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Ten Films to Help Understand Cuban Emigration

Within the wide range of Cuban movies that deal with migration, I picked 10, whose characters suffer the “I-want-to-leave-Cuba” syndrome.

Laurie Quinn (EUA) took our photo of the day: “A lonely street in Havana, Cuba” with her Canon Powershot camera.

“If the US really wanted to end the Communist Party, they could.“ All they’d have to do is open the economy., said Javier, a tour guide.

“We have to produce milk so that anyone who wants to have a glass of milk can. And we have the land to produce it.” -Raul Castro in 2007.

Today’s featured artist is composer and bass player Israel “Cachao” Lopez from Cuba with the song “Guajira Clasica” de “Ahora Si” (2004).

Ken Alexander of the United States took our photo of the day: “The Baker” in Havana, Cuba, using his Sony aR7 III camera.

The economic crisis with shortages included, plus COVID-19, serve to take a deep look within and analyze ourselves.

The high temperatures will be between 23 and 28° C (73 and 82 F), the lows between 15 and 22° C (59 and 72 F). The ocean will be 25° C (77 F).

The COVID-19 pandemic has made economic, gender and racial inequality starker in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Today’s featured artist is Cuban trumpeter Alfredo “Chocolate” Armenteros with the song “Trompeta En Montuno” (1970s).