A Scam on Tourists: Paying with Cuba’s “MLC” Cards
Many tourists see the MLC cards as a nuisance, as it involves waiting in line to get them and any balance that is not used in Cuba is lost.
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What Can We Expect for Cuba in 2024?
The most complete sign of this limbo are the “pre-migrants,” all those Cubans who have stopped their lives waiting to leave the Island.
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Year-End Depression
I realize that it’s not that I am depressed, but that my island of joy, that same island of tobacco, rum, and guaracha, is depressed, sad…
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Cuba’s Amelia Calzadilla and Her Freedom to Choose
Nobody should feel the system singles them out because their freedom bothers it. That’s what she wishes for the future Cuba.
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Havana Weather for January 4-10
The highs will be between 26 and 29ºC (79 and 84 F), and lows between 20 & 23ºC (68 and 73 F). The sea surface temperature will be 26ºC (79 F)
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Another Year, Another War
A clear majority rejects the two wars, in Ukraine and Gaza, but the positions of the great powers prevent progress in favor of peace.
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Raul Castro Says No Generational Contradictions in Cuba
Diaz-Canel elogia la reforma agraria, la educación y la sanidad pública, “obras de profundo y sostenido calado social”
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The Arcos Building, a Curiosity in Vedado, Havana
I recently walked past & couldn’t miss the chance to take some photos. They reveal a certain magic & the uncertainty of what the future holds. (13 photos)
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The Young Cuban with the Sign Moved to Forced Labor Camp
Imprisoned since December 2020, he has received a prison permit to serve the rest of his five-year sentence in a correctional labor camp.
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A Cuban Woman Who Rescues Abandoned Horses in Nicaragua
Yasenia Perez, a transplanted Cuban now residing in the Nicaraguan town of San Juan del Sur, rescues abandoned horses..
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