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Doctor Laura Garcia tells pregnant women at the neighborhood medical center: “Mama, exclusive breastfeeding from the very first day is the best gift you can give your baby”, referring to a practice that has low indexes in Cuba for many different reasons.

Cuba’s public water supply is one of our society’s most chronic problems, that has endured and spread in recent decades. It is in a critical situation nationwide, but I will only talk about what is happening in Mayari, Holguin, my town.

While Canada will resume some of its services at the Embassy in Havana so as to facilitate immigration procedures for Cuban citizens, other countries such as Panama and the US, are adopting new measures to limit travel for Cubans.

An old man eats a typical Cuban meal in a workers’ canteen, in front of TV cameras. Viewers didn’t think too much of it: white rice, black bean stew, avocado salad and a juicy pork steak.

In the summer holidays, many Cuban families travel within the country. Family encounters are common right now. I went with my family to Holguin, to visit my wife’s family.

As a single mother, Marta literally carries Nina everywhere, and spends most of her time at home in the safe and stable environment she has created for her daughter. Sustaining both of them economically, in a life scenario where they only have each other most of the time, has been one of her biggest challenges.