The inequalities between living conditions in “the countryside” and “the city” are at the heart of the problem.

Uncertainty, insecurity, distrust, and imprecision in future projects are associated with the impulse to leave the country.

Given the population aging, many elderly people unable to fend for themselves have a growing need for stable care.

The results of the most recent harvest confirm the downward trend that has markedly been seen in the last five years.

Despite the efforts to reverse the figures, at the end of the first four months of 2023, Cuba registered a rate of 7.2.

The advantages are indisputable. But the fate announced for those who do not make use of the “new migratory routes” is not promising.

When Iraida, 69, tripped over the wheelchair of her 94-year-old mother while she was taking care of her, she did not calculate that her fall would mean that she would spend three weeks in the hospital. She was admitted to the Arnaldo Milián Castro Provincial University Hospital in Santa Clara, where the doctors indicated a hip replacement. The prosthesis would have to arrive through an international family shipment or, otherwise, Iraida would have to join the list of older adults with a hip fracture who have been waiting, for six months, for a surgical intervention at said facility in Villa Clara. Iraida’s emigrant relatives tried to buy it in the informal Cuban market to expedite the operation. A shipment from Europe, where they reside, could take time. However, they did not find it, not even for the 10,000 pesos that they were willing to pay. Finally, after more than ten days of travel, the prosthesis arrived from Europe. With this, other essential materials for Iraida’s operation and of whose shortage the relatives in the hospital were alerted; such as gloves, trocars, antibiotics and sterile material for dressings. The story, however, is not exclusive to Villa Clara. At the end of...

The phenomenon has maintained figures of more than 10,000 accidents per year. Despite the reduction, its main causes have not yet been resolved.

For the Cuban economy, the year that ends was another of unfulfilled plans and unmaterialized solutions.

A review of some of the most significant economic aspects of the last twelve months in Cuba.

The island still lacks a stable and lasting solution to the power generation problems that have plagued it for decades.

The indicator’s general trend on the island barely changes over time and shows resistance to declining.

The socioeconomic conditions are coupled with the behavior of the infant mortality rate on the island.

The deployment of DTV in Cuba depends on the availability of the required means and on the Cubans being able to afford them.

The country does not import cement. Therefore, it must produce as much as it needs to meet the domestic demand; but the accumulation of several factors has put the national industry on a tightrope for a whole decade.

Cuba does need foreign currency. What is not clear is whether the social cost the nation will pay for this partial dollarization will be worth it.

The worst part continues to be carried by the Cubans. They must settle for a number of appointments less than the demand and, many times, they are involved in scams.

The Zone and the economic line of foreign investment in Cuba have an outstanding debt with the development of the country.

The modifications that have been reported are especially related to the sending of packages and imports by passengers.

The history of the Panamanian diplomatic venue and Cubans had its “days of glory.” But they are now a shadow of the past.

On the dollarization board, remittances are the essential piece.

Given the insoluble lack of chemical fertilizers, the country has directed efforts and money to mitigate the demand for nutrients of many of its crops with the production of natural bioproducts.

Powdered milk is considered a basic food for the Cuban population. The dependence on imports of this merchandise places the island in second place in Latin America and the Caribbean.