Ruaridh Nicoll

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What’s it like to get sick in Cuba?

6 October 2026 12:00 pm

I have dengue, a vile and potentially life-threatening virus given to me by an Aedes mosquito. For good reason, it…

Cuba is next on Trump’s hit list

6 June 2026 9:00 am

It’s hot in Havana. The summer’s electrical storms have arrived, lighting up the sky, while down on the ground we’ve…

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,…