About Realidad Cubana

What the site promises

Realidad Cubana is a curated directory of footage and reporting that shows how people in Cuba live today, organized so you can answer a specific claim of official propaganda in under a minute. It is not a blog or a news outlet and produces no content of its own: it collects, verifies and points to the original creators.

Our editorial stance is evidence over argument. The site does not tell you what to think: it puts a dated, located recording in front of you and lets the footage speak for itself.

The four tests for inclusion

1. Primary: Filmed or written by someone who was there, published on their own channel or by an outlet that names its reporter. No anonymous re-uploads or sensational compilations.
2. Dated and placed: Every entry says when and where it happened. Undated material is not included.
3. Ordinary: This archive’s strength is how normal the disaster is: a hospital ward on an ordinary Tuesday says more than an extraordinary event.
4. Sourceable in ten seconds: Any visitor can click through to the original creator’s channel or outlet.

Why we don’t host video

The site points and links; it never hosts video. No video file ever reaches our servers or our code. This respects the work of creators on the island, sends views to their own channels, and keeps pages tiny for visitors on slow connections in Cuba.

Preservation and takedowns

Where one exists, each entry keeps a backup copy on Archive.org. If an original video or article is deleted or censored, the card stays up with a link to the archived copy.

If a creator or rights holder asks us to remove a mention, we comply right away: an email to contacto@realidadcubana.org is enough, with no legal dispute.