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The Family Assistance System (SAF)—the state program that provides subsidized meals to elderly people living alone, people with disabilities, and families in vulnerable situations—is being shifted away from direct government management and toward the private sector in an attempt to address a coverage deficit the government has been unable to overcome.

The Provincial Prosecutor’s Office of Holguín confirmed on February 12, 2026 — the same day as a habeas corpus hearing filed on behalf of the detainees and admitted by the Holguín court — that it is pursuing a case against Ernesto Ricardo Medina and Kamil Zayas for alleged “propaganda against the constitutional order” and “incitement to commit crimes.” These offenses are frequently used to criminalize freedom of expression and could result in sentences leaving them deprived of liberty for close to a decade.

Cuban authorities have once again extended a set of exceptional tariff benefits, established to ease the shortage of basic necessities and the energy crisis in the country.

Filming horror in Cuba is forbidden. For that reason, the Prosecutor’s Office is requesting over five years in prison for Julio Cesar Duque de Estrada Ferrer, for a chain of events that began when he was filming a “crowd” at a cooking gas distribution point.

Cuban prosecutors seek a decade-long prison term for Alexander Verdecia over Facebook posts criticizing the regime. His case highlights growing repression of online dissent and political expression.

Amnesty International’s latest report paints a bleak picture of Cuba in 2024: growing repression, deepening poverty, and a mass exodus that has shrunk the population by 18 %. Amid blackouts, censorship, and arbitrary arrests, the Cuban regime continues to deny the crisis.

The Cuban government has once again extended the date for importing non-commercial food, hygiene products, and medicines without customs duties. The Custom’s decision was published on Saturday, September 28, 2024, just two days before the current permit was set to expire.

Instead of addressing the direct causes of the farm sector’s low productivity, the authorities continue to promote centralized structures.

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.

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.

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.

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

It is a sovereign power of the States to pay or not to pay the debt to their international creditors. But the choice will have consequences.

Cuba implements digital form for in advance visitors Customs declarations as well as personal and flight information.

What were the results of the parole process applied to Venezuelans? Did the Biden Administration have evidence to claim that parole would curb the irregular arrival of Cubans to U.S. territory?