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The “Elections” Over, Trash Piles Up in the Streets of Cuba

The idea was to encourage a positive opinion of the authorities so people would vote for the 470 candidates approved by the Communist Party.

The high temperatures will be between 29 and 31ºC (84 and 88 F) and the lows between 20 and 23ºC (68 and 73 F).

What are the possible effects of this measure, especially for citizens’ purchasing power. Will it relieve shortages of basic products?

Nelsito’s world is a bed from which he watches his mother and the world she paints, with detailed images in his big eyes, frozen in time…

Social divides, everyday experiences that are part of the survival story forced on Cubans given unfulfilled promises of equality.

He doesn’t mention the fact that he prefers to buy police patrol cars instead of ambulances for his own citizens.

Cuban artists denounce on social networks the calamitous state of the capital’s stages.

Cuba’s election authorities reported that all of the 470 candidates, running unopposed for the legislature, were elected on March 26th.

The electoral theater was ready for Sunday March 26th in Cuba. There was no loose end and no surprise expected.

The political police threaten arrests and legal proceedings “for alleged violation of the law”, like reporting on voter turnout in today’s elections.