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An Olympic Return Trip…

Now back in my Havana, and recovered from an exhausting trip, I can detail how difficult it was to return from Bayamo, Granma.

US authorities clarify that they will resume admitting Humanitarian Parolees who arrive with valid travel permits issued before August 3rd.

Hopes are for more “investments in the Cuban economy,” which remains in a coma despite Cuba’s alliances with Russia, China and Venezuela.

The temporary suspension of the humanitarian parole program was the talk of the week among Cubans, both on the island and abroad.

The fog blends with the shadows of dawn. At first, they are amorphous figures, like shadows moving in search of absent bodies.

An attorney specialized in immigration matters denounced the case of a Nicaraguan whose permission to travel to the US was cancelled…

Evelyn Karsten from the United States took our photo of the day: “The Blue House”, in Las Tunas, Cuba.

Thousands of irregularities were discovered in applications. Some 90,000 Nicaraguans have received parole so far, but not all have traveled.

“He’s been here for a while, ever since he arrived in a car with his family, they went in, traveled and left him,” recall the workers at the airport.

Today’s featured artist is pianist Jesus “Chuchito” Valdes from Cuba live at the Green Space in New York with “The Soul of Cuba” (2010).