Translating Cuba
English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
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Outside Havana, Cubans Live an Existence Without Electricity, Exhausted and Sleepless
Many families cook on their porches with coal or firewood and the air becomes unbreathable due to the smoke. 14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 29 August 2025 — In the Cuban provinces, when the power returns after a daily blackout of about 20 hours, a frenetic flurry of…
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Family Members Defend the Director of a State Company Convicted of Embezzlement
The daughter points out that her mother was on sick leave when the crime was committed and that the company was a victim of a con man who fled from Cuba 14ymedio, Havana, 29 August 2025 — The convictions of directors of the Agricultural Supply Company of Sancti Spíritus for…
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A Study Identifies 108 Marine Species at Risk of Extinction in Cuba
Of these, 29 are listed as”critically endangered” 14ymedio (via EFE), Havana, 30 August 2025 — A study by a team of 30 Cuban scientists identified 108 marine species in the country at risk of extinction, of which 29 are listed as “critical endangered,” reported the state press…
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The Chic Area of Matanzas, Cuba, is Today Barely a Memory
The decline of Varadero along with Covid ended the dream of the “Athens of Cuba” becoming a “creole Miami Beach” 14ymedio, Pablo Padilla Cruz, Matanzas, 30 August 2025 — Matanzas has two nicknames: the “Athens of Cuba,” earned centuries ago as a cradle of poets and artists, and…
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Death of a 28-Year-Old Boy Struck by Lightning in Colón, Matanzas, Cuba
Adriel Ferrera was electrocuted while performing agricultural work 14ymedio, Matanzas, 30 August 2025 — Adriel Ferrera La O, 28 years old, died this Friday as a result of lightning in the town of Río Piedras, in Colón, Matanzas. The young man was electrocuted while performing…
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From a Very Poor Country That Received Aid From Cuba, Vietnam Is Now One of the Island’s Benefactors
“Cuba sent an annual aid of 10,000 tons of sugar, doctors and some advisers,” recalls a former ambassador of the regime in Hanoi Díaz-Canel comes to Vietnam to beg for investments from state and private enterprises of a communist ally that practices a market economy 14ymedio,…
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Note to Readers on Recent ‘Problems’ Posting Translations on this Site
Dear Readers, We finally figured out why ‘Translating Cuba’ hasn’t been ‘working’… we have been attacked and hacked from the ‘communist bloc’. We appear to have control again. Thank you for your patience!
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The New School Year Starts in Cuba With Full Classrooms, Few Teachers and Empty Backpacks
In the absence of uniforms, many young people wear casual clothing and even a garment until recently banned in schools, the ‘jeans of the Empire’. 14ymedio, Havana, 1 September 2025 –The beginning of the school year in Cuba, this Monday, was far from the epic repeated by the…
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Cuba Bought $205 Million in Food from the US Between January and May
US-Cuba Trade highlights the role of the private sector in the increase in vehicle and machinery purchases 14ymedio, Havana, 18 July 2025 — Continuing the upward trend experienced since the beginning of the year, imports of U.S. products to Cuba increased again by 7.6% this May…
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Trump, the Strategic Playing Board and the Cuba Effect
If Venezuela falls, the financial source of 21st-century socialism and the island’s economic lifeline will collapse. 14ymedio, Jorge L. León, Houston (Texas). 29 August 2025 — The chess game of American geopolitics is back in play. Between sanctions, alliances, and veiled…
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Former Cuban Regime Jailer Jorge Luis Vega Receives Deportation Order From the US
He entered Florida on parole in January 2024 and was reported after beginning the process to qualify for the Adjustment Act. 14ymedio, Madrid 29 August 2025 — Former Interior Ministry Lieutenant Colonel Jorge Luis Vega García, known as Veguita, was arrested on August 5 in the…
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For the New School Year in Cuba, Everything is Missing and Some Schools Will Not Open Their Doors
Authorities admit on Cuban Television that uniforms will only be available for students in the initial years. 14ymedio, Havana, 29 August 2025 — On the Round Table TV program this Thursday, Cuba’s Education authorities who, until now, only only offered glimpses of the problem to…
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Due to a Lack of Reagents in Hospitals, Cubans Do Not Know if They Have Oropuuche or Dengue Fever
The spread of both viruses is advancing throughout most of the country amid a lack of diagnosis and the proliferation of mosquitoes. 14ymedio, Mercedes García, Sancti Spíritus, 28 August 2025 — Oropouche or dengue? The question has been on Dayana’s mind for a week. For the a…
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Sancti Spíritus Has the Highest Teacher Shortage in Cuba
In the province of Camagüey, 19 schools were closed to “optimize resources” due to the massive exodus of teachers. 14ymedio, Havana, August 24, 2025 — Aware that they are in the final stretch of the summer, parents have one last week of despair looking for everything necessary…
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Only Some 20 Tobacco Growers Accepted Tabacuba’s Offer To Exchange Their MLC for a Car
Some 300 producers were consulted: six chose Mercedes-Benz, about 15 opted for Foton rural vehicles, and the rest rejected the “stimulus.” 14ymedio, Havana, August 27,2025 — Tabacuba staged the delivery, this Tuesday, of six modern Mercedes-Benz to two Cuban tobacco growers to…