Circles Robinson, Author at Havana Times

Poverty Also Drives Cuba’s East-West Internal Migration

Without housing, formal employment, and a ration book, these internal migrants are “illegal” in their own country.

For seven years now, the rain has been irregular. It comes when not expected and is lacking when most needed.

We went on a bus rented by the community, along with other neighbors who joined in the plan, which had been spontaneously organized.

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The season has arrived for a fruit so cherished by Cuban women: the mango. We eat it in every way possible—juice, sweets, smoothies, raw.

Those receiving the minimum pension of 1,528 pesos (≈ 4 USD at the informal exchange rate), will see their income doubled.

Xavier Anaise from France took our photo of the day: “Perfect Flight”, in Gorges du Verdon, France.

I’m in one of the dirtiest, busiest, most central parts of Havana, where shared taxis depart for far-flung neighborhoods of the capital.

Highs will range from 32 to 33ºC (90 to 91°F) and lows from 22 to 26ºC (72 to 79°F). Sea surface temperatures will be 29ºC (84°F).

Fifteen of the political prisoners are “disappeared due to concealment of whereabouts and denial of visits”.