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For the Love of Cuba – Photo of the Day

Mel Bowie from Canada took our photo of the day: “For the Love of Cuba” in Havana.

Every day, the narrative disseminated by the powers that be in Cuba, as in many other countries, clashes with the nation’s highest ideals.

In the very heart of El Vedado, Havana, on the corner of 17th and E, rises a mansion that seems frozen in time.

Cubans have not received rice through their ration books for months and are asking since when imports became news.

Cellphone theft is ever more common in today’s Cuba and contributes to the normalization of other crimes.

This vicious circle reduces production, hurts household economies, and ultimately worsens shortages in the domestic market.

More and more parents resist letting their children complete the “service” or even register, the step prior to mobilization once they turn 18

Residents of Cardenas denounce the accumulation of trash in the city as chikungunya and dengue outbreaks rise.

Ken Jamieson from Canada took our photo of the day: “Hat Vendors”, in Santa Clara, Cuba.

Today’s featured artist is Cuban pianist Harold Lopez Nussa. He performs “Aminata” with Senegalese singer and bass player Alune Wade.