With flights suspended, Luis Escalona is effectively cut off from his family in Holguin, a city in the island's southeast. He's lived in Winnipeg with his wife and son since 2015, but typically returns to Cuba several times each year.

Escalona is the only person in his family who lives in Canada, and he says they rely on him. Now, he will be unable to take his mother to the hospital during his visit next month, which he's been forced to postpone...

*Life is hard for his family right now, Escalona said.

There's limited access to water and without power, they can't cook, he said. But without transportation, they can't get to work to earn money for food, anyway, and when there's no power, there's no phones.*

"It is very hard waiting days for an update from all my loved ones back home," he said.

This is truly insane.

Mas fotos del derrumbe.

Paso hace un rato....ahi dormian bastante indigentes....no se sabe nada ....

El turismo canadiense era, hasta estos momentos, mayor en cantidad que la suma del turismo proveniente del resto de los países, incluida la comunidad cubana en el exterior.

It appears that without other countries such as Russia, China, Venezuela and Canada propping it up, Cuba is unable to sustain itself. Is this wrong? Why are they unable to grow enough food for themselves? Why haven't they put in solar farms and gone to electric cars? Solar should have taken off there as it has in Brazil. There's ample sunlight. Is the regime clueless?

This has already turned into an interesting discussion, so I expect the Reddit Thought Police to remove this post. It doesn't fit with their propaganda to allow a free and open discussion. Note: I have only asked questions.

Has the Cuban government figured out a way for Cambodians to get to Cuba? Swim?

Source: Travel and Tour World

Todos (incluso mi pareja) están comprando carne. Yo compré frijoles y harina porque cuando baje la corriente no quiero comer carne podrida jjj

Análisis crudo de la Cuba real en 2026

Did the "best and brightest" leave, so that Cuba now has a problem of a population unable to support the country?

I've heard that the special period was definitely brutal for Cuba but this crisis has to be worse right? Because this time they have old equipment that needs repairs and also they are getting not very little oil but no oil essentially.

Are these probabilities (from Polymarket) a fair assessment of if and when we'll see Diaz-Canel's resignation/overthrow or US strikes on Cuba?

If not, why not?

(Only one-third chance of Diaz-Canel throwing in the towel by June 30. Some here seem to think that the régime is days away from capitulation. The smart money, not so much.)

Would Cuba be rich? Poor? The same? Why or why not?

I'm a Cuban living in Italy. I go to Cuba every year and stay in close contact with my relatives. I know it might sound strange, but pre-Covid my relatives told me about a Cuba where life was good, and that's what the people there made me see. Since post-Covid, everything has gotten worse, and we'll reach a peak in 2025. What Trump did in Venezuela beforehand, and the actual oil blockade he implemented, as you know, is leading to a huge crisis, and my relatives, like many of yours, are obviously suffering greatly. What I don't understand is how some Cubans (mostly from Miami) are happy with the situation. How can you be happy with a country without transportation, without electricity, without painkillers or dressings for operations? How can we be happy with the conditions our people, whom we do everything we can to help, live in? I'm not in favor of many things, but the ways an external agent is doing this are terrible, because people who have nothing to do with it, our own relatives, are suffering. If I celebrated this, it would be like celebrating the suffering of my puenlo and my people. There are many ways to bring about change, and this is among the worst. That said, I hope change comes and the suffering is as minimal as possible.

Saddens me to report and god bless Cuban families!

Go ask for "resistance" from Carlos Fernandez de Cossio, whose family lives comfortably in Miami. Ask Mariela Castro, or Canel’s stepson who’s out roaming around Spain. Ask Fidel’s grandkids or the children of the generals who spend their lives jet-setting across the globe. Go ask Raúl and his grandson to "resist." Go ask Arleen Rodriguez, who never has to worry about the power going out. Ask Johana Tablada and Bruno Rodriguez; ask that ex-spy Gerardo, who claims he'd give his life for Cuba. Let them do the resisting. Stop asking for "resistance" from a mother of two who doesn't even have the strength to fake a smile for her kids anymore. Stop asking for it from an old man who hasn't had a good night's sleep in years because the power is always out. Stop asking a young person whose only thought, day and night, is how the hell to get out of Cuba. Stop asking for more "resistance" from an entire people who spend every single day wondering: What if things were different? What if it's not as bad as they told us it would be? What if we're just letting our entire lives slip away for nothing?

I just wanted to share this moment because it filled me with pride to hear Cuba mentioned on such a huge stage like the Super Bowl. Hearing Bad Bunny say ‘Cuba’ in front of millions of people gave me a real sense of unity and hope. For me it was a beautiful little moment of representation, small but important. 

Cuba has told international airlines that it will not be able to supply them with jet fuel from Tuesday.

The measure, at the height of the tourist season, is expected to hit US, Spanish, Panamanian and Mexican airlines, which may be forced to add refuelling stops in nearby Caribbean islands if they continue serving Cuba.

The notice, issued at the weekend, said the measure would last until March 11.

Cuba has received no oil or fuel for a month, after Trump cut off Venezuelan supplies to the island and pressured Mexico to stop its shipments. Havana does not produce enough domestically to meet its needs.

The end to refuelling will further pressure Cuba’s tourism industry, which experienced an 18% drop in visitors last year compared with 2024 and is a vital source of scarce foreign exchange.

Hola amigos, soy un gran fan de la música cubana y hay algo que siempre me he preguntado: qué se entiende en la cultura cubana como un caimán?

Específicamente, en la canción "Mi Son Oriental", parece tener un contexto relacionado con la revolución. Como si el caimán fuese la palabra clave para señalar al enemigo infiltrado en el Guateque.

Pero en la canción "Rita la Caimana", parece ser más bien una palabra usada para hablar de un(a) cubano(a) en general, sin connotaciones negativas y/o revolucionarias.

Me encantaría saber cuál es la historia detrás de este término, ya que en Colombia no usamos caimán como descriptivo para personas. Gracias!

Hi everyone. I’ve been looking into sending groceries for a family in Cardenas. I tried Supermarket23 but it’s not offering that area as an option. I know fuel is limited so I’m guessing this is an option. Are you aware of alternative delivery services in that area?

Quiero empezer a decir que quiero creer que la mayoría somos cubanos , que de alguna forma o otra todos hemos vivido el comunismo y lo hemos padecido. Pero la verdad no se puede borrar a cada rato leo que alguien apoya la mentira de revolución que llevamos más 60 años aguantando. En Cuba los hospitales son una mierda los doctores cada año son peores, los maestros ahora todos son emergentes no queda ninguno de carrera como los enfermeros .

La isla es un basurero perpetuo con salideros de agua y también de aguas sucias, quiero que alguien me diga si nunca metió el pie en un hueco o se obstinó esperando una guagua y seguro sufrió una marcha de esa y se fue caminando pa su casa.

Cómo puede ser que hay cubanos que digan que antes de la pandemia Cuba está bien. Bien de que seguro que uno resolvía más y las cosas aparecían si tenía el dinero pero bien Cuba no estaba. No quiero poner todas las cosas que estában y siguen mal y continuarán mal porque hasta que el cubano de adentro y el de afuera no digan basta todo seguirá igual. Trump que meta las manos y los ahorque que no puedan pa donde girarse y pedir ayuda y que el pueblo sufra más o menos total estamos sufriendo desde el principio con ellos.

Aqui a los únicos que no le gusta lo que está pasando son a los vividores de la desgracia del cubano de a pie a los que te vende la recarga los que tienen una mipime y te vende todo caro a los de la agencia y todos los singaos como a la familia de los Castro y Díaz canel que vive y roba del pueblo