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Hotels, Excursions and Modern Cars Denote Cuba’s New Rich

“I don’t know if it’s because people are trying to escape blackouts, but they’re buying like never before… even with prices switched to USD.”

The new system is already up and running, but “people still don’t know about it,” said an employee at the Obispo branch in Old Havana.

The increase in some pensions in Cuba was approved on Wednesday and will take effect on September 1st.

In the 1970s, the Mexican state worked with an avant-garde architect to build unique homes for workers in Mexicali.

Groups of children and teenagers cling to moving vehicles to slide across the asphalt, as if practicing a kind of “urban skiing.”

Riding the bus into downtown or walking along its avenues is a true pleasure for those of us who enjoy architectural details. (21 photos)

Founded in the 1990s to circumvent the US embargo, GAESA has grown into the island’s dominant economic player.

Merchants search for the best merchandise they can resell and are making plans to import directly from China—if Customs allows it

Of the eight floating power plants Cuba once had, only one remains in Regla, and it’s suffering from a lack of fuel.

Famine is advancing in the Gaza Strip, and children & adults, including aid workers, are suffering from hunger, just like the Israeli hostages.