r/cuba

(Writing in English because the article is in English.)

I am just posting this without comment as I recognize that people believe what they want to believe, and that what is or isn’t presented will not change anything.

I've been trying to do research lately to figure out what Cuba is currently going through as I've pretty much been living under a rock when it comes to that subject for the past few years. My sister visited Cuba a few years ago and told me that the location she stayed at as a tourist was quite nice, but that the people living around her and in the cities were struggling, almost as though tourists get special treatment?

Now, I'm not a stupid guy, I consider myself a pretty good researcher, sometimes I even like writing essays about what I'm studying on the side, but for some reason with the topic of Cuba it seems really hard to get the truth, without finding a group of people claiming it's a lie, no matter the subject. My ma tells me that in Cuba there is no free speech, so maybe that's muddying the waters, but I see a lot of people in my age group, GenZ'ers praising Communism and Socialism and specifically using CUBA as an example of it's success, yet I see Cubans complain about how bad things are, yet in that SAME breath I see Cubans in the streets protesting FOR Communism.

1. It's getting really frustrating, I just want a straightforward answer, is healthcare in Cuba this magical perfect state of the art thing that somehow, against all odds provides the "best healthcare in the world", or is this propaganda?

2. Could somebody redirect me to some reliable sources that I could use for my research, I'm currently trying to just find videos of Hospital conditions, street interviews and the such but I search these things up and I'm finding a lot of (American) influencers talking on behalf of Cubans.

I was watching this youtube video, and a college student said they rarely use the Internet. Do the students have computers without Internet or just no computers and no Internet. Is it college like in the 1980's before the Internet where everyone turns in papers by hand or typewriter?

La gente se está muriendo de hambre, ¡por el amor de Dios!

According to prediction market traders, there is a 26% chance the US federally charges ex-Cuba leader Raul Castro. https://www.reddit.com/r/PredictionEdge/comments/1tb45r8/according_to_prediction_market_traders_there_is_a/

Justice Department official in Miami eyes criminal cases against Cuba leaders https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/justice-department-official-in-miami-eyes-criminal-cases-against-cuba-leaders/3777616/

Florida lawmakers call for indictment of former Cuban leader Raul Castro for Brothers to the Rescue shootdown 30 years ago https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/florida-lawmakers-raul-castro-indictment-brothers-to-the-rescue-shootdown/

Rubio defends new US sanctions on Cuba, targeting military-run conglomerate GAESA https://www.click2houston.com/news/world/2026/05/08/rubio-defends-new-us-sanctions-on-cuba-targeting-military-run-conglomerate-gaesa/

Florida revives a long-dormant probe into Raul Castro over 1996 shootdown of exile group’s plane https://apnews.com/article/florida-cuba-investigation-brothers-to-rescue-shootdown-e4e217b26a0a20a0e6f4adc9318e9a87

The left's idea that those who fled Cuba and are against the regime are all/mostly "former plantation owners" falls apart easily with simple math and logic.

How old would you imagine someone to be who owned a plantation pre-1959 to be?

It makes much more sense, logically, to assume that the majority of Cuban-born people in the diaspora left from the 80s onwards.

If you speak with these people, they will tell you about the numerous human rights abuses that continued, the attacks on the LGBT community (which the left excuses because "Fidel apologized" lol), or how el pueblo was forced to publicly mourn Fidel.

What do you guys think will happen to electricity and energy supply in the short term once trump takes over?

Tourism? Housing prices? (Will cuban diaspora be able to dispute nationalized property from ages ago?), tourism?

I was wondering, is it realistic to compare it to the changes in venezuala or will trump take another approach with Cuba?

Oh no, how tragic — the regime that spends decades calling the U.S. the source of all evil suddenly refuses American aid. Apparently starving with dignity is preferable to accepting help from the imperialists. Nothing says ‘protecting the revolution’ quite like turning down food, medicine, and disaster relief because ideology might catch a cold.

Surely what Trump is doing blockading cuba is a crime, how has he the right to block anything going into any country.

For context, I go to Cuba 4 times a year to spend time with family, last time I went was February of this year. All of my family was overjoyed due to action potentially being taken, and even strangers, I’d ask them “what do you think about all this?” All overwhelmingly agreeing it’s for the better. So I ask, why do Americans who have it way better think that this situation in its entirety is a negative? I understand the implications of imperialism and whatnot , but from what I understand, a majority of the Cuban population want a change, not a revolution. Like revolution against what exactly? I had a talk with a friend who has that mindset exactly, he’s half Puerto Rican half Cuban (spent his life in Oregon btw but i get what he means) and he chalked it up to being disingenuous support from an imperial force for profit, and as brutal as how I’m about to put this, duh?? Did people think something like this, between any two countries on earth , would be out of the kindness of their hearts? And not for the resources, resort potential, military strategy, etc? What comes with that though is increased economic opportunity, which generally means less stress, which generally means happier more motivated people, ergo things get better? Or am I viewing this from a very skewed simpleton’s perspective?

A veces, las leyes que parecen un alivio para muchos, son en realidad el escudo de unos pocos. Mientras el mundo mira las sanciones, en los despachos se cocinan las jugadas para que nada cambie, aunque parezca que todo se mueve.

¿Estamos viendo una reforma real o solo el blindaje de la élite?