Havana

fighting in tone, not weakened in spirit despite the difficult situation.

— Antonio Tajani described Di Battista's condition by telephone and characterized him as 'fighting in tone, not weakened in spirit despite the difficult situation.'

It’s the largest earthquake ever recorded in the Gulf of Mexico with modern instruments, which date to the 1950s.

— William Barnhart, a geophysicist with the U.S. Geological Survey, describing the earthquake as extremely rare.

To our brothers and sisters in Cuba, we hear you. Freedom will come.

— Madeline Pumariega, president of Miami Dade College, in the wake of the indictment against Raúl Castro

will cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences

— Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel warned in a post on X that a US military assault on Cuba will cause a bloodbath with incalculable consequences.

The humanitarian situation in Cuba was already extremely fragile, but the electricity crisis is pushing many essential services to the limit.

— Juanita Goebertus, Americas director at HRW, said in a statement to CNN.

Cuba is next.

— Trump said Friday, in a new threat against the island.

Hardly any bank in Europe, Latin America, and even India will send money to Cuba.

— Ed Augustin, independent journalist based in Havana, on the impact of the U.S.-led sanctions on Cuba

The Ministry interprets as shameless the claim by the diplomatic mission to access a good as a privilege that it denies to the Cuban people.

— Cuban Foreign Ministry; in response to the U.S. Embassy in Havana's diesel request