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CubaCurious is a weekly news mashup from the Cuban underground—stuff state-controlled media doesn't cover. I translate and compile stories from respected Spanish-language sources that reveal the hidden Cuba, the one average Cubans live.

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“You will not take away my dream."

(l)Cuban pro-democracy activist Amelia Calzadilla. Supporters in Cuba held a vigil where her parents were being interrogated in Cuba.

17 de julio 2026

Hola y welcome back to CubaCurious.

Thanks for caring about the struggle for freedom...

7 days ago
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UN issues urgent action over famous Cuban political prisoner’s forced disappearance

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, a Cuban political prisoner and Amnesty International Prisoner of Conscience was removed from his prison without notice, his family says. His whereabouts are unknown. Photo: Cibercuba, Rialta

10 de julio, 2026...

14 days ago
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On this Independence Day I'll be thinking of Cuba's political prisoners.

F.C. and his rebels killed 19 Batista soldiers when they attacked a military barracks in 1953. After public trials, they were sentenced and held in comfortable quarters in a new model prison and separated from common criminals. Batista rele...

21 days ago
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Inside "the land of the enemy."

“Hope"—Artwork (ink and pencil on paper) by a Cuban refugee, created while waiting for entry to the U.S. in Guantanamo. He’d been rescued by the U.S. Coast Guard during the 1994 Balsero (Rafter) Crisis in the Straits of Florida. Approximate...

a month ago
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Happy Día de los Padres

Three of Papi’s canaries tri-parenting. It takes a village.

Hola,

I’ve been thinking a lot about my father today and remembered this essay I wrote for Psychology Today back in 2021. I thought you might enjoy the read as you think about y...

a month ago
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