Manolo De Los Santos

September 30, 2023

Cuba goes on a diplomatic tour in an increasingly multipolar world

December 4, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

On November 27 morning, Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel, walked into a voting station in the Playa neighborhood to vote in Cuba’s municipal elections. He had landed in Havana an hour earlier from an intense tour of Algeria, Russia, Turkey, […]

Cuba en el ojo del huracán Washington

October 18, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

El huracán Ian azotó el occidente de Cuba el 27 de septiembre de 2022. Estuve esperando desesperadamente una llamada de mis amigos en Puerto Esperanza, un pequeño pueblo pesquero en la costa al norte de […]

Cuba in the eye of Washington’s hurricane

October 13, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

Hurricane Ian lashed at western Cuba on September 27, 2022. I waited desperately for a phone call from my friends in Puerto Esperanza, a small fishing village on the northern coast of Pinar del Río. Over a […]

“Venceremos”: Una conversación con el presidente de Cuba, Miguel Díaz-Canel

April 14, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

En 1994, Miguel Díaz-Canel asumió un nuevo cargo en Santa Clara, no lejos de su lugar de nacimiento, Placetas, como secretario provincial del Partido Comunista de Cuba. Dejó de lado el carro con aire acondicionado […]

‘We will prevail’: A conversation with Cuba’s President Miguel Díaz-Canel

April 8, 2022 Manolo De Los Santos

In 1994, Miguel Díaz-Canel began a new position in Santa Clara, not far from his birthplace of Placetas, as the provincial secretary of the Cuban Communist Party. He set aside the air-conditioned car given to […]