Prensa Latina

What Prensa Latina does

Prensa Latina is a Cuban state-owned news agency headquartered at St. E No 454, Vedado, Havana, operating since 1959. Its functional role is to produce and distribute international news with an editorial perspective oriented to Latin America, the Caribbean, and the broader Global South, serving as an alternative voice to dominant Western media narratives.

Its core product is a multilingual digital news platform delivered through the domain plenglish.com (and regional sites in Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese), supported by RSS feeds, a paid SMS alert service reachable at 8100, radio programming, video content, and social media distribution across Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and Telegram. A periodic publication called The Havana Reporter complements the website. A new distribution layer, the official Prensa Latina WhatsApp channel, was launched in June 2026 to extend reach to mobile-messaging audiences. The technology stack is described as a multi-language CMS for text, audio, and video, with no disclosed AI or ML components.

Commercially, Prensa Latina reports three revenue streams: news content licensing to international media outlets and agencies, advertising-funded radio programming, and subscription- or publication-driven income from The Havana Reporter and related print products. Pricing is not publicly disclosed, and the underlying funding model is state-backed. The customer base spans global news consumers seeking alternative perspectives, other media organizations licensing wire content, and government and political stakeholders aligned with Cuban foreign-policy positions. Governance rests with a president appointed by the Cuban state; Jorge Legaño Alonso was named to the role in October 2025.

Name

Prensa Latina

Legal name

Prensa Latina

Website

https://plenglish.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

1959

Operating status

Operating

Short description

Prensa Latina is a Cuban state-owned news agency founded in 1959 that produces and distributes multilingual news (Spanish, English, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, Portuguese) across Latin America, the Caribbean, and the Global South via website, radio, publications, and social channels.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

News Agency and Wire Services

NAICS

Television Broadcasting Stations (51612), Broadcasting and Content Providers (516)

SIC

Television Broadcasting Stations (4833)

akta.pro primary industry

International Multilingual/Diaspora Broadcasters (MPABAEAG)

akta.pro secondary industries

Spanish-Language & Multilingual Broadcast Networks (MPABAAAG), International Public Diplomacy/External Service Broadcasters (MPABAEAK)

Keywords

• International news agency
• Wire service distribution
• Multilingual news publishing
• State media syndication
• Digital news content

Headquarters

HQ city

Havana

HQ country

Cuba

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Others

Revenue model

1. News Content Licensing: Distribution of news content to media outlets, other news agencies, and publications worldwide through licensing agreements
2. Radio Broadcasting: Radio programming content produced and broadcast as part of news distribution services
3. Publications: Publishing activities including The Havana Reporter periodical and other publications

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Prensa Latina is a Cuban state news agency that produces and distributes international news content in seven languages across multiple digital and broadcast channels. Its primary offerings include a multi-language news website platform (plenglish.com plus language-specific editions), radio programming, video content, The Havana Reporter periodical, RSS feeds, SMS news alerts, and a WhatsApp distribution channel. Content covers Cuba, Latin America and the Caribbean, the Arab world, Africa, Europe, and Asia.

Product overview

Prensa Latina is a Cuban state news agency offering a multi-platform news operation consisting of its primary English-language website (plenglish.com), The Havana Reporter publication, radio content, WhatsApp channel distribution, and multi-language editions in Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese. The agency covers international news with emphasis on Latin America, Cuba, global affairs, economy, and science. The core offering is its digital news platform complemented by real-time News by the Minute updates and periodic publications.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• The Havana Reporter: A publication by Prensa Latina featuring news and commentary on Cuba and Latin America.

