In Response to the Question: Why Did You Come Back to Cuba?

By Lien Estrada HAVANA TIMES – I’m talking with a friend. One of those lethal ones. And he starts firing off a series of truths that begin hitting me hard, without him even realizing it. Like this observation, for example: “Lien, you know that surviving …

Japan assists Cuba in the introduction of renewable energies

A two-year project, led by the Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), will provide technical assistance to Cuba for the introduction of renewable energy sources (RES). According to Prensa Latina news agency, the project was launched in Havana in …

Cuba will continue to foster collaboration rooted in mutual support

Cuba will continue to foster collaboration rooted in mutual support   Havana, May 29 (RHC) Cuba will continue to foster scientific and technological collaboration, grounded in solidarity, mutual respect, and the sovereignty of nations, as declared by the …

Santiago de Cuba’s Renté Power Plant Turns 59 and Is Barely Surviving

A “brigade” of 180 workers makes the spare parts to keep it standing. Some of the workers at Antonio Maceo are as old as their parts / 14ymedio 14ymedio, Havana, 7 May 2025 — In 1966, when the first two of the Antonio Maceo thermoelectric power plants …

Cuba to be represented at SPIEF at ministerial level — ambassador

MOSCOW, May 29. /TASS/. Cuba will be represented at the St. Petersburg International Economic Forum (SPIEF) at a level not lower than ministerial, Cuban Ambassador to Russia Julio Antonio Garmendia Pena told TASS. "We take part in this forum …

Cuba Now Represents a Major Threat

In May 2025, the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) released a timely report titled “Beijing’s Air, Space, and Maritime Surveillance from Cuba: A Growing Threat to the Homeland.” The report confirmed China’s construction of a new signals …

Cuba’s Prosecutor Asks for 3 & 4 Years for Two Brave Women

Jenny Victoria Pantoja Torres (l) and Alina Barbara Lopez. Alina Barbara wss surprised to be portrayed in the complaint as a “female version of Bruce Lee” / Facebook Alina Barbara Lopez and her colleague Jenny Victoria Pantoja reject the charges and …

Admission to higher education in Cuba: within everyone’s reach or an illusion of equity?

Higher education in Cuba, historically conceived as a right and not a privilege, faces complex challenges and contradictions. Every year, thousands of young people face the university admissions process with both hope and anxiety. What was once considered …

Walls in Holguín, Cuba Scream ‘Down with Communism’

To make matters worse, the affront occurred in the Lenin neighborhood and the paint used to cover the graffiti was of poor quality. Despite its visual harshness, the Lenin neighborhood seems like an urban oasis compared to the slums surrounding it. / …

SKN STUDENTS IN CUBA CONSULT WITH VISITING PM DREW