ElToque

El Toque is an independent platform that provides journalistic content and communication services to Cuban audiences on economic, sociopolitical and legal issues.

The media's agenda is built from the information needs of Cubans and the opportunities to introduce into public discourse issues that are silenced or little addressed in other communication spaces about Cuba.

Demanding transparency from the Cuban government and its officials, monitoring public discourse, reporting and analyzing violations of the human rights of citizens—these are all fundamental elements of the media organization's daily work.

The El Toque team creates multimedia content from a digital newsroom that operates primarily in nine countries: Cuba, the United States, Canada, Spain, Mexico, Ecuador, Chile, Argentina, and Colombia.

In recent years, team members have suffered repression, criminalization, and censorship by Cuban authorities. The life of the group is marked by its members' forced exile and the difficulties of reintegration into new countries. These issues, which also affect thousands of other Cubans, are also part of the agenda.

The Más Voces Foundation finances El Toque from income from subsidies and international cooperation projects, collaboration agreements with other international media, and donations from audiences. The professional services provided by the CATAO agency, its commercial arm, are another important source of income.