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Time for Change in Cuba or More of the Same?

The Cuban government is tweaking its Economics Plan in the face of serious losses as a result of COVID-19, but may also speed up changes to the system.

Two Hundred Nicaraguans in Panama Are Hungry and Plead to Return

Ortega’s Government continues to ignore their request during the Covid-19 pandemic; another 160 wait in the Cayman Island and 44 in El Salvador.

Spiderman and the Army Hurt by Covid-19 in Nicaragua

Some 1.5 million underemployed Nicaraguans struggle to make it during the pandemic. The performance artist Spiderman is one of them.

New Actions in Central Havana to Contain the Pandemic

Starting May 8th, the restrictions impact the daily lives of some 220,000 people in Central Havana and two other districts, also from the capital.

Is Cuba’s Rations Booklet Getting a Boost from COVID-19?

Shortages of food and other essential items are conspiring against the public health system’s efforts to fight COVID-19.

Cuba’s National Flower: Celia Sanchez

Born on May 9, 1920, Celia Esther Sánchez Manduley was one of eight children in the family of Dr. Manuel Sánchez Silveira and Acacia Manduley. (16 photos)

The Digital Divide Grows Wider Amid Global Lockdown

Experts are concerned that in the current circumstances this divide, could grow even wider — particularly among women.

Epidemiologists in Nicaragua: “Signs of Community Transmission”

Although the Government denies it, independent doctors maintain that the country has already entered the phase of local transmission of Covid-19.

Little Dancers Backstage

During our annual trip with L’Archipel in 2015, I went to the Cuban National Ballet School graduate show in at the Teatro Nacional de Cuba. (9 photos)

“Stay at Home” and an Unfamiliar Havana

I don’t particularly love busy streets, but what I saw last Sunday, walking down some of Havana’s streets, was a once-in-a-lifetime experience. (12 photos)