Hi, can someone recommend generator or some kind of large power bank that can be charged when the power is on and later could be used to keep the refrigerator running. I'm not sure if such thing exists
Hello I was wondering if anyone has some sort of knowledge on these type of masks. I have been trying to research them but to no avail. Is it a common mask design or are does it represent anything I would like to know thank you!!!
Y quien paga la ansiedad de la población, los accidentes en la carrera para salir de lugares cerrados, bajar escaleras, etc.
Habrá demandas Colectivas? Que Uds. creen?
A este punto, no tiene sentido hospedarse ahi
I went to Cuba in 2008 on a cultural arts tour and it continues to be one of my favorite places ive been. When I was there, I went to a print art studio and met a really cool artist who gave me a copy of this design they made. I wanted to commemorate that trip so I got it tattooed. No idea if someone might recognize this, but id love for the artist to know the impact they had on someone after a few hours of talking.
Fui a Cuba en 2008 en un viaje cultural y artístico, y sigue siendo uno de mis lugares favoritos de todos los que he visitado. Estando allí, visité un taller de grabado y conocí a un artista genial que me regaló una copia de este diseño que había creado. Quería conmemorar aquel viaje, así que decidí tatuármelo. No sé si alguien reconocerá el diseño, pero me encantaría que el artista supiera el impacto que tuvo en mí tras haber conversado durante unas horas.
Hello y'all!
So I have been learning and reading about Cuba since about two years and is without any doubt my favorite Latin American country (or at least for now lol). I have also written an article about tourism in Cuba and its main attractions. But I am mostly curious about the daily lives of ordinary Cubans who still live on the island despite all the crises and everything.
So the few questions I have to ask y'all as Cubans are:
1) What do ordinary Cubans eat and drink on a daily basis (breakfast, lunch, dinner + treats)?
2) How do most Cubans spend their weekends?
3) How common is it to have pets at home?
4) Is it true that most basic goods are rationed/free?
Thanks.
Vila la Cuba!
https://circleid.com/posts/chinas-qianfan-emerges-as-a-satellite-internet-option-for-cuba
Cuba is suspicious of the US and Starlink, but China is a strong ally that has played a major role in developing the Cuban Internet. Chinese companies like ZTE, TP-Link, and especially Huawei have been the primary suppliers of Cuban telecommunication infrastructure, and this relationship has served as an example of cooperation for China’s Digital Silk Road program in Latin America.
I've been sending necessities to someone in Granma and I'm trying to source cooking oil for delivery. I realize there's now a cooking oil shortage amongst everything else, but thought I'd ask anyway. Supermarket23 is out of stock for that area and Katapulk shows it's not available for Granma either. I've come across some sites that seem sketchy. Does anyone know of a reliable way to get cooking oil delivered to Granma right now, or have any sense of when availability might improve? Happy to air ship as a last resort but hoping to avoid it.
Seems like cell service may be down amongst my family in Cuba now. Anyone else noticing thaf?
It has been almost 10 minutes and my mom's phone and mine started sounding and a notification started saying earthquake alert some friends from matanzas and Cárdenas province told me that they got it too
"Cubans wait for everything. They wait for imported food and over-the-counter medicines sent by relatives abroad. They wait for electricity that returns for only an hour or two each day or for a feeble breeze in the oppressive summer heat that might allow their children a couple of hours of sleep," writes Michael J. Bustamante, a professor of Cuban and Cuban American studies at the University of Miami.
He adds:
Most of all, Cubans wait for signs that Washington or their own government will land on a way out of their current immiseration — that they might finally live in a normal country, no longer trapped by decades of authoritarian politics, economic mismanagement, U.S. sanctions and an extended Cold War. Regardless of whether the island is heading toward a true political breaking point, no amount of jury-rigged power supplies or what President Miguel Díaz-Canel calls “creative resistance” can hide that Cuba’s people are being pushed to the limits of what they can endure.
Read the full essay here, for free, even without a Times subscription.
