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Last Call for the 2025 HT Photo Contest

We currently have 26 contestants participating in our 14th photography contest. There are still three weeks left to submit entries.

Four years after the July 11, 2021, demonstrations most of those arrested remain in prison, while most Cubans seem oblivious to this reality.

Daily power outages continue to define the chaotic situation in Cuba, with almost inhuman impacts, especially outside the capital.

Industrial pollution, fecal contamination, and neglect mark day-to-day life for those who live in “El Fanguito,” beside the Almendares River.

The Cuban State press last spoke about the Antillana de Acero steel industry in December 2023. The positive news then turned to silence.

Alcides, 68, drags his jolongo (cloth sack) through the streets where garbage piles remain for weeks without being collected.

If before the wait for a Cuban to obtain permanent residency was four to five years, now it can be said to be highly uncertain.

“They appeared in Cuba a few years before the pandemic. Immediately, the official press warned that they are a dangerous invasive species.”

“This is no longer justice; it’s exemplary punishment,” laments his brother, a lieutenant colonel in the Armed Forces.

As parents, we wish for a box full of surprises, beach trips, ice cream, outings, & laughter. Rest becomes a physical and emotional necessity