Biden’s Legacy on Cuba

World / December 17, 2024 On the 10th anniversary of Obama’s opening, the outgoing president should take immediate action because it is good for the US, good for the Cuban people—and the right thing to do. Ad Policy Good Neighbor Policy: Barack Obama …

Cuba will lose almost half of its population before the end of the century, according to a study

Cuba will lose almost half of its population before the end of the century, according to the report "Ibero-America: from Major Population Growth to a Demographic Winter," ("Iberoameríca: de grandes crecimientos poblacionales al invierno …

Resisting with Creativity in Cuba

Cuba has been importing sugar for years. By Esther Zoza HAVANA TIMES – At home, we haven’t had sugar for two days. After a long search, I discovered that a pound of sugar costs 500 pesos (a third of many monthly pensions). My grandfather cannot comprehend …

Cuba’s Dictatorship Also Celebrates Human Rights Day

By Lien Estrada HAVANA TIMES – A friend invited me to her house for lunch, “just like old times,” she said. So, I left early to buy a bottle of wine. The store where I thought I could find one was closed. I headed toward the downtown area, where I usually …

Recap: Cuba gets by Orchard Farm

Box: Cuba 38, Orchard Farm 35

Marco Rubio is no friend of Havana − but does Trump’s pick for secretary of state mean Cuba policy is set?

The U.S. looks set to have its first-ever Cuban American secretary of state in 2025, after President-elect Donald Trump nominated U.S. Sen. Marco Rubio of Florida for the role. But don’t expect that to mean cozier relations between Havana and Washington. …

Death of grandson of Cuba’s national poet draws attention to imprisoned activists

Beyond its iconic beaches, vibrant salsa rhythms, and classic cars, Cuba grapples with a troubling reality. Over the past decade, it has maintained one of the world’s highest incarceration rates, reaching second place globally in 2023, surpassed only by El …

One year of fruitful cooperation between Cuba and China

Cuba and China are not stopping in their search for new areas of cooperation     by María Josefina Arce Cuba and China are not stopping in their search for new areas of cooperation in education and science, pillars of the fruitful exchange that both …

Cuba predicts 1% growth in 2025 after dismal year, economy minister says

HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuban Economy Minister Joaquín Alonso Vázquez on Monday forecast the Caribbean island’s economy would grow only 1% in 2025 after a dismal year marked by one of the country’s worst energy crisis in decades. The minister, speaking to a …