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Due to a Lack of Teachers in Cuba, Recess Is Permanent at a School in San José De Las Lajas
Staff shortages turn afternoons into lost teaching hours at Camilo Cienfuegos Elementary School 14ymedio, Julio César Contreras, San José de las Lajas, 23 December 2025 –At four in the aftern…
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December 24, 2025 at 9:27 AM
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Cuba’s Telecommunications Company Etecsa Restarts Mobile Line Sales, Generating Long Lines in Havana
The shortage of SIM cards has further complicated Cubans’ access to telecommunications 14ymedio, Dario Hernandez, Havana, December 23, 2025 – This Monday, the offices of the State telec…
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December 24, 2025 at 9:13 AM
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Theft Within Cuba’s Public Health System Aggravates Drug Shortages
The complaint comes from the authorities themselves, who also admit a “significant decrease” in national production 14ymedio, Havana, December 22, 2025 — Cuban health authorities …
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December 24, 2025 at 9:03 AM
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Cuban Bank Employees Are Still Awaiting ‘Guidance’ on Buying and Selling Dollars
“We ourselves have doubts. The banks are collecting foreign currency only; they haven’t given us the order yet to sell” 14ymedio, Havana, Darío Hernández, December 23, 2025 &#8212…
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December 24, 2025 at 8:52 AM
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Vargas Llosa According to Padura: A Literary Conversation in a Packed Room at the Ateneo de La Habana
The Cuban author acknowledged he is an admirer of Vargas Llosa’s work, especially ‘Conversation in the Cathedral’. 14ymedio, Dario Hernandez, Havana, 20 December 2025 — For …
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December 23, 2025 at 6:05 AM
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Cuba’s Council for the Transition Chooses a New Leadership After the Departure of José Daniel Ferrer
Manuel Cuesta Morúa assumes the presidency while Ferrer focuses on reorganizing the opposition from exile. 14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 22 December 2025 — The Council for Democratic Transition in Cu…
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December 23, 2025 at 5:27 AM
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Democratic Congressman Denounces Cuban Interference With Florida Radio Stations Using ‘Harmful Communist Propaganda’
Darren Soto introduces a bill to help those stations block signals coming from the island “for hours every night” 14ymedio, Miami, December 16, 2025 — U.S. Congressman Darren Soto announced t…
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December 23, 2025 at 4:42 AM
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‘Right Now Nobody Is Exchanging Dollars; Cubans Are Waiting To See What’s Going To Happen’
In the provinces, the official floating rate has been ignored and only the informal market is operating, with a rate of 440. 14ymedio, Havana/Holguín, Darío Hernández and Miguel García, December 20…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:53 AM
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Mexico Sends 80,000 Barrels of Fuel to Cuba, Without Saying Whether It Is a Sale or a Donation
President Claudia Sheinbaum insists that Gasolinas Bienestar, a private subsidiary of the state-owned Pemex, “was not created solely” to send oil to the island. 14ymedio, Mexico City, D…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:40 AM
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Even the Least Critical Economists Describe Cuba Coexistence of Several Exchange Rates as a ‘Very Serious Error’
In ‘La Joven Cuba’, Omar Everleny Pérez Villanueva, Ricardo González Águila, Carlos Enrique González and Arturo López-Levy fear the failure of foreign-exchange market regulations 14ymed…
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December 22, 2025 at 8:28 AM
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When the Last Bishop in Cuba Says Adiós
What were so many police officers doing there, at every street corner from the Cathedral to the cemetery, and so many motorcycles and police cars? 14ymedio, Ghabriel Pérez, Holguín, 19 December 202…
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December 20, 2025 at 9:01 AM
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The Number of Tourists Visiting Cuba This Year Will Be Under Two Million.
