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“The Party isn’t Cuba”
—The producers of el4tico used satire to skewer the Communist Party and encourage Cubans to say "no" to the regime. Now they're in jail.
 • Ana Hebra Flaster
When a country hits rock bottom, who pays?
Cubans think it's the 67-year-old regime's turn to pick up the check—and leave.
 • Ana Hebra Flaster
Cuba defends Iran at UN, ramps up repression at home
Political prisoner reports sexual assault, torture. A nervous regime tightens grip on dissidents. Agents threaten members of animal rights group…
 • Ana Hebra Flaster
Cuban regime readies for “state of war"
But weary Cubans have been living in a “state of calamity." Foxhole rhetoric hasn’t solved their problems in the past. Why sacrifice again?
 • Ana Hebra Flaster
What fuel shortage?
With fuel so scarce, Cubans are criticizing the regime for bussing "spontaneous" crowds to political events.
"Nothing and no one will keep Venezuela from being free."
—María Corina Machado, supporting U.S. capture of Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro.
An incredibly lucky Cuban
60 years ago LBJ saw a desperate need and met it. His Freedom Flights gave Cubans fleeing the 1959 revolution a safer way out. I was one of them.
CubaCurious
CubaCurious
CubaCurious is a weekly news mashup from the Cuban underground—stuff state-controlled media doesn't cover. I translate and compile stories from respected Spanish-language sources that reveal the hidden Cuba, the one average Cubans live.
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