Cuba

No one should doubt that this would be done under duress since the whole population is being held hostage by this Hybrid War, which isn’t fair nor internationally legal, but this is the reality as it objectively exists. It was…

If you’d have asked me that question six years ago my answer would have been the standardized one, because it was an answer that had been etched into my mind since I was young. By Susana Evelyn Ramirez To be…

When I come to Cuba, I don’t like to stay in hotels because they’re too distant from the daily life of the people. I know it’s important to welcome and accommodate the now few tourists who come to the island,…

March 5th, the first day in Havana of my 2026 trip. I’ve been there before, but each time my love for this country, its history, and its revolution only grows; that’s why, if all goes as I hope (and I’ll…

On Saturday, March 7, the Greek office of the international news agency Pressenza supported an important event organized in the municipality of Halandri under the title “Cuba is not alone!” Dozens of citizens and residents of Halandri donated medicine and…

On February 27, 2026, President Donald Trump floated a “friendly takeover” of Cuba, claiming the island lacks money, food, and fuel — brought about by US sanctions, tariffs and blockade — which has weakened the Cuban government opening up the possibility for a soft…

Pressenza joins the international campaign to break the silence on the suffocation that the Trump administration is imposing on Cuba. Documentary videos that give voice to real people: doctors, patients, families who live with the consequences of the blockade every…

Marta Jiménez, a hairdresser in Cuba’s eastern city of Holguín, covered her face with her hands and broke down crying when I asked her about Trump’s blockade of the island—especially now that the U.S. is choking off oil shipments. By…

The intensification of the economic, financial and energy siege against Cuba — reaffirmed and expanded under the current U.S. administration — is producing a severe supply crisis and widespread blackouts that various analysts describe as an induced famine. After more…

Last week, the US government announced it would be sending $6 million in aid to Cuba, on top of the $3 million it sent in January after Hurricane Melissa. This aid package might appear contrary to the significant escalation of…