The Cuban Regime’s New Strategy to Attract Foreign Currency
The new model seeks to attract foreign currency not only through fixed rents but also by revitalizing the island’s tourism marketing…
Read More
Features
The Secret Life of B. Traven, Mexico’s Mysterious Bestseller
“There has never been a case like Traven, and not just because of the mystery about him. He seemed to feel Mexico in his own flesh.”
Read More
Bolivia: The Challenges Facing Rodrigo Paz’s Government
The first major test for Bolivia’s president-elect Rodrigo Paz will be consolidating his power base in the legislature.
Read More
What Cuba Can Do Amid Crisis and Despite US Sanctions
Cuba is in a type of crisis from which a country cannot recover “in the framework of the existing system,” only through substantive reforms.
Read More
The Ordeal of High-Rise Buildings Outside Havana
With 12 buildings taller than six stories, Camagüey has the most of such structures outside Havana, including a “26-story” building.
Read More
A Cuban Independence Cry Resurrected: The New Cry of Baire
The events took place on October 16, when demonstrators marched banging pots and shouting “Freedom!” and “Down with Diaz-Canel!”
Read More
Price Controls in Havana Don’t Work Says Official Press
“The price of products showed a direct relationship with inflation and with the price of the dollar on the informal market.”
Read More
HT 2025 Photo Contest First Cut Survivors
We started with 350 pictures from 52 participants and here are the 152 photos from 35 photographers that made the first cut in the five categories.
Read More
The Price of Saving Abandoned Animals in Cuba
An animal protector spotted them: five newly born kittens in a dirty cardboard box, at the entrance to a market (11 photos).
Read More
The Open Veins of Colombia
Colombia’s Special Jurisdiction for Peace rulings expose FARC kidnappings and “false positives” as state crimes…
Read More