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Protests Breakout in Santiago de Cuba “Electricity and Food”

Protests Breakout in Santiago de Cuba “Electricity and Food”

Residents of the Veguita de Galo popular council, in Santiago de Cuba, took to the streets on Sunday, March 17, 2024, under the slogan "current and food" and "homeland and life". Reports also came in of protests in Bayamo, in El Cobre and in Santa Marta, Matanzas.

Goosebumps in Cuba. Why and Until When?

Goosebumps in Cuba. Why and Until When?

#MiraSiMeErizo (Look and see if I get goosebumps) is the latest challenge on Cuban social media. Its origin is linked to the statements of some residents of Rio Cauto after the visit of Miguel Diaz-Canel to that locality in January 2024.

Smiles on Pause: My Battle Against Facial Paralysis

Smiles on Pause: My Battle Against Facial Paralysis

"It is said that the body speaks when the mind is silent. In my case, my body screamed to be heard. It took drastic measures to force me to pay attention to it."

A Hunger in Cuba that Swallows Us All

A Hunger in Cuba that Swallows Us All

"Cuba is a hungry country. Not only of food, of medicine, of the most basic of dignities, but also of freedom". From Managua, Havana, Adriana Normand speaks of impoverishment and despair.

The Old Age We Never Expected to Live in Cuba

The Old Age We Never Expected to Live in Cuba

The Cuido60 project seeks to make visible the realities and rights of people over 65 in Cuba. To this end, the contest "Mirar la vejez" (Looking at old age) was created.

A Cuban Martial Arts School that Arose from the Rubble

A Cuban Martial Arts School that Arose from the Rubble

In 1997, Juan Antonio Soca, karate-Do and ju-jitsu instructor, had the idea of installing a tatami mat in an abandoned space and converting it to a dojo, a hall for immersive learning in the martial arts.

Diaz Canel Denies Cuba is Implementing a Neoliberal Package

Diaz Canel Denies Cuba is Implementing a Neoliberal Package

Those who are promoting the new measures to eliminate “distortions” are the same ones who reorganized the economy and failed yesterday, and who now want to make people believe — with scant and deficient arguments — that it is not the same situation and are not neoliberal measures.

The Sad State of Health Care in Cuba for 2024

The Sad State of Health Care in Cuba for 2024

Health Minister acknowledges a shortage of human and material resources

Definitions for Cuba in 2024

Definitions for Cuba in 2024

This week the Matraca artists illustrated their desires and predictions for 2024.

Academic Collaboration as Legitimization of Authoritarianism

Academic Collaboration as Legitimization of Authoritarianism

Several events that have taken place on the island seek to endorse the authoritarian power of the State and generate false appearances of democratic normality and openness in Cuba.

Cuba’s Amelia Calzadilla and Her Freedom to Choose

Cuba’s Amelia Calzadilla and Her Freedom to Choose

When Amelia Calzadilla landed in Madrid with her three children one November day, she had not only overcome the fear of flying but also bid farewell to a place she didn’t want to leave.

Swept Away in 2023

Swept Away in 2023

The illustrations in this issue of “Matraca” were inspired by some of the most relevant moments and events of 2023.

The Stove Top Expresso Maker that is Cuba

The Stove Top Expresso Maker that is Cuba

Perhaps the moment is not so far away when the national coffee refuses to keep on brewing under the name of socialism and, definitively, explodes. Live to see.

Christmas in Cuba: A Letter from a Son Forced to Leave

Christmas in Cuba: A Letter from a Son Forced to Leave

Leonardo Fernández Otaño, forced into exile, writes a letter to his parents. This will be the second year he will not be able to celebrate Christmas in Cuba.

Cuba’s Inflators

Cuba’s Inflators

This week the Matraca illustrators center on government leaders latest review of the state of the Cuban economy and initial announcements for the coming year.

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El Toque is a multimedia platform focused on telling Cuba in its diversity, complex, creative and also sometimes painful or hidden. Our very existence is a commitment to the diversity of voices, styles and functions in the media ecosystem that they publish for Cubans. Here you can learn a little more about the Island.

Protests Breakout in Santiago de Cuba “Electricity and Food”
Residents of the Veguita de Galo popular council, in Santiago de Cuba, took to the streets on Sunday, March 17, 2024, under the slogan "current and food" and "homeland and life". Reports also came in of protests in Bayamo, in El Cobre and in Santa Marta, Matanzas.

#MiraSiMeErizo (Look and see if I get goosebumps) is the latest challenge on Cuban social media. Its origin is linked to the statements of some residents of Rio Cauto after the visit of Miguel Diaz-Canel to that locality in January 2024.

"It is said that the body speaks when the mind is silent. In my case, my body screamed to be heard. It took drastic measures to force me to pay attention to it."

"Cuba is a hungry country. Not only of food, of medicine, of the most basic of dignities, but also of freedom". From Managua, Havana, Adriana Normand speaks of impoverishment and despair.

The Cuido60 project seeks to make visible the realities and rights of people over 65 in Cuba. To this end, the contest "Mirar la vejez" (Looking at old age) was created.
Those who are promoting the new measures to eliminate “distortions” are the same ones who reorganized the economy and failed yesterday, and who now want to make people believe — with scant and deficient arguments — that it is not the same situation and are not neoliberal measures.
This week the Matraca artists illustrated their desires and predictions for 2024.
When Amelia Calzadilla landed in Madrid with her three children one November day, she had not only overcome the fear of flying but also bid farewell to a place she didn’t want to leave.
Perhaps the moment is not so far away when the national coffee refuses to keep on brewing under the name of socialism and, definitively, explodes. Live to see.
This week the Matraca illustrators center on government leaders latest review of the state of the Cuban economy and initial announcements for the coming year.
In 1997, Juan Antonio Soca, karate-Do and ju-jitsu instructor, had the idea of installing a tatami mat in an abandoned space and converting it to a dojo, a hall for immersive learning in the martial arts.
Health Minister acknowledges a shortage of human and material resources
Several events that have taken place on the island seek to endorse the authoritarian power of the State and generate false appearances of democratic normality and openness in Cuba.
The illustrations in this issue of “Matraca” were inspired by some of the most relevant moments and events of 2023.
Leonardo Fernández Otaño, forced into exile, writes a letter to his parents. This will be the second year he will not be able to celebrate Christmas in Cuba.

MERCADO INFORMAL DE
DIVISAS EN CUBA (TIEMPO REAL)

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1 EUR330.00 CUP
1 USD325.00 CUP
1 MLC272.00 CUP
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