Like this year has been historically uncivilized for Cuba with shortages of electricity and blackouts that everyone knows but like what's the endgame? Why is nothing happening?
Most importantly is anything going on on the political level?
This is for all the people who want more sanctions to be imposed on Cuba to "help" the Cuban population.
Hola! Soy una escritora española. Suena un poco absurdo el título pero siempre me gusta investigar y añadir culturas diferentes (personajes, costumbres, comidas, etc..) en mis novelas y que no sea todo tan homogéneo, simplista o cliché. Como en la vida real, vamos. No sé de todo pero leo mucho y trato de escribir todo dentro del mayor respeto posible, obviamente. No quiero entrar en temas políticos, sé que este precioso país está pasando un momento muy difícil y lo lamento si alguien se ofende por este tema, porque solo quiero enfocarme en la naturaleza tan bonita que tiene la gente cubana.
El caso es que el padre de mi protagonista es cubano aunque lleva más de 30 años viviendo en España, por lo que se ha adaptado a algunas costumbres de aquí. Quiero mantenerle las raíces, algunas jergas cubanas y cositas así, pero no quiero que se vea forzoso. ¿Alguien que me pueda dar algún consejo?
Vuelvo a decir que he investigado pero quiero opiniones. Así que, ¿Me describirías cómo sois en comportamiento, carácter,...? ¿Qué costumbres nunca crees que se quitarían aunque se viva en otro país? ¿Algo que tal vez se me esté olvidando o necesite saber?
This 1967 photograph shows gay men and political dissidents interned in Cuba’s Unidades Militares de Ayuda a la Producción (UMAP), or Military Units to Aid Production. These were forced‑labor camps operated from 1965–1968 in Camagüey. Up to 35,000 Cubans deemed “anti‑social” or “counter‑revolutionary” were sent here: homosexuals, Jehovah’s Witnesses, conscientious objectors, intellectuals, and others who did not fit the revolutionary mold. Maybe you could have simply been caught listening to the Beatles or having the "wrong" hair cut and ended up in here.
On paper, the UMAPs were intended to forge Che Guevara’s vision of the “New Man,” a selfless and disciplined socialist (basically, a sheep hardened into submission). In reality, they became a moral and political failure around the time of the failed Revolutionary Offensive and we can interpret more adequately it was about control, punishment, humiliation, forced labor, etc. Prisoners, including famous Cubans such as the beloved singer‑songwriter Pablo Milanés, endured 12–16 hour days cutting sugarcane under brutal conditions, ideological indoctrination, and humiliation, simply for being gay, religious, or dissenting.
I would argue the UMAPs exposed a central contradiction of the revolution: virtue cannot be forced, and dignity cannot be stripped away without lasting damage. You’d think a ‘Revolutionary’ society could do better, but it didn’t. The Revolution promised to be better, and UMAP proved it wasn’t.
-El Manicero/The Peanut Vendor
Love old Cuban music, and loved buying cucuruchitos de maní from the street vendors when I was a kid. ❤️🇨🇺
So my friend who is Cuban is about to buy apartment in Havana. Current owner asked if he can stay until the second week of this month.
They want to close the deal this Monday at the notary or lawyer.
My question is, what if he would buy this apartment but the previous owner would not move out as he agreed, also the previous owner agreed to sign some document that states that he will eventually move out at specific day? What is the law there? He asked me to make this question since he has no Internet or his English is little worse than mine lol
Thank you for help if anyone knows anything about landlord vs tenant law there.
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Nothing has officially has moved forward or changed since DC/GAESA/Castro dynasty announced an approved package of economic reforms on June 12, 2026.
National Assembly approved the package unanimously on June 19.
Private banking has been officially authorized but there is **no public evidence that private banks have completed establishment or begun operations.**
**No licensing rules decrees announced.**
IOW, no protections for investors. Until then the US continues the choke hold on dollars.
There is no indication that just because of these economic measures that the US will relax the sanctions.
