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Different Takes on Cuban Emigration

I say this from my own experience. I am part of this diverse, contradictory emigrant community shaped by personal history.

While heading back home from the dentist’s office, I decided to go by the center to get a few things done, like buying soap for example.

Their market is dollarized stores, tourist hotels, and warehouses controlled by the Cuban military conglomerate GAESA.

Since I grew up in a family torn apart by exile, from early on I’ve heard that emigrating is the only way to prosper without losing your soul.

The shortage of water, food, and basic services, especially in the rural areas, sparked another popular protest on Saturday.

Petals that resemble brushstrokes of oil paint, textures you feel with your eyes, colors that tell the story of an exuberant land. (16 photos)

How is it possible that an athlete can’t attend an event, while these people strut across US soil mocking the misery of their fellow citizens?

Economist Pedro Monreal believes the government doesn’t care about hotels, but rather about the real estate business of leasing them.

This deceptive narrative, common in official Cuban discourse and echoed by state media, omits key internal causes and distorts reality.

Sandra Lally from Canada took our photo of the day: “Fruits and Veggies on the road”, in Holguín, Cuba.