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Reinventing Cuban Culture

The other day, I read somewhere that Abel Prieto, President Raul Castro’s advisor and Cuba’s former Minister of Culture, had expressed concerns over what he calls the “Americanization” of culture.

Extra-long Express Bus Tested in Havana

The Cuban Ministry of Transportation’s Trans-Metro company has been operating a new articulated bus to improve the Santiago de las Vegas – Vedado service in Havana since December 22 of last year.

Cuba’s Fine Arts Museum Censors Its Own Collection

Censorship in Cuba’s art world has been retreating in recent years, which is why it’s sudden and merciless reappearance can sometimes take us aback, striking as something both ridiculous and senseless.

Cuba: Till the Shit Do Us Part

Garbage collection efforts have entered a higher phase of decline in the Cuban capital. I want to address the issue once again to show how the situation has worsened over the past few months and to propose a solution to the problem. (13 photos)

Venezuela: Of Carnavals and Murders

The president announced that a new coup attempt in the country was in the making. In his two years in office, Nicolas Maduro has warned us about more coup attempts than Fidel Castro has skirted in his lifetime.

Cuba: Humanity is the Problem

The chair of the Committee for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR) on my block, told me one of the cats that live in our neighborhood hid in a small room he uses as a workshop and to store tools.

“Wedding Dress”, a Disappointing Cuban Film

I went to see Marylin Solaya’s Vestido de Novia (“Wedding Dress”) with high expectations, after hearing much praise for the film during its screening at the Havana Film Festival last December.

A Mad Trip to Venezuela’s Gran Sabana

When I turned 30 something last year I got a trip as gift. Since I don’t enjoy tours organized by others, my friend and I set off on an adventure in southern Venezuela, that paradise of feminine beauty known as La Gran Sabana (The great plain). (48 photos)

The Kid that Doesn’t Study Isn’t a Good Revolutionary

Cuba’s 2015 Pedagogy Symposium has just come to an end. The great problem facing this system isn’t a lack of resources or teachers but the complete absence of an emancipatory program. (11 fotos)

My Puppy Dog and Working Class Guilt in Cuba

Some have turned the sale and subsequent care of pets into the business of the moment in Cuba. Private businesses that sell purebred animals have sprung up around the country.