Article 20 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights establishes that: “1. Everyone has the right to freedom of peaceful assembly and association. 2. No one may be compelled to belong to an association.”1 For its part, article 22 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights states that: “1. Everyone shall have the …

The Cuban Ministry of Public Health (MINSAP) reported three deaths from COVID-19 and 910 new cases at the end of this Friday, a new record of daily infections on the island. In this way, the number of patients detected in the country since the start of the pandemic was more than 25,000 (25,674), while the …

The Cuban Abdala COVID-19 vaccine candidate will begin the second phase of clinical trials on February 1, the official media reported. In this way, the also named CIGB 66 will become the second vaccine project produced on the island to move to this phase of studies, after Soberana 02 did it last December. Phase II …

The SARS-CoV-2 virus infections identified this Thursday totaled 659 in Cuba, registered in 15 provinces. The data continues to underline the “high complexity and high transmission” of this outbreak, in the words of Dr. Francisco Durán. Of the total, 623 are due to autochthonous transmission, a circumstance for which in the last fifteen days 7,541 …

The White House announced this Thursday that the Joe Biden administration will review the United States’ current Cuba policy. According to an internal statement released by the administration press secretary, Jen Psaki, the plan is to unblock the policies of former President Donald Trump, who strengthened the economic embargo and re-entered the island on the …

The Universal Declaration of Human Rights is a little-known document in Cuba. I have not found it in tabloids sold in newspaper stalls, or in bookstores, in the form of an easy-to-read brochure. There are fewer, therefore, known documents such as treaties and protocols that regulate specific human rights or groups of them. The culture …

Con el nombre del Poeta Nacional de Cuba, Nicolás Guillén, y creada el 10 de julio de 1991, la organización no gubernamental presenta una imagen renovada. La entrada Fundación cubana celebra 30 años de labor antirracista se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.

El proceso requiere de inmediatas transformaciones, no obstante, asumirlas de forma conjunta crea complicaciones que requieren solución rápida y efectiva. La entrada El ordenamiento monetario en Cuba. Complejidad y derivaciones      se publicó primero en IPS Cuba.

Once I wrote a story in which Martí (I am referring to José Martí, the National Hero, sorry if I have offended him by not naming and titling him) would get off the podium where we used to see him in Parque Central, would go to a corner where the small stores are near the …

Donald Trump clamped down on Cuba after taking office in 2017 tightening restrictions on US travel and remittances.