Havana Bets All on Cuba’s Own Vaccine
Despite a devastating economic crisis, the country is set on becoming the first in the region to develop its own jab.
Despite a devastating economic crisis, the country is set on becoming the first in the region to develop its own jab.
Despite official insistence that Cuba’s famous health care system is coping, Covid-19 pressures have left many citizens without treatment.
Journalist’s arrest puts protest movement back on international agenda.
Anyone associated with the protests risks arrest, and no one knows where they are taken.
Prosecutions, house arrest and travel bans among multiple threats deployed by the state.
The regime cannot counter the immediacy of radical but peaceful collective disobedience.
The regime is exploiting social media to inflict reputational damage on its critics.
A whole generation of fledgling entrepreneurs have been trapped by uncertainty.
With scarce resources dedicated to exports, people are risking their lives on illegal moonshine.
Misinformation on both sides fed the struggle over dollar transfers – and it has been ordinary Cubans who suffer.