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Poverty Reaches Much of the Population in Cuba

Sitting in the doorway of a neighbor’s house, Teodosia Nilda Hernandez, 80, sells a pair of shoes to make it to the end of the month.

Cuba could at any moment turn into a ghost country, if this uncontrolled exodus of people of all ages continues.

I’m used to living with the rope around my neck and a sewing needle in my fingers. Sometimes I believe I’ve stitched up a tear, but then…

Today’s featured artists are Celia Cruz, Albita, Lucrecia & Paquito D’Rivera from Cuba with “Oye como va” live in Palma de Malloca (2013).

Cuba has admitted for the first time that it produces cigars with prison labor, without free, decent, voluntary, & audited working conditions.

At the end of last August, the well-known Havana priest Father Lester Zayas protested a Yoruba ritual performed in front of his church.

Ken Jamieson from Canada took our photo of the day: “The Peace of the Sea”, in Gibara, Cuba.

Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels.

Fidel Castro called her a “true political prisoner” who was “a victim of the fierce repression against the Black movement.”

As if the countless hours of blackouts weren’t enough, now there’s no way to know when the power will come back on or how long it will last.