It would have been even more difficult if it hadn’t been for those relatives and friends who are always close, the ones who help you when no one else thinks about you, those who call you when others forgot and who make you smile when you’ve begun to believe that everything’s over.
Read MoreIf the organization Human Rights Watch is not “pro-Yankee,” the sole argument wielded by the spokespersons of the Cuban regime falls on its face, strengthening HRW’s report claiming repression against the dissidents.
Read MoreBiofuels are an alternative energy source that can drive local development by generating jobs, know-how and technology. But they can also cause social damage, as locals fear in the case of industrial-scale exploitation of babassu palm trees, which grow abundantly in the wild in central and northern Brazil.
Read More“Baro has disappeared,” repeat Cubans, implying that not as much money is circulating as before. They note that you can no longer sell anything at any price because people deliberate much more before making purchases.
Read MorePrivileged Cubans are flocking in record numbers this summer to Varadero Hotels reported the Ministry of Tourism on Thursday.
Read MoreThe US blockade on Cuba continues strong with the latest casualty being the French shipping and transport giant CMA CGM. The firm was fined US $374,400 for doing business with Washington’s eternal Cold War enemy in Havana as well as Iran and Sudan.
Read MoreFor the first time, a representative of the indigenous communities in Peru’s Amazonas region is sitting in Congress: Eduardo Nayap, an Awajún leader who played a central role in the lengthy protests against laws that opened up native territories in the rainforest to oil, mining and logging companies.
Read MoreTaken from one of the most recent speeches by General/President Raul Castro, the little phrase “Say what you think or want” traveled the world. Some viewed the matter with bitter skepticism, others with infantile contentment.
Read MoreThe day that electricity arrived in the Cuban village of Jova, there were shouts, laughter and tears of joy, even among the most incredulous, who had doubted it was possible. “I didn’t know what to do; it actually made me nervous,” Carmen Carvallosa confessed.
Read MoreIt will be very hot throughout the whole period, even at dawn. Isolated rains are expected to occur on Friday (August 19) associated with the interaction with the tropical wave located in the center of the Caribbean Sea.
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