The very difficult year of 2025 is now behind us, and 2026 is slowly beginning. Despite the many shortages and difficulties, Cubans on the island once again put their resilience and willpower to the test, and tried to have the best possible New Year’s Eve, hoping for future improvement. But the change of year has not exactly brought good news.  If the past year was a very difficult period — even more so than 2024 — marked by a worsening of the economic and energy crisis, government measures and plans that have so far failed, and increased pressure from Washington after Donald Trump’s return to the White House, the year that is beginning does not look good at all. At least, judging by its first 10 days.  A man works on a building that suffered a collapse in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez. A mobile charcoal oven on a street in Havana. Photo: Otmaro Rodríguez. The U.S. attack on Venezuela and the capture of President Nicolás Maduro by U.S. forces — in an operation in which, moreover, 32 Cubans lost their lives — has only multiplied the uncertainty in Cuba regarding the coming months.  The strategic relationship between Havana and Caracas is going through a complicated period. Given the strong demands of the Trump administration on the post-Maduro Chavista government and the close ties...

The statements contrast with the message posted Sunday by Trump on his social media, where he assured that, at least from Venezuela, “there will be no more oil or money going to Cuba: zero.”

Despite their geographical distance, a history of integration exists between the two countries, reflected today in specific sites and in the community of Japanese descendants on the island.

The economic and social crisis that has plagued the country for several years intensified, without the government’s plans and measures being able to even alleviate it.

“Real” dollar accounts? The publication of a regulatory package on dollarization has generated as much expectation as questions. What happens with accounts in freely convertible currency? Who benefits? What changes — and what doesn’t — with the new measures?

He is one of the leading experts on the history of the cabaret and possesses the world’s largest collection of related objects.

After the pandemic, many Cuban women found in this field of entrepreneurship a path to economic independence and self-realization.

Heart of the bright and colorful Miramar neighborhood, this avenue still presents an image that contrasts sharply with the vast majority of areas in the Cuban capital.

Arriving at Bibijagua at night wasn’t exactly a whim, but rather the pleasant command of Unger, the historian of the Isle of Youth.

The “Feel Its Rhythms” promotional campaign aims to position Cuba as the most authentic destination in the Caribbean, in partnership with Lizt Alfonso Dance Cuba and with the support of the Ministry of Tourism (MINTUR), through a proposal where art and advertising intertwine.

The site where Aracelio Iglesias Park is located today has a long history and a well-known environment within the Cuban capital.

Private entrepreneurs in Cuba complain about the lack of regulation to promote MSMEs, self-employed workers, cooperatives and other businesses. But one thing is perfectly regulated: its limits.

Despite the damage suffered, the church plans to resume its religious activities within two days, according to the rector and parish priest of the Sanctuary, Rogelio Dean Puerta.

A look at the history, current events and iconic places of the capital of Mayabeque, a town founded more than 200 years ago.

The new system aims to begin with pilot projects in facilities belonging to various large international hotel chains, according to the EFE news agency, which said that the first hotel to implement this formula will be the Iberostar Origin Laguna Azul in Varadero.

The Japanese warrior landed in the island’s capital in 1614. A statue and a park on Avenida del Puerto commemorate his arrival more than 400 years ago.

“During my childhood, my parents weren’t Jacqueline the actress and Mijail the actor, but simply Mom and Dad.”

The Mallorca-based company plans to reach an investment of €210 million by the end of the year, earmarked for both new projects and asset repositioning.

Amidst pushcarts, makeshift stalls and the constant hustle and bustle, the Cuevita’s commerce has reappeared, relocated to other nearby streets to survive while its usual space is being renovated.

Initially conceived as a middle-class residential area, this Havana neighborhood still retains vestiges of its former self, but also the effects of time and the crisis.

What is the “goal” of MSMEs? Are there really “too many”? What does the real data say four years after their emergence?

As every year, and despite the crisis, believers from throughout the city and beyond flocked to the Church of Our Lady of Mercy this Wednesday as a demonstration of their faith and devotion.

What we experienced on the University of Havana steps during the concert by Silvio and his colleagues was a true collective soothing for the soul. Cuba is going through very difficult times: crisis, migration, hopelessness.

A popular spot for strollers and fishers, tourists and lovers, this Havana esplanade and its surroundings are a place of recreation and also a place of remembrance.

What was originally a beautiful recreational area in the then-aristocratic neighborhood of Vedado is now suffering from a progressive deterioration fueled by the crisis.