaper in that central province.

Cuban Honey Sweetens Europe While It Sours for Producers

Any jar of organic honey sold in shops in Germany, Spain, or France —and in other European Union countries— may contain the product of Carlos’s hard work and the dozens of hives he maintains in a rural area of eastern Cuba. Yet this beekeeper is one of many dissatisfied with the State’s debts to producers and with the new payment terms imposed after the XIII Congress of the National Association of Small Farmers.

Cuba Announces Integration into Chinese Payment System

Oscar Perez-Oliva Fraga, Cuba’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Foreign Investment, informed government media on September 7, 2025, that the island’s banks will integrate into the Cross-Border Interbank Payment System (CIPS). The system is designed by China as an alternative to SWIFT for conducting international payments in Chinese yuan, and that the use of this currency will increase in transactions between the two nations.

Cuban Power Grid Collapses Again: Fifth Nationwide Blackout in Less Than a Year

Cuba’s power grid collapsed again on Sept. 10, marking the fifth nationwide blackout in less than a year as the island’s energy crisis worsens.

Leased Taxis Provide a Lifeboat for Cuba’s State-Run Company

This story explores how Cuba’s state-run taxi company, faced with a crumbling fleet and economic crisis, increasingly relies on private drivers. Through voices like Alex’s, it shows the opportunities and burdens of a hybrid system where drivers shoulder costs and risks, while the State still comes out on top.

My Depression in Cuba Comes from Distractions

A sharp, ironic reflection on Cuba’s leadership during Díaz-Canel’s trips abroad, exposing the emptiness of official rhetoric, the inefficiency of state institutions, and the disconnect between government speeches and daily hardships.

Marisabidillas – A Reading Club to Combat Cuba’s Chaos

In Havana, Elizabeth Quintana Lezcano reclaims the word marisabidilla—once a slur for opinionated women—to name her book club. Through short, powerful works by contemporary women writers, the club has become a space of community, resilience, and self-discovery amid Cuba’s crises.

The Day I Became a Refugee

Deeply personal chronicle of exile, fear, and rebirth: this text traces the journey from political persecution in Cuba to recognition as a refugee in Mexico, revealing how silence, memory, and loss can transform into freedom and self-recovery.

Rosangela: Ten Years Repairing Washing Machines in Havana

When someone in Havana needs to repair a washing machine, they imagine the mechanic will be a tall man, with rough hands and a smell of grease. But the person who shows up at the door is a young woman with a firm step, a calm gaze, and a soft voice who asks, “Where’s the patient?”

Reactions to US Deployment of Warships in the Caribbean

The alleged US naval deployment in the Caribbean has deepened regional divides, with Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua denouncing it as imperialist aggression. Meanwhile, countries like Trinidad and Tobago, Paraguay, and Argentina have aligned with Washington, labeling the Cartel of the Soles a terrorist organization.

Everyday Miracles: Church Feeds Hundreds in Santiago de Cuba

Every other Saturday, something extraordinary happens at Santa María parish in Santiago de Cuba. There, Anglican priest Rodhin A. Colomar has woven a community network that provides food to hundreds of Cubans.

Cuban Military Conglomerate Is Flush with US Dollars

A new investigation by El Nuevo Herald has revealed the financial power of GAESA, the business conglomerate controlled by Cuba’s Revolutionary Armed Forces (FAR). El Nuevo Herald gained access to secret documents showing that as of March 2024, GAESA held current assets worth $18 billion, $14.5 billion of which was kept in bank accounts belonging to financial institutions within the group.

How a Spanish Food Products Vendor Makes Big $$$ in Cuba

A Spanish company based in La Coruña, Corporación Alimentaria Vima, made millions in profits in 2024 thanks to its food export business to Cuba, a country going through one of its worst food crises in decades. The contrast between the figures reported by the company and the reality of Cuban peso markets—empty for most of the population—is as striking as it is troubling.