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Alfredo Rodriguez – Song of the Day

Today’s featured artist is Cuban pianist Alfredo Rodriguez with his Trio performing a NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2018).

The City of Children was founded in the 1950s by the Catholic priest Ismael Teste, who served in Bejucal. (30 photos)

Many Cuban families cook in the hallways, using charcoal or wood, making them so smoky it’s hard to breathe.

With the evolution and diversification of new illicit markets the criminal networks are challenging the survival of democratic institutions.

Gary Rosenfeld from the United States took our photo of the day: “Farmer on His Land”, in Pinar del Rio, Cuba

While Washington maintains that the goal is to fight drug trafficking, the Maduro government in Venezuela warned of an “imperialist threat.”

The 10-year-old girl suffered the cancellation of the visit after long hours of waiting and new pressures against the political prisoner.

A woman, who later became my friend, recently informed me of her intention to sell me the medical books she has at home.

In its early days, Miramar was nothing more than a wooded and swampy area on the other side of the Almendares River, with a few haciendas…

Every morning, Jose Luis discreetly picks up the goods and walks the streets of Matanzas, Cuba to sell them.