Ruaridh Nicoll

Inside blockaded Cuba, life is getting odder by the day

21 March 2026 9:00 am

It’s nearly two months since Donald Trump signed an executive order imposing a total oil blockade on Cuba, and life…

In Cuba, a revolution is over

5 November 2025 9:56 pm

If you’ve ever thought of visiting the crocodile-shaped island of Cuba, or run into someone recently returned from sultry nights…

The dark side of life in Cuba

2 November 2024 9:00 am

The first scent of trouble came when Cuba’s government ordered all its non-essential workers home. By packing them off (and…

Cuba libre

17 July 2021 9:00 am

Havana There is an astonishing patience in the Cuban people, born of endless waiting. When a store has, say, chicken,…