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Cuba’s Solar Revolution Reaches 1,418 MW With China’s Help
Cuba’s 144 solar parks now total 1,418 MW, above Peru’s April capacity benchmark. Chinese cooperation is helping build clean power for homes, clinics and water supplies under U.S. fuel pressure.

Hugo Castro
1 day ago


Cuba Deploys 44 Electric Medicine Trucks as US Fuel Blockade Hits Free Healthcare
Cuba has added 44 electric cargo vehicles to deliver medicines and supplies to public hospitals as U.S. fuel restrictions deepen the island's healthcare crisis.

Carlitos Marquez
1 day ago


Cuba’s Communists Approve 176 Economic Changes — The Test Is Who Gets Relief
The Communist Party’s 176-point reform programme confronts shortages, stalled production and an intensified U.S. embargo. Cuba’s challenge is to revive output without surrendering social equality to wealth and speculation.

Hugo Castro
2 days ago


Cuba Builds 144 Solar Farms Despite the Blockade
Havana says 144 installed solar farms provide 1,418 megawatts of capacity as the island builds domestic electricity sources amid severe fuel constraints.

Carlitos Marquez
Oct 14


Cuba disputes U.S. fuel seizures as power shortages deepen
Havana denies involvement in biodiesel shipments seized by Washington as electricity shortages sharpen the contest over Cuba's energy future.

Carlitos Marquez
Oct 12


Cuba Marks 50 Years Since Bombing That Killed 73
Fifty years after Cubana de Aviación Flight 455 was bombed off Barbados, Cuba is remembering the 73 people killed, including 24 members of its national fencing delegation.

Carlitos Marquez
Oct 6


China Helps Cuba Build Power Despite Energy Siege
Chinese-backed solar expansion is giving Cuba new generating capacity as fuel shortages and U.S. pressure deepen blackouts. The strongest form of solidarity is productive capacity that remains on the island.

Carlitos Marquez
Oct 1


Cuba Builds Solar Power for a Stronger Grid
New solar capacity matters, but Cuba’s deeper energy challenge is building a grid that can survive fuel shortages and aging thermal plants. Chinese support is increasingly important to that resilience strategy.

Carlitos Marquez
May 25


Palestine and Cuba: Different Forms of Outside Pressure
Occupation and war in Palestine are not the same as sanctions on Cuba. The useful comparison is narrower: how stronger states use military, financial and trade power to constrain weaker societies.

Gianna Mao
Apr 25, 2025
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