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Cuban Government Ignores Humanitarian Crisis in Ukraine

In official communications there are practically no refugees or civilian victims, while justifications for the actions of Putin abound.

The economic reforms, originally approved in 2011, but slow in putting into practice, put local development at the heart of government policy.

I know the bitter taste of farewells all too well. As a child, I would go to Havana with my grandparents to say goodbye to my aunts.

In the central Cuban province of Sancti Spiritus it took two months to deliver the same amount of pork meat produced in one day in 2018.

Raising money needed to embark on a migrant route to the United States is the reason why many are being driven into this business.

An Algerian who was jailed at the US Naval Base on occupied Cuban territory in Guantánamo for 20 years without trial was sent home to Algeria.

It’s strange how times change. Years ago, my desire was to tell stories, make other Cubans feel things, dissect reality, converse.

This week we have drawn in solidarity with those sentenced for the protests of last July 11th throughout the island.

You could still hear Russian on Varadero’s streets up until a few weeks back, but the Ukraine war has taken away those tourists…

“It bothers me that they are brainwashing the children, and you can’t do anything about it, because it’s the school,” says a mother.