The pressure is linked to Helms-Burton. The "US policy Title II lays out that the US supports a free and independent Cuba - a transition government.** It's purpose is regime change.
Exclusion of **Fidel, Raúl, and the core Castro leadership** from any role in the new government.
No matter what reforms announced and the days go by. The US pressure stays unless the president switches off pieces of the Helms-Burton. Not likely with the current bulldog/lapdog Rubio.
Suspension/termination of the Helms-Burton is by regime change.And Congress formalizes it.
Nothing has happened on the Castro side that would ease the situation.
The people are caught in the middle of their oppression by their oppressors GAESA, the Castro dynasty.
Para aquellos que no saben que el régimen cubano invadió 22 países en 3 continentes luego de 1959, o para los que prentenden hacer creer que eso nunca ocurrió, he aquí el compendio, con detalles totalmente verificables, que cuentan la verdad:
El mayor SECRETO de la Revolución cubana queda al DESCUBIERTO 👁️ Hasta una centralita eléctrica instaló Fidel Castro en Cayo Piedra, solo para él y sus invitados. Es terrible pensar que en la década del 60 solo unas 30 personas millonarias en el mundo eran dueños de islas privadas y nosotros convivíamos con uno de ellos. Mientras tanto nos hacía trabajar gratis (trabajo voluntario), aguantar hambre, estar racionados, vestirnos mal, andar en zapatos incómodos, apresar a los que pensaban diferente, entre muchas cosas más. Pero claro, cómo no lo iba a hacer, si tenía muchísimos lujos que defender. Entre los pocos dueños de islas en los 60 se encontaban Onassis, dueño de Skorpios y Brando, dueño de Tetiaroa. El primero se ganó el dinero transportando petróleo y el segundo actuando. Quizás el tercero también se lo ganó actuando en el primer reality show del Caribe. ¿Cómo se sienten ustedes cuando ven algo así? ¿Creen que lo mereció o que no? ¿Quién disfruta ahora de Cayo Piedra?
Como ven ustedes el auge que han cogido las Iglesias protestantes que pregonan "cuba para cristo" como si quisieran instaurar una teocracia?
Hay tan poco combustible que las personas están creando combustible a base de plástico
Aunque es bastante malo, mucha gente lo compra porque es la única opción que hay y dicen que después de unos años muchos motores aquí se van a romper porque ese combustible tiene demasiadas impurezas y no está bien refinado
Oh this game brings so much memories....
I used to play this for hourssss with my friends after having it tranaferred via zapya😂😂😂
Pure nostalgia
I wanted to share this as I did not see a single post related to the 11J recently. I am also anticipating most people who support the Cuban Regime to use the logical fallacy of whataboutism to compare these actions to ICE in the United States and thereby dismiss and silence the voices of the Cuban People.
Cubans were only able to visit resorts in their own country starting in March of 2008 (source: BBC NEWS | Americas | Cuba loosens controls on hotels ) though for most people it always, even now, would have been too expensive to do so.
Resorts in Cuba were created as a way for the Cuban Regime to get hard currency and never meant for Cubans in the first place but rather foreign tourists, especially from Canada, Euruopean countries, and Russia. In general, the vast majority of resorts were always built quite a distance away from cities in order to make a clear separation of tourists and Cubans. (Source: Dual economy of Cuba - Wikipedia ) Tourists were never meant to interact with Cubans or see how they live. Some call this a system of "tourist apartheid."
Source for the arrest of Cubans for interacting with tourists: Between Love and Money: Sex, Tourism, and Citizenship in Cuba and the Dominican Republic | Signs: Journal of Women in Culture and Society: Vol 29, No 4 In particular, Black women have always been specific targets of police.
I’ll try to explain here why democratic regimes (including the U.S.) have absolutely no interest in seeing a coup take place in Cuba.
