Cuba – Page 10 – Havana Times

The USA Should Not Close the Legal Door to Cubans

In almost every Cuban family, someone has left, someone is preparing to leave, or someone is trying to figure out how.

The offensive against private businesses has reduced supplies in a city where finding a package of chicken has become quite an expedition.

Six months have passed since the events of January 3 in Venezuela unleashed an avalanche of predictions about what would immediately happen in Cuba.

We bring you some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Wednesday, August 19, 2026.

I was born surrounded by trees and damp earth. I live amid the silence of the countryside, which sometimes heals but at other times weighs heavily.

When I visited Banes, one of the municipalities farthest from the city of Holguín. Among the friends I had planned to see was a poet.

His crime was shouting from his balcony about the many miseries we endure every day. When the video went viral, the regime took action.

My son no longer remembers much about his life in Cienfuegos—a city he has not returned to since 2019 because his mother cannot enter Cuba.

Many Cubans have learned to live with waiting. Not because they chose it, but because little by little it has become woven into everyday life

In Cuba, these images have endured a particularly complex history. For decades, religious practice was pushed to the margins. (12 photos)