“In this sector, workers are very poorly paid,” said the head of the Agricultural Implements Division. “Although we bring in high profits, we generate hard currency for export and we substitute imports; our technicians and operatives are some of least paid workers in the province.”
Read MoreCuba became the first country in Latin America to have a railroad when on November 19, 1837 the first 17-mile line of tracts was inaugurated running from Havana to Bejucal. (26 photos)
Read MoreIn addition to rallying the country’s composers, the Asociación Cubana de Derecho de Autor Musical (ACDAM) is offering its space to promote musical forms that don’t enjoy wide acceptance – as is the case for trova, canto lirico (lyrical song) and jazz. (12 photos)
Read MoreWith the arrest of the once powerful head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Dominique Strauss-Kahn, following allegations that he raped a maid in his 3,000-dollar-a-night penthouse suite at the Sofitel Hotel, a spotlight has been turned on the treatment of female cleaning staff, many of whom are immigrants who keep silent for fear of losing their jobs or being deported.
Read MoreThe Cuban female vocal group Sexto Sentido came together in 1997. The quartet has a strong jazz and rhythm and blues sound with a Brazilian influence as well as from its Cuban roots. We interviewed Yudelkis La Fuente, the director and lead singer.
Read MoreLiberal and secular Egyptians at the core of mass protests that toppled the regime of Hosni Mubarak are scrambling to form a unified political front ahead of critical parliamentary elections in which they will face the better-organized Islamists.
Read MoreA showing of films from Spain in the new millennium opened Thursday at the Charles Chaplin Cinema in Havana. Accompanying the festival is a photo exhibition on Spanish actors and actresses by the Mexican photographer Cesar Saldivar. The festival continues through May 31.
Read MoreTaking pictures along the ill-lit path amid a group of people with very varied interests can itself be a whole challenge. You have to take advantage of the lights placed along the trail and be aware of all the other people trying to take their own photos. (22 photos)
Read MoreIn other circumstances, many women in Peru would be celebrating the possibility of a female president for the first time in the history of their country, or the alternative: the triumph of a candidate who promises to improve things for the poor. But both candidates taking part in the Jun. 5 runoff draw heavy opposition or awaken serious doubts among women’s groups.
Read More“I talk to deal with problems. In Cuba, there is too much formal, repetitive discourse and not enough directed at people, with their anxieties and joys,” said Manuel Calviño, the host and writer of a television programme that tries not to add to that deficit.
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