Avenida del Puerto (Port Avenue) links the oldest part of the city with the Malecon, which takes us to the most modern part of the Cuban capital. Some people think of it as an extension of the Malecon, but Avenida del Puerto is actually a lot older. (24 photos)
Read MoreThis story unfolds on a Cuban Yutong bus running the route from Havana to Holguin. After the drivers kindly explained the details of the journey and a couple of hours of “music” videos at the beginning, most of which were Reggaeton tracks, a slim man, wearing small glasses and with long dreadlocks, approached the drivers quite timidly…
Read MoreThe second half of June brings an unprecedented and unfavorable external scenario for the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo. Three heavyweight actors from the international arena— the United States, the Organization of American States and the European Union—, will be making decisions that will weaken the regime or at least force it to yield on grounds up until now impenetrable.
Read MoreAbortion has long been a contentious issue across the world, and the debate is only heating up, prompting women to stand up and speak out for their reproductive rights. In response to increasingly restrictive policies, civil society is taking action to help protect abortion rights.
Read MoreThe Secretary General of the organization, Luis Almagro, maintains that the OAS will only accompany any electoral reform agreements, after the release of Ortega’s political prisoners and the full restitution of civil liberties, as agreed upon at the dialogue table between the Government and the Civic Alliance for Justice and Democracy in March.
Read MoreHBO’s show “Chernobyl”* has stirred a growing interest in the Cuban population. Cuba also had its own nuclear adventure. It was called Juragua, and it left lots of similar questions in its wake, just like the Soviet disaster did. (16 photos)
Read MoreUp to two hundred Cuban Intelligence advisers operate in Nicaragua on a regular basis, according to high-level sources linked to the Ortega-Murillo government.
Read MoreThe government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo won’t risk the international consequences of expropriating foreign citizens, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU) in its latest report on Nicaragua. The publication also reiterates that the only vulnerable point of the regime is the possibility of greater United States sanctions.
Read MoreBlinded by a horse at the age of seven, Arsenio Rodriguez (1911-1970) went on to become one of Cuba’s greatest musicians, composers and bandleaders: “El Ciego Maravilloso” (The Marvellous Blind One).
Read MoreAfter decades denying that femicides take place in Cuba (a tragic reality which we have been systematically denouncing on Alas Tensas, as it is one of the reasons we write our magazine), the Cuban government has finally acknowledged this great scourge.
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