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New Reasons for Cubans to Leave: Safety and Health Crises

They are not driven by the desire for economic improvement, because they have lived for years in the bubble of receiving remittances.

The first conclusions came out about the sudden closure of the Chinese store that sold wholesale in Havana & they confirm my worst suspicions.

By Rafiki HAVANA TIMES – Today’s featured artist is US jazz pianist Martin Bejerano of Afro-Cuban heritage with the song

I belong to a project in Holguin which was created by a group of young people dedicated to charitable work. Here I’ll share a little about it.

August undoubtedly brought positive change with the the entry into operation of a desalinizing plant. Construction had begun five years ago.

“The ‘chemical’ is cheaper than a soft drink,” says an outraged Alberto Turis Betancourt.

Brazil continues to be a country whose land borders remain open, especially those with Venezuela, Peru, and Bolivia.

Many young people in Cuba give up their studies to become street vendors, messengers, and cobblers. Leonel is 24 and left his music classes.

Amid increased poverty, a migratory exodus, and greater repression against dissent, the term resurfaces in the government’s public discourse.

As expected, since emigration from Cuba is higher among young people, the general population has also aged in these three years.