Habana-Havana

05/06/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/thousands-of-doses-of-medication-found-alongside-a-drug-cache-at-the-headquarters-of-the-cuban-galician-haydee-santamaria-association/

Thousands of Doses of Medication Found Alongside a Drug Cache at the Headquarters of the Cuban-Galician Haydee Santamaria Association Those close to those detained in the police operation say the medications were a donation for Cuba Thousands of doses of more than 150 different medications were foun...

02/06/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/raul-castro-from-general-to-prisoner/

Raúl Castro, From General to Prisoner The former Cuban defense minister has many crimes for which he could be tried in the US File photo of former Cuban President Raúl Castro. / EFE 14ymedio, Miami, Pedro Corzo, May 31, 2026 / I confess that few things would please me more than seeing Raúl Castro...

31/05/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/the-head-of-u-s-southern-command-meets-with-senior-cuban-military-officer-in-guantanamo/

The Head of U.S. Southern Command Meets with Senior Cuban Military Officer in Guantánamo The unusual meeting between Francis Donovan and Roberto Legrá Sotolongo addressed “operational security” around the perimeter of the U.S. naval base Image shared by the U.S. Southern Command on its Twitter...

30/05/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/if-the-cuban-system-implodes-the-ruling-class-will-disappear-and-they-know-it/

‘If the [Cuban] System Implodes, the Ruling Class Will Disappear – and They Know It’ Economic changes will not be possible in Cuba without international humanitarian intervention Between 2020 and 2024, 24% of the Cuban population has left the country and they are not coming back In 2025, the n...

11/05/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/the-us-is-openly-increasing-its-military-flights-near-cuba-as-a-warning/

The US Is Openly Increasing Its Military Flights Near Cuba, as a Warning CNN documents at least 25 missions since February in the vicinity of the island in a pattern similar to that observed before the intervention in Venezuela MQ 4C Triton, one of the surveillance drones detected in the vicinity of...

11/04/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/march-rumors-fantasized-about-russian-oil-and-the-fall-of-diaz-canel/

March Rumors Fantasized About Russian Oil and the Fall of Díaz-Canel La ‘bola’ — the rumor — about free internet access through Starlink revealed that more and more Cubans and small private businesses are obtaining this expensive and illegal system The Russian tanker Anatoly Kolodkin at the...

11/04/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/the-eight-basic-problems-of-cuban-president-diaz-canel/

09/04/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/the-prohibited-photo/

The Prohibited Photo Rather than cleaning the corner of Factor and Conill, Cuban authorities prefer to prevent anyone from taking pictures of it. From the balconies of our building, the view is complete: an unintentional monument to neglect, an altar where the homeland coexists with the abandoned. /...

01/04/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/the-central-bank-of-cuba-creates-2000-and-5000-peso-banknotes-to-facilitate-transactions-in-the-current-moments-of-inflation/

The Central Bank of Cuba Creates 2,000 and 5,000 Peso Banknotes To Facilitate Transactions ‘In the Current Moments of Inflation’ For the first time, Cuban banknotes feature the faces of women, Mariana Grajales and Celia Sánchez. New 5,000 peso banknote with the face of Celia Sánchez Manduley /...

25/03/2026

https://translatingcuba.com/because-of-cubas-fuel-crisis-chickens-are-left-without-feed-and-the-population-without-eggs/

Because of Cuba’s Fuel Crisis, Chickens Are Left Without Feed and the Population Without Eggs The announced “return” of state sales to the population in Sancti Spíritus only reached some residents of one neighborhood. The situation of feed production in Cuba has been a persistent burden on th...