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A Story of Legacy and Abandonment in Bejucal, Cuba

The City of Children was founded in the 1950s by the Catholic priest Ismael Teste, who served in Bejucal. (30 photos)

Many Cuban families cook in the hallways, using charcoal or wood, making them so smoky it’s hard to breathe.

With the evolution and diversification of new illicit markets the criminal networks are challenging the survival of democratic institutions.

Homes where citizens will be interviewed are pre-selected in areas known to have state workers and Sandinista families.

While Washington maintains that the goal is to fight drug trafficking, the Maduro government in Venezuela warned of an “imperialist threat.”

Every morning, Jose Luis discreetly picks up the goods and walks the streets of Matanzas, Cuba to sell them.

A new law nationalizes 14% of national territory, including cities and Indigenous communities. We speak with residents of the border zone.

We visit the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana. There is currently an exhibition with roosters as its main theme. (12 photos)

Brazil is known more for exporting primary products such as iron ore, oil, coffee, and soybeans rather than value-added industrial goods.

“I only have 180 pesos left,” says a retiree waiting in line at the bank, but he’ll have to come back because it wasn’t his day to collect.