Cuba news, front pages compared
Crosswire tracks 4 major Cuba news outlets. Preview their homepages side by side below — switch between two, three and four columns, go compact, or translate every page into your language. Or jump straight to a curated comparison by political leaning.
The Cuba media landscape on Crosswire
Crosswire lays Cuba's front pages next to one another so you can see which stories lead where, how headlines are framed, and what one outlet foregrounds that another leaves out. 4 titles are tracked in Cuba — 3 leaning left and 1 leaning right — a small enough field that reading all of them together is realistic in a few minutes.
By kind of outlet, the 4 titles break down as 2 daily newspapers (Granma and Juventud Rebelde), 1 digital-native outlet (14ymedio) and 1 news portal (Cubadebate). Crosswire lists no public-service broadcaster for Cuba, so the fixed point in a comparison has to be a wire service or the most widely read daily instead.
Cuba sits in The Caribbean, on Crosswire's Americas hub. By outlets tracked it is 4th of the 13 countries in The Caribbean and 24th of the 35 across the Americas, where the average is 4.7 outlets per country. Its neighbours in The Caribbean with hubs of their own are Dominican Republic (5), Jamaica (5), Trinidad and Tobago (5), Haiti (4), Bahamas (4), Grenada (4), St. Kitts & Nevis (4), St. Vincent & the Grenadines (4), Barbados (3), Dominica (3), St. Lucia (3) and Antigua & Barbuda (2).
Leaning groupings are approximate guides drawn from widely cited media-bias assessments — see the methodology and what the labels can and can't tell you. Counts are taken from the directory as of .
Which are Cuba's main news outlets?
Across Cuba's editorial spectrum, Crosswire currently lists on the left, Granma, Cubadebate and Juventud Rebelde; on the right, 14ymedio. Each outlet below links to a full profile — its facts, editorial leaning and a live front-page preview — and the comparison view above shows any of them side by side.
Granma is the official newspaper of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba, published in Spanish with editions in several languages including English. As the country's principal state organ, it presents news and commentary aligned with the Cuban government and the ruling party. It is one of the most widely distributed publications on the island.
Cubadebate is a Cuban state-affiliated news website publishing in Spanish and other languages including English. It covers national and international news from a perspective aligned with the Cuban government, and is one of the island's prominent online news sources. The site frequently features official commentary alongside reporting on domestic and world affairs.
Juventud Rebelde is a Cuban newspaper published in Spanish, historically linked to the Young Communist League. As a state-affiliated title, its coverage of national affairs reflects the positions of the Cuban government and the ruling party. It addresses a general and younger readership and maintains an online edition alongside its print publication.
14ymedio is Cuba's first independent digital newspaper, founded in 2014 by blogger Yoani Sánchez. It reports critically on the island's government and economy and is frequently blocked within Cuba, though it loads freely from abroad.
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