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Effective Citizenship Beyond Cold ID Card Data

For the first time, the systematic repression and harassment of uncomfortable individuals and groups for the state was widely evident.

Our photo of the day: “Cycling in Havana, Cuba”, was taken by Jodi Newell (USA), using her Canon 60D camera.

The surviving currency is the regular Cuban peso (CUP) and the loser is the CUC, the currency tourists were obliged to use for most needs.

Journalist Luz Escobar suffers an undeclared house arrest since Dec. 4th enforced by Cuban State Security to prevent independent reporting.

A lot of controversy has been stirred up recently about Day Zero, announced Thursday night as January 1, 2021.

I’ve been hunting around for the first advert, poster, leaflet or any other resource that is used to give the good wishes for the new year.

Here is our weather forecast for Havana during the 7-day period December 10-16. The days will be relatively cool with low humidity.

Our photo of the day: “Rainbow in Antilla, Holguin, Cuba”, was taken by Dan Christopherson (USA), with his iPhone 12 camera.

So as Havana celebrated its 500th anniversary last year, now Guantanamo reaches 150 during the Covid-19 crisis.

Today’s featured artist is Arema Arega from Cuba with the song “So Wrong” that was released in October this year.