Should I Tell My Friends to Visit Cuba, or Stay Away?

By Lien Estrada HAVANA TIMES – I have friends who aren’t from this island, and they’d like to come visit Cuba. More than once, I’ve felt a certain degree of shame for belonging to a country that has produced nothing but tyrannies in the last decades of …

Boxer’s Return to Cuba Sets Social Media Ablaze

Photos of Andy Cruz during his visit to Cuba taken from social media. By Francisco Acevedo HAVANA TIMES – In a context where it’s hard to talk about anything other than shortages and blackouts, Cuba took a brief pause this week to open a new debate …

Cuba Joins BRICS Summit in Brazil: A Proven Step Toward Global South Solidarity and Sovereignty

“Díaz-Canel’s participation marks the second time the Cuban president has attended a BRICS Summit; the first was in Johannesburg, as chair of the Group of 77 and China. Photo: EFE.” Jule 6 2025 July 6, 2025 Hour: 8:50 am Cuba Joins BRICS: President Díaz- …

Athletes and Coaches Complain That Sports Schools in Cuba Are Falling Apart Due to Neglect

Images and a video show the deterioration of the Eide Ormani Arenado, the Manuel Fajardo Faculty of Physical Culture and the 19 de Noviembre Multipurpose Hall. The Eide Ormani Arenado hosted on June 15 the selection of the artistic gymnastics team in Pinar …

Lester Lescay: “I left Cuba because I didn’t want to spend my youth there.”

It was almost a given that Lester Lescay would fly far. As a child, he was explosive, tall and slim and very fast: the perfect combination for success in jumps. As if that weren’t enough, he also had genetics on his side: his aunt, Mabel Gay, was a world …

NY congresswoman accuses Mamdani of wanting to make NYC a 'communist Cuba'

New York meeting promotes effort to send pacemakers to Cuba

NEW YORK — At a June 28 program here, sponsored by the New York-New Jersey Cuba Sí Coalition, Bob Schwartz, executive director of Global Health Partners, announced a national effort to raise $150,000 to send 150 pacemakers to Cuba. The effort is part of …

Cuba’s New Epidemic

The popular devastating new drug in Cuba called “The Chemical” By Eduardo N. Cordovi Hernandez HAVANA TIMES – One morning last week – I don’t remember if it was Monday or Tuesday – I found myself near the home of an old friend. I hadn’t heard from him for …

Communist Party of Cuba Plenary Session evaluates cadre policy strategy

Photo: Estudios Revolución. Havana, July 5 (RHC)-- During the first day of the 10th Plenary Session of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC), on Friday, members analyzed the results of the General Strategy for the Implementation of the …

Cuba’s Tourism Minister Speaks Nonsense on His Desperate Tour in Latin America

After suggesting a regional ‘Schengen’, García Granda proposes taking advantage of the World Cup Juan Carlos García ha visitado México tras su paso por Colombia y Brasil en un intento de impulsar el turismo en la región. / El Sol de México 14ymedio, …