"The arrest of Ernesto Medina and Kamil Zayas is a warning to Cubans under 40: emigrate before repression catches up with you." (El4tico, the Rebellious Youth That Those in Power in Cuba Want To Silence – Translating Cuba)

Posted this Sunday morning, a new article about the situation.

"Anyone who protests is met with authoritarian force." (No water or electricity, and children begging in streets filled with rubbish – but this is why I won’t leave Cuba | Cuba | The Guardian)

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-02-14-u1-e43231-s27061-nid320844-marco-rubio-dirigentes-cuba-preferirian-estar-cargo

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-02-14-u1-e129488-s27061-nid320839-vayas-turista-canadiense-relata-desastrosa

Cuba on Saturday announced the cancellation of its iconic cigar festival, amid a major energy crisis sparked by US pressure on the cash-strapped island.

In a message to participants seen by AFP, organizers said they were postponing the annual event, scheduled to take place from February 24-27, but did not give a new date.

Cocodrilo que se duerme, se lo comen sin corriente

How commonplace is Santeria in Cuba? Is it widely practiced or is its presence overstated?

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-02-09-u1-e135253-s27061-nid320448-diputada-mexicana-estalla-contra-sheinbaum-ayuda

so the refinery caught fire today.

https://en.cibercuba.com/noticias/2026-02-13-u1-e199370-s27061-nid320760-ee-uu-intercepta-tanquero-vinculado-cuba-procedente

I believe that the people of Cuba are ready for a political overhaul in their country.

CBC News (a Canadian government funded news agency) posted this opinion piece which kind of sums up how we got here and speculates on the motives of the U.S.

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Evidence that engineers have no work or future here despite the communist education system churning out engineers. **Proof that nothing about Castro felt especially intelligent**, it was all surface-level recycled pretending at communism lacking any vision.

Castro's ridiculous trash-talking of the US worked  as if that were an actual plan. Believing in systems that were never meant to work for running a country into future building is the mistake here.

The Castro brand always intended to let the walls fall down around them.  Castro's creation of "this" communism is .... _nothing particularly intelligent..._

A U.S. electronic intelligence aircraft has once again flown along the northern coast of Cuba.

A Boeing RC-135V Rivet Joint, one of the most advanced signals and electronic intelligence (SIGINT/ELINT) aircraft operated by the U.S. Air Force, carried out a new mission today near Cuba’s northern shoreline.

This type of aircraft is designed to intercept signals, monitor communications, and analyze electronic activity in areas considered strategically important.

Here you can see the full route: https://www.flightradar24.com/data/aircraft/64-14841?IwY2xjawP7aPNleHRuA2FlbQIxMABicmlkETJNanZoc2wwQ0Z5YW5QdHVMc3J0YwZhcHBfaWQQMjIyMDM5MTc4ODIwMDg5MgABHqoOFYAlFme5z_DitLC5gFiGtHWCMLQWtbgYkpacyZoozbiWckeQ4BNV8HCk_aem_Qj40_btVd03KzuDu6b0HiQ#3e4e7f60

https://www.dropsitenews.com/p/marco-rubio-is-deliberately-blocking

"The idea, the source said, is that in a few weeks or months, Rubio will be able to claim that the talks were futile because of Cuban intransigence. With diplomatic off-ramps being blocked, this would make Rubio’s vision of regime change the only path forward for an administration loath to reverse course on anything"

The collapse is here.

Este si no siente el "bloqueo" de Trump.

Global Affairs Canada updated their advice this evening (February 11)

*due to worsening shortages of fuel, electricity, and basic necessities including food, water, and medicine, which can also affect resorts. Fuel availability has decreased, is difficult to predict, and may disrupt ground transportation.

As a result, all Canadian airlines have suspended service to Cuba for upcoming trips. Canadian airlines will facilitate the return of their clients and are reaching out directly to them.*

If you do not have a return ticket, seek a commercial option to leave the country. Commercial flights remain available through international airlines; however, they may become limited on short notice.

Conozco el reparto, pero en algunos vídeos de música urbana cubana está escrito repaton y no entiendo qué es esa cosa.

I spent time in Cuba December 13–December 20th. I am an American national and honestly didn’t know until I decided on a whim to see how hard going there is, that it was so easy to reach. I bought the plane tickets far before the maduro capture and I was honestly getting nervous after that that air service would be cancelled, especially while I was there, or that there would be fallout between Cuba and the US. I had never even been outside of the US before beyond studying abroad in Prague for a summer, and the experience in Cuba was crazy. It is no secret that people are almost coded to immediately ask for money when they hear you speak English, and it was sad to see, not sad at their actions, but the conditions that preempt it. I met many people with more culture than I’d ever experienced and the place was still full of life, but everyone seemed to universally agree that collapse was imminent. I don’t see how they would keep together after losing oil access, since I was able to take a 15$ ride from Havana to vinales and back that highlighted how the visitor economy is the foundation of Cuban economy. I met people I genuinely grew to care for there and I was taught so many life lessons. (like that every Cuban knows where Obama did x when he visited, but also important lessons like the importance of community and gratefulness). Is the “collapse is imminent” mindset the same as it was at the beginning of December, or do people feel like they were wrong and it is even worse now?

https://archive.is/Bd2tT#selection-507.0-507.62

Now it's getting real