The sector’s revenue will reach $917.4 million, almost 25% less than expected. 14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 18 December 2025 — On Thursday, the Cuban government acknowledged that the tourism s…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:13 AM
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The Cuban Government Denies It Is Negotiating Maduro’s Departure With Washington
With these “blatant lies,” the “warmongering sectors” seek “pretexts to justify their aggression” against Venezuela, says the Foreign Ministry. 14ymedio, Madrid,…
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December 20, 2025 at 8:01 AM
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Cuba’s Central Bank Sets the Floating Exchange Rate at 410 Pesos Per Dollar
In addition to the rates of 24 pesos to the dollar for state-owned enterprises and 120 for tourism, the Government creates a floating rate with the aim of capturing foreign currency from the inform…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:57 AM
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Pérez-Oliva, Fidel Castro’s Grandnephew, Is Already a Member of Parliament and Will Be Eligible To Run for the Presidency of the Republic
Rubén Remigio Ferro, president of the Supreme Court that tried former minister Alejandro Gil, is dismissed “The outlook for the economy is one of decline,” says Manuel Marrero in his sp…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:36 AM
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Two Cubans Trying To Enter Brazil Die in a Traffic Accident
Seven migrants from the island were injured in the accident that occurred on Monday afternoon in the state of Roraima. 14ymedio, Miami, December 17, 2025 — A serious traffic accident on Monda…
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December 19, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Cuba Disguised Aid for the Chikungunya Epidemic in a Request for Help With Hurricane Melissa
The order included mosquito repellent products during the peak of the crisis EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, December 17, 2025 — The Cuban government included supplies to fight the chikungunya an…
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December 18, 2025 at 8:32 AM
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Despite Epidemics and the Economic Crisis, Cuban Devotees of Saint Lazarus Flock to El Rincón.
From the sanctuary and dressed in purple, the head of the US Embassy, ​​Mike Hammer, calls for the freedom of Cubans. 14ymedio, Dario Hernandez, Havana, December 17 2025 —  As they have done …
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December 18, 2025 at 8:19 AM
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New Cases of Dengue and Chikungunya Fall by 20%, but Cuba Remains “In the Epidemic Zone”
The government has not released case numbers, although the EFE news agency estimates 1,480 new cases of dengue this week based on available data. 14ymedio (via EFE), Havana, December 16, 2025 –- Th…
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December 18, 2025 at 8:08 AM
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In Cuba, Stealing 25 Liters of Gasoline Is More Serious Than Diverting Millions of Barrels of Oil
In the face of the U.S. military deployment in the Caribbean, five tankers from Russia’s shadow fleet turn around Madrid, December 16, 2025 –The commission of a minor crime has cost two worke…
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December 17, 2025 at 8:06 AM
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Recent Femicide in Cienfuegos Raises the Total Number of Gender-Based Murders in Cuba This Year to 19
14ymedio, Havana, 27 July 2025 [delayed translation]- The independent platforms Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba and Alas Tensas confirmed on Saturday a new femicide on the island, that of Yailín Carrasco, 29…
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December 17, 2025 at 7:50 AM
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Rapper Nando OBDC Remains on Hunger Strike and Is in Solitary Confinement
Accused of “subversive activities,” the musician collaborated with Maykel ’Osorbo’ and coordinated a collective exhibition in support of political prisoners. 14ymedio, Havana, 27 July 2…
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December 17, 2025 at 7:52 AM
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In Holguín, Not All Roads Are Equal: The Ones the Government Uses Have Priority
“There are always cars belonging to civil servants who come here every day for meetings; they don’t achieve anything, but they never stop having meetings.” 14ymedio, Miguel García…
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December 17, 2025 at 7:21 AM
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Cuba’s Matanzas Business Fair: Lots of Hype, Little Substance
The owner of a local MSME — micro, small, or medium-sized enterprise — laments the exclusion of the most dynamic private companies from an event dominated by bankrupt state-owned enterp…
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December 16, 2025 at 7:51 AM
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Cuba’s Food Dependence on the US Grows With Purchases of $355 Million This Year
Imports of pork, sugar, coffee, grains and animal feed reach record highs 14ymedio, Havana, December 14, 2025 — Food sovereignty and the US embargo, mantras repeated daily by Cuban authoritie…
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December 15, 2025 at 8:27 PM