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The Tree of a Thousand Voices Arrives in Havana, Cuba

Full of words, the 12-meter-high structure in Old Havana’s Plaza de Armas is a hymn to freedom and the power of literature.

Reform eliminates municipal autonomy, suppresses the independence of state powers, and fully subordinates the Army and Police.

The image in the cities is repeated: dark and impoverished streets, lit only by luxurious hotels that most Cubans cannot access.

The authors of the Isla Libre project call on citizens to “wake up and act” through peaceful civil resistance.

New challenges in visiting Cuba with its deteriorated infrastructure and energy outages compounded by the recent natural disasters.

“In the end we obtained four buckets, two for my husband and two for me,” a neighbor told ’14ymedio’.

The province of Santiago de Cuba is approaching zero energy generation and receives one-tenth of what it needs.

We were supposed to reach Pico San Juan, the highest point of the Escambray mountain range, but the plan was delayed and we didn’t make it.

At the El Chipote prison, they weren’t allowed to sleep, as they were under constant interrogation. They had to accept exile or rot in jail.

The tourism minister admits that the target of 200,000 Russian tourists arriving to Cuba will not be met this year.