The mediCuba-Europa organization launched a campaign to buy 1,500 pacemakers and send them to the Island The president of the NGO, Franco Cavalli (l) and Miguel Díaz-Canel (r) met in Havana in 2023 / Granma 14ymedio, Havana, 25 April 2024 — MediCuba-Europa, an NGO related to the Cuban Government, launched a campaign this Wednesday to raise funds for the purchase of pacemakers for patients on the Island. According to the organization, they need 1,500 pacemakers immediately, and at least 100 Cubans have to stay in hospitals because they do not have one. “Unfortunately, most pacemaker manufacture ..read more

 The three involved in the robbery, which occurred in 2022, were sentenced to six and nine years in prison The robbery occurred on 5 September 2022, in the Gratitude cooperative of the Avila municipality of Majagua / Cubadebate 14ymedio, Havana, April 25, 2024 — The official press unearthed, this Wednesday, the case of theft of two horses and two oxen in Ciego de Ávila in 2022, perpetrated by three farmers living in Sancti Spíritus. The news, which announced the penalty of nine and six years in prison for those involved, coincides with the process of livestock and land control carried out ..read more

Party meetings, public events and morning workplace meetings have become a roll call to count those absent The speed with which some Cubans change the PCC red card for residence in the ’yuma’ (US), never ceases to surprise / Cadeca 14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Havana, 25 April 2024 — Even opportunism crumbles. Wearing the ideological mask in Cuba meant, for decades, obtaining revenues and benefits, but for some time now it seems to cost more than what it brings in. This morning I learned from a former official, linked to propaganda in the official media, that she is diligently waiting for her huma ..read more

Alexandre Corona joins the long list of senior Cuban officials who leave their duties in 2024, since the dismissal of Alejandro Gil Fernández as Minister of Economy Alexandre Corona Quintero during an interview with the official newspaper 5 de Septiembre / 5 de Septiembre 14ymedio, Madrid, 24 April 2024 — Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel approved on Wednesday the dismissal of the governor of Cienfuegos, Alexandre Corona, who requested his resignation “upon recognizing mistakes made in the exercise of his responsibility.” According to a brief statement made public by the official press, which ..read more

Without electricity and Internet access, this is how its inhabitants spend a good part of their days Calle Vivanco, in San Antonio de los Baños, this Wednesday / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, San Antonio de los Baños, 24 April 2024 — “It hurts to see this town like this,” is the laconic phrase released by a woman sitting in a park in San Antonio de los Baños when a newcomer asks her for an address and tells her how deteriorated he has found the so-called City of Humor. Destroyed sidewalks, facades that don’t conceal the brickwork and the taciturn faces of the people complete the sic ..read more

The greatest effects, including severe damage to agriculture and electricity networks, were concentrated in the municipalities of El Cotorro, San Miguel, Arroyo Naranjo and Boyeros El Cotorro was one of the municipalities most affected by the rains that occurred in March / Courtesy 14ymedio, Havana, April 24, 2024 — Once again, the Cuban Council of Ministers approved the financing for 50% of the cost of construction materials needed by the victims of the intense rains of March 22 and 23 in Havana, which caused 26 total and 122 partial building collapses. The greatest effects, including severe ..read more

Christian Maître recounts his wife’s time in a precarious hospital in Santa Clara after suffering from appendicitis Christian Maître and Caroline Tétrault back at the airport. / Courtesy Ch.M. / Ici 14ymedio, Madrid, 25 April 2024 — “Sadly, for us, Cuba is over. I am sure that the world is full of very beautiful places to see.” This is how Christian Maître, a Canadian from the city of Shawinigan, in the province of Quebec, expresses himself in an interview with the radio station Ici . His vacation on the island was about to end when, one day before his return, scheduled for April 4, his wife s ..read more

Actions speak louder than words and our country, which seems to be a victim of an unprecedented war, a bombed nation, is eloquent. All that remains of our culture is travestied in tourist attractions / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Jorge Luis Leon, Houston (Texas), 24 April 2024 — Today there is nothing left of yesterday’s Cuba. “I didn’t know” or “I didn’t realize” are the excuses that many use to escape their responsibility to the Island where they were born. At this point, however, continuing to wear that blindfold, which dilutes the misdeeds of a dictatorship, is unacceptable. Sugar, coffee and tobac ..read more

Some tourists are seduced by the presence of lobster on the menu / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Juan Diego Rodríguez, Havana, 21 April 2024 — “We are state-run and our prices are low,” says an employee in an impeccable white shirt on Friday. He is standing outside the building that houses the collection of Havana’s Museum of Fine Arts. The young waiter is trying to lure customers into the building where Café Baco, a rarely visited restaurant, is located. A European tourist and his Cuban girlfriend scrutinize the menu that the man has handed them outside the imposing building, once known as the Asturian ..read more

Faraj Allah Jarjour’s family paid $7,300 to transport his remains to Quebec and was given a coffin with the body of a Russian Faraj Allah Jarjour next to his family in an image from 2021 / Facebook/Faraj Jarjour 14ymedio, Havana, 23 April 2024 — The family of Faraj Allah Jarjour, the Syrian who lived in Canada and died on March 22 of a heart attack while vacationing in Cuba, still has not received explanations from the island’s authorities, who sent the body of another person to Quebec . “Until now we have no answers. “Where is my father?” declared Miriam, the traveler’s daughter, to the Inqui ..read more