Cuba

For weeks, rumors circulated in Washington, Miami, and Havana that quiet contacts were happening between the United States and Cuba. Some analysts even suggested that the Cuban…
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“I didn’t quit because I really need the money…,” I heard him confess while standing in line at a small private business (mipyme) in the city of Camagüey, where we both live. When I…
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Almost a month after Trump’s Executive Order 14380, which imposed an oil blockade on Cuba, the situation can be summarized as a maze of mixed signals, with no immediate solution or…
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The Cuban government said Wednesday that the men on a Florida-registered boat who opened fire on Cuban soldiers in the island’s territorial waters were bent on carrying out “an…
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Yesterday, our authorities reported that 10 individuals on a vessel registered in the state of Florida, United States, attempted infiltration for terrorist purposes.  From the outset,…
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In a deadly development that could further strain relations between Havana and Washington DC, Cuba’s Ministry of the Interior announced Wednesday afternoon that four people on a…
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When the U.S. Supreme Court takes up the long-running property disputes tied to the Cuban Revolution, many will frame the moment as a quest for justice for Americans whose assets were…
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Obviously, if they don't do the first, they'll do the second, but the moment has come. In 2014, the presidents of Cuba and the United States, Raúl Castro and Barack Obama, respectively,…
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In diplomacy, who you choose to talk to often matters as much as what you say. Recent reporting by the Miami Herald and comments by U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio suggest that…
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Editor's Note: This op-ed was inspired by an article by Carlos Alzugaray Treto, originally published in La Joven Cuba. *** Cuba stands at one of the most perilous crossroads in its…
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