Ever since I used to pass through the Venezuelan State of Lara, always heading for somewhere else, I had the idea that this great area was pretty much a semi-desert or, at least, quite arid. (16 photos)
Read MoreWithout any institutional funds, community project Granjita feliz (The little happy farm) is run with its own resources and support from independent business owners, taking knowledge and (especially) joy to the capital’s children and handicapped.
Read MoreWhomever might come across Luz Elena Sequeira for the first time might not suspect that over the last 6 years, she’s run over 30,000 kilometers. That sum might be more credible when referring to driving a vehicle. But not in this case.
Read MoreIf one dreamed up an ambitious global #metoo success story, it might involve governments around the world enthusiastically supporting legal norms and action on sexual harassment with active support and cooperation from businesses and workers.
Read MoreHow many disqualifying adjectives can be said without breathing in 30 seconds against those that have protested against the government of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo?
Read MoreNicaraguan Ana Real paid for three dinners in Manhattan in order to obtain the famous interview that television anchor Dan Rather held with then Iraqi dictator Saddam Hussein.
Read MoreThe fifth installment of the mini-series “Spoon River” presents well-known punk rock band Porno para Ricardo, a controversial band that was founded in 1998 and led by Gorki Aguila, one of the most irreverent artists to have been born in Cuba.
Read MoreRosalia is her alias. She is a doctor and 44 years old. Our daughters go to the same school, and one afternoon we began conversing about the current situation in the country.
Read MoreOn the first Sunday every month, young Cuban Viviana Diaz joins dozens of cyclists who ride down Havana’s main streets at sunset, so as to promote the use of this leisurely, healthy and eco-friendly form of transport.
Read MoreWhile the Aedes aegypti proliferates because of rain, high temperatures and problems with urban sanitation, Cuba’s health authorities have tried to uphold actions to try and control the plague amidst economic restrictions, especially fuel shortages.
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