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A Lot of Heat in Havana

No doubt the planet is heating up. Look at Ukraine, Iran, Russia, Syria, Israel, Gaza, Venezuela… and there is also a lot of heat in Havana.

Mornings will begin partly cloudy; from the early afternoon clouds will increase with the occurrence of some showers, rain, and thunderstorms.

Alex Gosetto from the United States took our phot of the day: “The Havana Grand Theater Half Lit”.

I have a friend who’s a member of the Jehovah’s Witness congregation, although he follows their discipline more than he attends their services.

Today’s featured band is the cast of Buena Vista Social Club from their Broadway musical with an NPR Tiny Desk Concert (2025).

Cesar Prieto kept thinking back to a nervous time 4 ½ years earlier when he was sprinting away from a hotel and running toward his dreams.

The Cuban government boasts of an increase, ignoring inflation and the depreciation of the national currency.

When someone in Havana needs to repair a washing machine, they imagine the mechanic will be a tall man, with rough hands and a smell of grease

With GPS, no one seems to need paper maps anymore. Instead of books and other long reads, there are TikTok reels and social media threads.

In Cuba, getting dressed is not just a daily act: it is a mirror of identity and, at the same time, of crisis.