According to NGOs, the crime occurred on April 18 in the community of Manicaragua Yudely Chongo was 28 years old and had a minor son / Facebook EFE/14ymedio, Madrid, 6 May 2024 – The Cuban independent platforms Alas Tensas and Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba confirmed this Monday a new femicide on the Island, bringing the number of such murders, according to the record kept by this newspaper, to 16 so far this year. The victim is Yudely Chongo, 28, the mother of a minor son. According to the NGOs, she was murdered by her ex-partner on April 18 in the rural community of Manicaragua in the province of Vil ..read more

Canadians’ perception is undergoing a 180 degree turn, and not exactly towards a postcard of palm trees and mojitos Canadian tourists in Havana’s Central Park. / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Karel J. Leyva, Montreal (Canada), 8 May 2024 — Attracted by its beaches, warm climate, the hospitality of its people and competitive prices, Canadians have traditionally considered Cuba as a tourist destination without equal. Not only a vacation paradise, but also a reliable healthcare bastion. Even Canadian political leaders did not spare their praise for Cuban medical care, fueling confidence in the services offe ..read more

The official press recognizes the collapse of honey production throughout the country Inside the country, honey can be bought by negotiating directly with the producers / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 8 May 2024 — “That the honey from the Cuban hives continues to conquer the European market,” is the closing aspiration of an article in the official press this Tuesday. The desire corresponds to reality: the Island exports every year between 80% and 90% of the honey it produces, accessible in markets in Europe and Latin America, while in the country it can only be obtained “on the left” (in the info ..read more

Residents of Holguín report half-day blackouts and intermittent connections / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, May 8, 2024 — There was no need for the Electric Union of Cuba (UNE) to say this Wednesday, in its usual forecast, that yesterday “the service was affected due to a deficit of generation capacity for 24 hours.” The inhabitants of a third of the Island were able to feel it in their skin. For the second consecutive day, there were simultaneous blackouts in 30% of the country, the worst figure in a month and a half. “They’re bleeding us dry. We’re being eaten up by the blackouts, and last nigh ..read more

The money has been transferred, says Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena, through the programs Sembrando Vida and Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro Image of the start of the program Sembrando Vida en Cuba in 2023 / / X/@mesaredondacuba 14ymedio, Mexico City, 8 May 2024 — Mexico has invested 133 million dollars to address the causes of emigration in Cuba, Venezuela, Haiti, Guatemala, Honduras and Salvador, Foreign Minister Alicia Bárcena said on Tuesday in the Ministerial Meeting of the Los Angeles Declaration on Migration and Protection, which is taking place in Guatemala. Bárcena boasted of the use ..read more

One of the photographs for which Aniette González was accused/Facebook/AnietteGonzález 14ymedio, Madrid, 7 May 2024 — The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) has issued precautionary measures in favor of activist Aniette González García, sentenced last February to three years in prison for photographing herself wrapped in the Cuban flag. In addition, the Cuban Human Rights Observatory (OCDH), requesting the measures, reported this Monday on the “worrying conditions” that the activist endures in the Kilo 5 prison, in Camagüey. “After analyzing the allegations of fact and law made ..read more

So far, the company has received only 528 gallons of fuel per month, 50% of what it needs According to official reports, Communal Services has only two tractors to load garbage in the municipality / Periódico 26 14ymedio, Havana, 7 May 2024 — The government of Las Tunas developed a “strategy” to mitigate the crisis of garbage dumps that have been out of control for months in the city. The plan is to deliver to Servicio Comunales (Communal Services) about 793 gallons of diesel, 75% of what they should have monthly, with which the state managed to collect about 14,126 cubic feet of garbage this ..read more

The United States has deported 13 Cubans and 520 migrants from other countries in 2024 One of the Cuban rafters with Migration agents at the General Hospital of San Fernando / INM 14ymedio, Mexico City, 7 May 2024 — The Cuban rafters Mario Sergio Márquez Ventura, 30 years old, Rogelio Loaces Fuentes (50), Yuriesky Romero Hernández (33) and Diosan (26) asked the Migration authorities in Mexico to start procedures for their immigration regularization so they can stay in the country. The migrants, who were rescued last Saturday by fishermen from Laguna Madre, in Tamaulipas (Mexico), made the requ ..read more

Six decades of indoctrination can somewhat distort our view of the past. Fulgencio Batista was born on January 16, 1901, the feast of Saint Fulgentius / Archive 14ymedio, Yunior García Aguilera, Madrid, 5 May 2024 — Fulgencio Batista landed a major role in the soap opera that is Cuba on September 4, 1933, during the Sergeants’ Revolt. He went on to become its biggest star, earning the grandiose nickname The Man. How could an unknown sergeant go from bit player to leading man? How did a short peasant with a ruddy complexion manage to dominate the front pages during several chapters of our natio ..read more

The company will offer six weekly flights between Bogotá and Havana and 2,100 weekly tickets Avianca will operate six direct flights on Airbus A320 aircraft with capacity for 180 passengers between Bogotá and Havana / EFE 14ymedio, Havana, 3 May 2024 — The Colombian airline Avianca, whose aircraft had not flown to Cuba for four years, announced that beginning July 2, it will operate six direct weekly flights on Airbus A320 aircraft with capacity for 180 passengers, between El Dorado International Airport, in Bogotá, and José Martí, in Havana. According to a statement, it will sell 2,100 ticket ..read more