14ymedio
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.
14ymedio at a glance
- Country
- Cuba
- Region
- The Caribbean · Americas
- Kind of outlet
- Digital-native outlet
- Editorial leaning
- Right-leaning
- Website
- 14ymedio.com ↗
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14ymedio front page, right now
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Is 14ymedio left-leaning, right-leaning or centrist?
14ymedio is generally regarded as right-leaning in its editorial orientation, according to widely cited media-bias assessments — a stance that shapes which stories this digital-native outlet chooses to pursue. In Cuba, Granma and Cubadebate are listed as Left-leaning — so you can open 14ymedio beside a title of a different orientation and compare the same day's front pages directly.
Read 14ymedio beside another title from Cuba and the differences show up fastest in what leads the page. Digital-native outlets reorder their front pages continuously in response to reader behaviour, so 14ymedio may look different an hour from now — reload it alongside a print-cycle title and you can see which stories have staying power and which are traffic spikes. Because 14ymedio is listed as right-leaning, the sharpest contrast is usually a left-leaning title from Cuba on the same morning: the facts rarely differ, but which consequence is treated as the story often does.
This is an approximate orientation, not a definitive judgement — and not a rating of quality or accuracy. Read how Crosswire classifies editorial leanings, including the sources behind each label. Directory last reviewed . Think this label is wrong? Suggest a correction.
Where 14ymedio sits in Cuba's press
14ymedio is one of 4 outlets tracked in Cuba and the only digital-native outlet tracked there. By outlets tracked, Cuba ranks 23rd of the 35 countries on Crosswire's Americas hub, which lists 165 outlets in all.
Across the Americas, Crosswire tracks 35 of the 191 digital-native outlets in the directory. The nearest counterparts to 14ymedio outside Cuba, starting with The Caribbean, are Barbados Today (Barbados), Eyewitness News (Bahamas), Antigua News Room (Antigua & Barbuda) and Emonews (Dominica). Opening one of them beside 14ymedio is the quickest way to see what is a house style and what is a national one.
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