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Blackouts, Shortages & Migration, but Cuban Gov. Hangs On

Political opposition both on and outside the island continues to lack enough popularity to make a difference and bring about change.

Orlando Lago is from Media Luna, in Granma province. The Government failed to investigate his son’s murder while in his military service.

When people from Holguin visit Havana , we are taken aback by how dirty it is. It’s shocking for us to see garbage dumpsters overflowing…

The present of an enslaved people is very sad, which is unable to make progress on its own and is forced to live like a mere parasite.

Yohandry is 18. At the beginning of May, he received a notice to appear and register for his military service.

Cuba, with great farm potential, is far from being a leader in this field & needs to import 70% of the food we consume or should be consuming…

Their real crime is defending freedom of expression and creation, something that the Cuban regime fears to the limits.

A Venezuelan millionaire is locked up for a kidnapping. That might be an interesting headline or the premise for an action movie.

I can’t switch on the small electric stove, so I open the fridge, take out a bit of powdered milk and stir it with some water from the tap.

It’s a mystery how certain people can influence lives. They weave themselves into peoples’ stories, leaving a never-ending legacy.