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Uruguay Expands Solar Energy as Electricity Demand Increases

The country already has a 94% renewable electricity mix, but plans to diversify by adding more than 100MW of solar by 2026.

Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels.

Seven years later, the country’s police state apparatus keeps watch and persecutes, under a cloak of normality.

As if the countless hours of blackouts weren’t enough, now there’s no way to know when the power will come back on or how long it will last.

While common crimes in today’s Cuba multiply under police inaction, political dissent remains tightly controlled.

“When they say they’re going to lower prices, the products disappear,” complains the population. It happens over and over again.

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

“I’m not good at just asking for money”: one draws, another sings, and the third seeks out foreigners to “practice languages.”

Walking through Centro Habana to Old Havana, along the coastline, I have seen walls covered with graffiti and works of urban art (13 photos).

Here we have a woman, an artist in the full splendor of her creativity; she is also a sculptor, designer, photographer, and poet. (10 Photos)