Cuba News

Cuba tries to keep the lights on

Nick Miroff — Fri, 20 Nov 2009 11:55:03 +0000

Cuba gets plenty of oil from Venezuela. So why is it adopting "extreme measures" to avoid blackouts?

Yoani Sanchez vs. the state

Nick Miroff — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 23:42:56 +0000

How will Cuba deal with a 34-year-old blogger with spotty internet and a massive global following?

Common ground, out at sea

Nick Miroff — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 00:25:50 +0000

Cuba and the US share a marine ecosystem. Can they work together to protect their reefs and sea creatures?

Debating the daddy state

Nick Miroff — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 10:54:46 +0000

As the economy slides, Cubans have been asked to rethink socialism.

The dark, haunting world of Belkis Ayon

Nick Miroff — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 16:16:17 +0000

Cuba's tragic and mysterious printmaker

Nick Miroff — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 11:03:08 +0000

Belkis Ayon explored the secretive world of the all-male Abakua tradition. Her suicide is still a mystery.

Cuba: No deal with US telecoms

Nick Miroff — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:01:33 +0000

Cuba rebuffs key Obama initiative that would have opened the island to better cell phone and internet service.

Planet Health Care

Thomas Mucha — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 16:19:04 +0000

As debate rages in Washington, the answers are out there. You just need to know where to look.

Embargo over Beethoven?

Nick Miroff — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 11:19:39 +0000

US blocks New York Philharmonic trip to Cuba, and cultural diplomacy stalls.

No free lunch in Cuba's “new socialism”

Nick Miroff — Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:09:10 +0000

A trial program that will give each worker a cash stipend instead of a hot lunch portends deeper reforms.

Cuba's Coney Island

Nick Miroff — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 15:12:19 +0000

Havana's Cuatro Caminos market a slice of Cuba

Nick Miroff — Tue, 18 Aug 2009 15:07:37 +0000

At Cuban resorts, the end of tourism apartheid

Nick Miroff — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 12:29:43 +0000

Cubans can now check in as guests at beach resorts, creating a boom for local tourism.

Castro urges Cubans "back to the land"

Nick Miroff — Mon, 27 Jul 2009 15:24:21 +0000

On Cuba's national holiday, Raul Castro says higher production will help the economy.

Cuba's Craigslist

Nick Miroff — Sun, 26 Jul 2009 23:13:53 +0000

From sex toys to old Chevys, Revolico.com takes communist Cuba's black market to the web.

Troubled waters

Nick Miroff — Thu, 23 Jul 2009 21:18:01 +0000

US and Cuba look for a bridge, but there's a lot of water between them.

A coup without friends

Nick Miroff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 22:00:28 +0000

Analysis: Unanimous condemnation of Honduran takeover highlights new US stance in the Americas

Cubans face dire formula

Nick Miroff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:58:12 +0000

With Cuba's economy sinking, the government calls for energy conservation.

Where Detroit still reigns

Nick Miroff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:57:42 +0000

News of bankruptcy at General Motors and Chrysler stuns Cuban drivers.

A remnant of the Cold War

Nick Miroff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:57:11 +0000

Espionage cases could complicate Obama's Cuba strategy.

Cuba going gray

Nick Miroff — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 21:56:35 +0000

Shrinking population, long life expectancy may be demographic time bomb.