UN Human Rights Warning: The UN’s top rights official says U.S. sanctions are contributing to children’s deaths in Cuba, citing doubled infant mortality and worse childhood cancer survival as medical supplies run short. Energy Crisis at Home: In Santiago de Cuba, residents report transformers being removed without replacement timelines, leaving neighborhoods cooking in the dark; another case describes a nine-month-old burned during charcoal cooking amid blackouts. Cost of Living: 14ymedio reports inflation rising again—officially 15.89% year-on-year in May and far higher in the informal market—while key staples like powdered milk jump sharply. Political Pressure & Solidarity Abroad: Cuba’s foreign minister questions the U.S. sincerity behind a promised $100M humanitarian offer; meanwhile, solidarity actions in Los Angeles push for World Cup travel safety and against ICE involvement. Community & Rights: Opposition groups demand answers after the death of Jesús Alberto Martínez Fernández in Palma Soriano, while femicide reports add to mounting gender violence concerns. Culture & Memory: Cuban writer/translator Rodolfo Alpízar Castillo urges amnesty and political reforms in a message to Díaz-Canel; and Matanzas writer Humberto Fuentes wins the Celestino short story prize for “Cubacabana.” Church Loss: Monsignor Silvano Pedroso, described as the first Black bishop in Cuba’s Catholic Church, dies at 73.