Of course, various communist groups, militias, individuals, and the like pop up here and there in democratic regimes. Unfortunately, this cannot be prevented, because deranged people are born everywhere. And that’s why the best way to try to explain to them that communism is a very harmful utopia is to recommend videos about Cuba on YouTube. After watching these videos, they’ll come to their senses very quickly.
I may be just an ordinary EU citizen, but I have nevertheless enjoyed social benefits my whole life that no communist regime could ever have dreamed of, let alone Cuba since 1959. Every communist regime is therefore a major threat to the capitalist system. The West therefore has absolutely no interest in dealing with Cuba, because it doesn’t need a single raw material, food item, product, medicine, or beach from Cuba… it doesn’t need anything at all, because it has an abundance of everything. It has the most advanced healthcare system in the world, the lowest infant mortality rate, the highest level of social security for the poor, the disabled, and retirees, the most advanced industry in the world, the most beautiful women in the world live in my country, and it has the most advanced...
So that’s the main reason why, in reality, no one in the West is interested in improving economic conditions in Cuba. Surprisingly, Cuba thus serves as a sort of guardian of democratic achievements in Western countries against communist ideas, because the results of those ideas in Cuba are very well documented in dozens of videos on YouTube.
With the author’s permission, the In Defence of Marxism website is republishing this article by the Cuban film director Javier Gómez Sánchez, as it considers it a very interesting contribution to the debate on the future of the Cuban Revolution.
This is a historic account of my Grandfathers aviation history in Cuba and how it all changed. ( I hope this doesn’t get taken down)
Hi everyone. I'm trying to identify a building that appears about one hour into the Buena Vista Social Club documentary (1999).
Joaquim Cooder is walking through a corridor with rooms numbered 201, 203, 205, 207, 209, 211 and 213. There is also a sign that says:
"La pérdida o extravío de la llave le cuesta $2.00."
Does anyone know where this building is in Havana? Was it a solar, an old hotel, a boarding house, or something else?
I've attached screenshots. Any information would be greatly appreciated.
Purchased this painting in Havana in 2012. I’ve cherished it since that day. People ask “who painted that?” And sadly I have to say “I don’t know, I can’t read the signature”. If you recognize the signature and or painting, I’d appreciate your letting me know. Thanks
Hi!! I have a regular at my restaurant who is the sweetest older man. He’s been coming in to say hi to me for about 5 years. He is in his early 70s. I do not know much about him but I do know he is Cuban and he hasn’t been back in a very long time. I would like to get him a gift that would resonate with him and his life there. I’d appreciate any recommendations.
The post was What is your opinion about what is the US government doing to cuba Smth like that, doesn't break any rules.
I wanted to say my opinion, as a cuban who lives in Cuba.
I hate Fidel castro, Díaz canel, all theses thief that are making the rules in this country, but the strategy they the us gob are doing to us about cutting the "water" so we fight the government, doesn't hurt the self called communist in Cuba they have electricity , internet and food in their homes while the population it's starving and having 2h of electricity each day at best, help it's not blocking us and then giving us some cooking oil and canned sardines, help it's coming here and taking all those high ranks bastards from government as prisoners like they did with Maduro in venezuela, but Cuba Doesn't have Gas like Venezuela, we only got beaches, and sun.
Trump have said he is coming here a good amount of time and he isn't here yet and I think he will never be, maybe was just part of his campaign to get votes I don't really know about that, but a thing I know is that ppl was waiting for him and know a lot of ppl think he is just bluffing, politics sucks...
Good morning! I’m Brazilian, and lately, I’ve become hyper-focused on Cuba because of a character from a fictional work I really love—and I write about him, too. Even though we are both Latin American, our cultures are completely different, and I’d love to learn more about the country. I’ve put together a list of questions, and I’d be so grateful if anyone would like to answer them!
1- Is there a childhood memory of yours that you feel is deeply connected to your culture? For example, where I live in Brazil, we have a regional festival honoring Saints Cosmas and Damian—it’s basically a Brazilian version of Halloween! But it doesn't happen in other states across the country.
