The Cuban Government Admits Climate Change Impact

The Cuban government recognizes the impact of climate change in Cuba, with droughts and coastal flooding, but the measures adopted are often contradictory and give priority to tourism.

A Cuban Spy Discovered in the USA

The illustrations in Matraca this week are inspired, mainly, by the accusations against a former US ambassador, Manuel Rocha. According to prosecutors in that country, for four decades he secretly collected intelligence information for Cuba.

HIV/AIDS and Syphilis Numbers Rise in Cuba

The shortage of condoms has led to an increase in sexually transmitted infections and a reported increase in the number of people diagnosed with HIV/AIDS.

Cuban government declares several opponents and influencers as terrorists

A resolution of the Ministry of the Interior published on December 7 names a group of individuals, most of them based in the United States, to be included in the "National Terrorist List".

I’m Neither Left nor Right

Cuba does not need one side to impose itself on another by force. Cuba does not need one half of itself defeated and subdued and humiliated. Cuba needs no political agenda to be more important than the agenda of freedom.

Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel’s Missing Apology

The IV Conference The Nation and Emigration was another missed opportunity for the Cuban government to achieve a real reconciliation and rapprochement with the majority of the Cuban community abroad.

Rights in Cuba

Matraca’s illustrations this week are inspired by the political trial against Dr. Alina Barbara Lopez Hernandez, which took place on November 28

Events of 27N’s Contribution to Recent Cuban History

The 27N should be understood as an event of articulation and the beginning of a civic cycle and not as a concrete action that would end with a stroke of a pen more than six decades of totalitarianism.

The Decline of Cuba’s Education System and Its Teachers

Photos of bananas being handed out as a bonus to high school teachers in Guantanamo went viral on social media this week and became a joke that led to dozens of memes.

Cuban Teachers Get a Plantain Bonus

The illustrations in Matraca are inspired this week by the delivery of plantains as a bonus to high school teachers in Guantanamo.

Alina Barbara’s Political Trial: Why is it Happening?

On November 28, 2023, my colleague Alina Barbara Lopez Hernandez will be taken to court in Matanzas, in a summary judgement for a crime that not even her accusers believe: contempt.

Without a Homeland and with a Hopeless Owner

José Martí, who was too honest and poetic to survive as a politician, was certain that he would die "without a country, but without a master". We, saving the distances, suffer the same sorrows.

Review: Cuba and Human Rights

This week the Matraca artists address the role of the Cuban government during the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review before the UN Human Rights Council.

Daniela Rojo: Exile Before Prison in Cuba

Daniela Rojo arrived at “Jose Marti” Airport in Havana, with her children Erick and Tania, in a State Security car. Agents picked her up at her home without giving her time to say her final goodbyes.

Cubans Worn Out by the Scarcity of Psychiatric Resources

Maria Caridad Castillo Palau, “Cari” as she’s affectionately known, arises very early each morning to seek “some option” for her 39-year-old son Allen, who refuses to take his pills without something to accompany them with.