Cuba Archives - Havana Times

Tomorrow Could Be Worse

Cubans are once again facing a “special period”, a crisis in everything, reviving the ghost of the dreaded blackouts of the 1990s.

Valerie Love from Canada took our photo of the day: “Hi Author,” in Granma, Cuba.

Nostalgia is often linked to the Havana Malecon. What Cuban, or foreign visitor, hasn’t sat on that wall that holds back the sea? (18 photos)

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

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

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.

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).

Labor Minister Marta Elena Feito tried her best to defend the government’s separate reality regarding life in today’s Cuba.