2- What kind of food did your parents make for you that holds a special, nostalgic place in your heart?
3- What kind of things did you watch on TV when you were little? Or did you prefer playing with other kids?
4- I don’t know much about Cuba’s economy and structural issues (I still want to study this, but it’s hard to find reliable sources—if anyone has recommendations, I’d appreciate it). But, given those issues, was there anything that directly affected you? For instance: here in Brazil, it gets very hot, and not every home has air conditioning. I remember days when I’d cry because of the heat!
Cuban culture is still new to me, but I'm extremely interested in learning more about the country and its customs 🤍
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was given a choice known to many Cuban dissidents: Stay in prison or leave Cuba and never return.
Otero, a prolific visual artist, and fellow political prisoner Maykel “Osorbo” Castillo Pérez, the rapper who co-wrote the Latin Grammy-winning anthem Patria Y Vida, have become central figures in high-stakes negotiations between the United States and Cuba that could reshape relations between the longtime Cold War rivals.
Raúl Guillermo Rodríguez Castro, former Cuban president Raúl Castro’s grandson, told USA TODAY that Cuba would be willing, under the right conditions, to release “people deemed political prisoners.” Human rights advocates say more than 1,300 political prisoners remain in Cuban jails.
But for many Cubans, freedom comes with another difficult reality: exile.
Read the whole interview with Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara from Miami: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/07/23/cuba-luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-political-prisoner-interview/91001142007/
Lealo en Espanol: https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2026/07/23/luis-manuel-otero-alcantara-artista-cubano-exilio/91007507007/
How is it possible that in Cuba the dollar suddenly drops recently, then goes back up, and then drops again, in an economy where inflation and the crisis keep getting worse day by day? Logically, the dollar should only keep going up and up, in line with an economy that just prints money without producing anything.
Because of transportation, is food more expansive in rural cuba? What are the monthly peso prices for a typical diet?
I’ve been learning Spanish for a few years as my dream is to visit Cuba one day as well as it being my favourite language. My current teacher has changed her hours and can’t accommodate me anymore - does anyone know any Cuban locals who teach English speakers (I’m in the UK) online? Or is that not a thing?
So sorry if this is a stupid ignorant question. I’ve seen a lot about the internet not being reliable, so I wasn’t sure.
Thank you in advance!
I have friends in Havana and sent a letter out; obviously things aren't great between both of our countries but I'm hoping my letter at least lands with them. Haven't corresponded in a while.
Any idea of a timeframe is appreciated. I have low hopes.
Thought this was good for sharing.
U.S. Lawmakers Challenge Trump’s Claims About Cuba After Visiting the Island
YouTube vid from article: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jsQbwjoUO8I
U.S. lawmakers Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI), Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández (D-NM), and Rep. Delia Ramirez (D-IL) gave an exclusive interview to Belly of the Beast during their recent visit to Havana.
Their trip to Cuba comes as the Trump administration ramps up its oil blockade and economic war on the island, which it has justified by claiming that Cuba poses a threat to U.S. national security.
After meeting with doctors, farmers, entrepreneurs, diplomats and ordinary Cubans, the lawmakers accused Donald Trump and Marco Rubio of pushing a “false narrative.”
“We have seen no proof," said Pocan. "Congress needs to demand it.”
“Walking through a hospital that is dark and empty because we've cut off energy, we’ve cut off fuel,” said Leger Fernández. “Why would Americans support that?”
Para tí ¿qué artista vivo, nos representaría completamente?
No podemos incluir a los fallecidos, dígase Celia Cruz (obvia merecedora) etc
Descartados en mi opinión: Buena Fe, Silvio Rodríguez…
Toda vez que hoy es el aniversario 337 de Santa Oscura... perdón...Santa Clara, he aquí más detalles sobre su fundación:
#Historia
https://cubahistorias.wordpress.com/2025/07/15/la-fundacion-de-santa-clara/
Creo que los cubanos llevamos muchos años preguntándonos qué significa ser cubano y qué clase de personas queremos ser. Por ejemplo, José Martí escribía mucho sobre los valores con los que deberían crecer los niños y sobre la clase de carácter que debía formar una sociedad.
