Stripping citizenship as a prelude to legal deportation

The island's authorities will have the power to unilaterally strip Cuban citizenship under the argument of protecting the interests of the "State" and the "Republic".

The Cuban Regime Seeks to Offer Permanent Residency as an Incentive to Attract Capital

The new migration bill suggests that Cuban authorities are considering granting residency to wealthy foreigners or those who decide to invest in the national territory.

Cuba Pursues Chinese Tourism: No Visa Needed & New Flights

As Air China resumed flights to Cuba and aimed to boost Chinese tourism, the Cuban president signed a decree declaring the exemption of visa requirements for individuals with valid ordinary passports issued by the government of the People’s Republic of China.

Impact of the New “U-Turn” Transaction Policies for Cubans

The reauthorization of “U-Turn” transactions involving Cuban funds and independent entrepreneurs is one of the measures announced by the US Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 28, 2024.

Diaz Canel Denies Cuba is Implementing a Neoliberal Package

Those who are promoting the new measures to eliminate “distortions” are the same ones who reorganized the economy and failed yesterday, and who now want to make people believe — with scant and deficient arguments — that it is not the same situation and are not neoliberal measures.

Academic Collaboration as Legitimization of Authoritarianism

Several events that have taken place on the island seek to endorse the authoritarian power of the State and generate false appearances of democratic normality and openness in Cuba.

Cuban government declares several opponents and influencers as terrorists

A resolution of the Ministry of the Interior published on December 7 names a group of individuals, most of them based in the United States, to be included in the "National Terrorist List".

Tarpeian Rock, the Abyss Traitors Fall From

Bureaucrats still do not understand that betraying the people is a crime of lèse-majesté. They have confused gratitude, believe they owe their power to their supporters and obstinately forget the citizenry.

Cuban Prosecutor Seeks Up to 15 Years in Prison for Protestors

The Cuban authorities are once again using the clause of constitutional intangibility contained in Article 4 of the Magna Carta of 2019 to classify any position or action against "socialism" as a seditious act.

“Snitches” in Cuba: from Executions to Impunity

Those who once promoted executions of “snitches”, made the term more polite and created a system of “informers”.

Cuba: Luis Robles, a Year in Jail with No Trial or Sentence

Solis served his full sentence and was finally released in July 2021, when Robles had already spent eight months in prison. He has been in what they call “pre-trial detention” since his arrest, at the Combinado del Este prison. A year after his arrest, he has yet to go to trial and receive a sentence.

Karla Perez’s Forced Exile from Cuba

The Cuban government has arbitrarily deprived Karla Perez, 22, of her rights on more than one occasion. Firstly, when it violated her right to study because for political reasons. Now, they have left her in a “stateless” situation by preventing her from entering Cuba. They only notified her of the ban on entry when she was already […]