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Cuba’s Habanos Cigar Festival Brings in US $17 Million

The lucrative humidor auction closed the event. The government says the money goes to the Cuban Health System.

An open secret is that much of the bread sold by street vendors is made in the same bakeries that make the rationed bread rolls.

“My personal feeling is that we’re on our own. The government only remembers us for taxes, even though the country’s reality is worse…”

Rosario Murillo has sworn in 30,000 hooded “volunteers” in Managua, which experts affirm will comprise her own repressive army.

As I do when I retreat to a mountain or to the sea, today I wanted to avoid pessimism, but without escaping the city. (11 photos)

“It is a deadly industry behind the smoking epidemic… actively undermining tobacco control efforts that could save millions more lives.

The US dollar store at 3rd and 70th in Miramar, Havana, has been crowned the king of all the markets of its kind on the Island.

We should stop and observe the creatures around us. They are beings who can teach us lessons in survival, love, and loyalty. (13 photos)

More and more Nicaraguans are being denied the ability to return home, effectively exiling them. Here’s what to do if this happens.

Many doorways and columns have not given up over time, but many have not been able to hold out and have collapsed… (18 photos)