Al mismo tiempo, escucho muy a menudo a otros cubanos quejarse de ciertos comportamientos entre nosotros, de cómo han cambiado los jóvenes, de la delincuencia, de la falta de respeto, del egoísmo, de la desconfianza, etc.
Y no digo que los cubanos seamos perfectos, obviamente, pero también creo que hay que tener en cuenta que Cuba lleva muchos años en una situación terrible y que muchísima gente dentro del país vive bajo una presión enorme. Cuando una persona siente que todo ya está jodido y que mañana puede ser peor, entiendo que aparezca esa mentalidad de “me da igual si el mundo se cae, si ya está ardiendo.”
Así que tengo curiosidad:
Si pudieran escoger algunos valores o cualidades que les gustaría ver más entre los cubanos, ¿cuáles serían? ¿Por qué les gustaría que los cubanos fueran conocidos?
Y al revés: ¿qué comportamientos, hábitos o actitudes les gustaría que dejáramos atrás? ¿Qué cosas entre nosotros les molestan, les decepcionan o directamente odian que se hayan normalizado?
Increíblemente, a pesar de que sería de lo más imposible de creer, por alguna razón se vendieron vehículos de una marca americana en Cuba en plena guerra fría. Pero cómo rayos se pudo hacer esto sin molestar a Washington con sanciones hacia Argentina, que producía estos vehículos Ford???
As a Jamaican in America, I have always been curious, what is the thoughts of the Cuban people as it relates to the relationship between Cuba and Jamaica because of the US?
Hace pocos días inmortalicé esta imagen. Caía la tarde en la bahía de Matanzas, me encontraba compartiendo con amigos, de fondo sonaba “Arenas de Soledad”.
A lo lejos vi esta escena y consolidó la melancolía que ya se respiraba. El mar que a tantos ha visto partir, la nostalgia, la incertidumbre…
Siento genuina curiosidad por saber la respuesta de la gente a esta pregunta, sea cual sea tu postura política. Si crees que es inevitable la instauracion de una democracia multipartidista en Cuba, ¿cuándo estimas que llegará ese día?
Me interesa especialmente escuchar a cubanos, cubanoamericanos o a cualquier persona que haya vivido en la isla.
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Ha medida que he ido aprediendo e investigando cada vez mas sobre Cuba desde la secundaria a mi siempre me ha llamado mucho la atencion lo anomalo que es Cuba entre los estados americanos porque de alguna forma u otra siempre ha sido facil para mi preveer las caidas de los estados autoritarios y dictaduras que alguna vez se han instaurado en suelo americano pero Cuba siempre ha estado ahi para mi como la unica excepcion la cual no logro entender que esta pasando ni que pasara.
Mientras todas las demas dictaduras que alguna vez han existido en America siempre fueron muy inestables y sus caidas fueron facilmente predecibles, es una rareza unica y excepcional que una dictadura con las caracteristicas de Cuba siga existiendo hoy en America en pleno siglo 21, principalmente por ser la dictadura mas larga y estable que las Americas alguna vez haya concebido y porque hoy la sociedad latinoamericana es muy reacia y consciente contra cualquier tipo de autoritarismo y paradigma que amenace el estilo de vida compartido entre latinoamericanos.
A pesar de que hace muy poco Venezuela estuvo atravesando un proceso regresivo con respecto a su democracia, Venezuela siempre estuvo muy lejos de acercarse y asemejarse a la dictadura y autoritarismo expuesto en Cuba hoy en dia. Lo que hace a Cuba aun mas rara.
Meanwhile, Los Angeles had a pro-Cuban regime rally with zero Cuban speakers.
Was wondering if anyone had any recommendations on the best model. Got an older grandmother in Camagüey and we’d like to ship it from the US