During October 2025, Cuba faced one of the year's most severe humanitarian crises after Hurricane Melissa, a Category 4 storm, devastated the eastern region. The humanitarian emergency highlighted the state's lack of capacity to assist the population and the lack of transparency in its management.

In September 2025, Cuba once again plunged into a crisis affecting every aspect of daily life. Disease outbreaks, overwhelmed and under-resourced hospitals, streets overflowing with garbage, and endless power outages reveal the abysmal state management and the neglect of the population's basic needs. The [...]

The month of August was marked by an increase in violence and a further deterioration of living conditions in Cuba. Insecurity manifested itself in murders, femicides, assaults, and other forms of violence that the authorities ignore, as they concentrate their resources on repressing dissent. [...]

Executive Summary In July 2025, the economic, social, and human rights crisis in Cuba deepened. The government itself acknowledged its failure to meet its targets in key sectors—exports, tourism, retail, agricultural and energy production—while inflation, a lack of foreign investment, and other problems persisted.

Executive Summary: June was marked by increased repression against a backdrop of widespread impoverishment and growing citizen discontent. The Cuban state maintains an active repressive apparatus against dissenting voices while strengthening its alliances with other authoritarian regimes. The human rights situation on the island continues [...]

Executive Summary: May was a month marked by a notable increase in social, political, and economic tension in Cuba. In addition to blackouts lasting up to 36 hours, which sparked some thirty citizen protests, measures such as the dollarization of internet service were implemented, interpreted as a [...]

Executive Summary In April 2025, Cuba experienced a worsening of its economic, social, and political crisis, with direct consequences for the human rights situation. The Cubalex team documented 301 repressive acts with a total of 647 incidents, mostly violations against people deprived of their liberty, [...]

March 2025 saw a record high in violence and citizen insecurity since Cubalex began its monitoring work, with 103 documented violent incidents, including 20 homicides. Cubalex also tracked the proliferation of a drug known as "chemical," gender-based violence, digital fraud, animal abuse, and attacks [...]

Resumen Ejecutivo La crisis en Cuba persiste y se profundiza. En febrero de 2025, una vez más quedó en evidencia la ineficiencia, insostenibilidad y represión del régimen, en un contexto cada vez más crítico marcado por la escasez de alimentos y medicinas, así como el colapso del sistema de salud. [...]

Resumen Ejecutivo El informe de Cubalex sobre la situación de los derechos humanos en Cuba durante enero de 2025 expone un panorama de creciente represión estatal, crisis humanitaria y violaciones sistemáticas de derechos fundamentales. Uno de los hechos más alarmantes fue la explosión en una unidad militar en Holguín, donde [...]