Products and services

• Prensa Latina News Website (plenglish.com and multi-language editions) The primary digital news platform providing news coverage across multiple languages and regions, featuring sections for Cuba, LATAM and Caribbean, The World, Africa, Economy, Science, and Opinion, with dedicated country and topic tags.
• The Havana Reporter A periodic publication by Prensa Latina featuring curated news summaries, editorials, and coverage of significant events including political developments, cultural topics, and international affairs, distributed as PDF and digital content.
• Prensa Latina Radio Audio news content and radio programming distributed through the platform, complementing written news coverage with broadcast-quality journalism.
• News by the Minute Real-time breaking news updates providing minute-by-minute coverage as events unfold across Latin America and global regions.
• Prensa Latina WhatsApp Channel Official WhatsApp channel for expanded news distribution, delivering news content directly to subscribers' mobile devices through the WhatsApp messaging platform.
• Multi-language News Services Localized news content in multiple languages including English, Spanish, Arabic, French, Italian, Russian, and Portuguese, served through country-specific domains and editions.

Named customers3 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature2 records

Partnerships

Four partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Cineteca di BolognaminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026Film restoration and cultural collaboration. The Cineteca di Bologna organizes the Il Cinema Ritrovato Festival and has restored Cuban films including 'Memorias del subdesarrollo', 'El Acoso', 'El sueno del Pongo', and 'Siete muertes a plazo fijo' for festival screenings.
• InnoLabs (Erasmus+ CBHE Program)minorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 26 June 2026International educational initiative funded by Erasmus+ Capacity Building in Higher Education program. Project brings together universities and organizations from Spain, Belgium, Cuba, and Ecuador to create Entrepreneurship and Innovation Laboratories. Prensa Latina is mentioned as participating institution in Cuba.
• Rossiya SegodnyacoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 24 June 2026Mutual professional relationship between two state news agencies. Prensa Latina president Jorge Legaño congratulated Rossiya Segodnya on its anniversary, indicating ongoing cooperation and professional exchange between Cuban and Russian state media organizations.
• ALBA-TCPcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 August 2021ALBA-TCP (Bolivarian Alliance for the Peoples of Our America-People's Trade Treaty) is a regional integration bloc. Cuban Foreign Minister thanked ALBA-TCP for rejecting US coercive measures against Cuba, indicating political solidarity and shared messaging on international affairs.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Associated Press (AP): International wire service licensing news, photos, and video content to media organizations globally. Directly comparable business model of content licensing to media organizations with multi-language reach, though independent rather than state-aligned.
• BBC World Service: International multilingual news operation of the BBC broadcasting in dozens of languages including Spanish, Arabic, and Russian. Comparable as a publicly-funded multi-language international news platform, though independent editorial model.
• Reuters: Global wire service and news agency distributing content in many languages to media outlets worldwide. Comparable as a B2B news content licensor and international multi-language news distributor, though operating at vastly greater commercial scale.
• Al Jazeera: Qatari state-funded international news organization operating Arabic, English, and other language editions with extensive global correspondent network. Comparable as a state-funded multilingual news operation with Global South editorial perspective.
• Agence France-Presse (AFP): French-headquartered international news agency distributing content in multiple languages including French, English, Spanish, Arabic, and Portuguese. Directly comparable as a multilingual wire service serving media organizations and consumers worldwide.

Direct peers

• HispanTV: Spanish-language international news outlet affiliated with Iranian state broadcasting, covering Latin American affairs. Comparable as a Spanish-language state-affiliated international news platform with multi-platform distribution.
• TeleSUR: Latin American multi-state funded television network headquartered in Venezuela, providing Spanish-language news with a Latin American and Global South perspective. Highly comparable as a state-aligned regional news outlet covering Latin America with shared political perspective.
• Xinhua News Agency: Chinese state news agency operating one of the world's largest multi-language news distribution networks including Spanish, English, Arabic, French, Russian, and Portuguese editions. Highly comparable as a state-owned multilingual international news wire serving media outlets.
• Sputnik News: Russian state-affiliated international news agency operating multi-language editions including Spanish. Comparable as a state-owned multilingual news outlet with Global South editorial positioning and Russian government affiliation similar to Prensa Latina.
• TASS Russian News Agency: Russian state news agency producing multi-language news content and operating correspondent networks worldwide. Closely comparable as a state-owned multilingual news agency with similar political alignment and partnership with Prensa Latina.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/prensalatina_cu
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UC
• Facebookfacebook.com/agenciaprensalatina

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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