The idea emerged spontaneously, and then snowballed. In just a few months, more than 100 people in Cuba became part of a young people’s social network for diversity, in a society where machismo and homophobia are seen as natural.
Read MoreRapid economic growth in China’s coastal regions has resulted in serious levels of ocean pollution, damaging marine life and posing a threat to humans. As much as half of China’s offshore areas are considered polluted.
Read MoreHT continues its interview with Julio Tang, a Cuban of Chinese descent who is currently studying in China and who is a founding member of two socially critical left initiatives in Cuba.
Read MoreErnest Hemingway (1899-1961) came to life on Friday thanks to Canadian actor and playwright Brian Gordon Sinclair who delighted his audience in a one-only performance at the Ambos Mundos Hotel in Old Havana. (10 photos)
Read MoreSomeone told me that the sinister secret is that the original mixture of butter with water and shortening is whipped up in blenders to greatly increase the volume.
Read MoreWhile the Cuban capital Havana remains under the effects of a severe drought the far eastern province of Guantánamo has received considerable rainfall during the first half of June.
Read MoreWomen in Cuba are gaining ground in public life and earn the same wages as men. But the gender gap in the workplace is still a challenge for women, who are finding the odds more heavily stacked against them as the government of Raul Castro adopts economic reforms aimed at “updating” the country’s socialist system.
Read MoreEmptying prisons of political opponents who imply no real threat to the government and filling those facilities with corrupt bureaucrats who have been eating away at the nation from the inside seems the most sensible strategy for those attempting to save the system.
Read MoreWe will be under the influence of weak pressure gradients that will be moving toward the east of a high pressure area that on Wednesday, June 15, was in the north-eastern part of the Gulf of Mexico. Over the period we expect partially cloudy days, clouding over in the afternoons as a result of daytime heating. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 30°C (86°F) and 31°C (88°F). The minimum temperatures will be around the 24°C (75°F).
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