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“Cuba is a Ceremony”, Interview with Mabel Cuesta

Mabel Cuesta tell us about her relationship with Cuba, its symbols, its rough edges, its beautiful and ugly parts, its beloved people…

Chinese tourists allocate a good part of their budget to shopping, and prefer places with internet connections and electronic payment systems

I passed by an old sick man’s house. He brought up the elections. He told me he wouldn’t have gone to the polling place but had no way out…

The national symbols are off-bounds, unless you are a tourist or an official, or the government finds a way to profit from them.

I landed in Havana with the foreigner’s enamored gaze, these eyes that follow the vintage American cars from one street corner to the next…

The trend is in stark contrast to the days of staggering results, close to 100 percent, still on record two decades ago.

They also want to expand their cooperation in tourism and are considering the construction of a hotel for the exclusive use of Russians.

In the end, despite what the regime tries to sell us, the voice and the exit continue to grow in Cuba, in the face of dwindling loyalty.

Exodus is always political. That’s why the blood of those who have become victims in their departure is on the Cuban State’s shoulders.

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