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Music and Refuge: Three Cuban Musicians in Tijuana

Deciding to come to Mexico was tough. We sought a place where we could grow professionally without the restrictions we faced in our country.

The parents of some young addicts don’t know how to help them because they fear they’ll end up in jail.

At 83, Cuban pianist Chucho Valdes has been trying to detach himself from the Cuban regime for more than a decade…

Chiapas has become fertile ground for organized crime. A place where human rights violations are considered “mere collateral damage.”

“Despite an investment of more than 24 billion dollars, the results show an alarming decline,” says Cuba Siglo 21.

Pardons given to 51,000 common criminals over ten years have cost the lives of at least 10 women, who fell victim to the released aggressors.

Despite the 1,583 legislative measures in 193 countries around the world, violence against women has not been eradicated or even abated.

The price of pork meat at Cuban markets has always worked as a thermometer to measure the state of the domestic economy.

Amid promise after promise about renewable energy sources, frequent blackouts have become “brief periods of light” in today’s Cuba. (Video)

Full of words, the 12-meter-high structure in Old Havana’s Plaza de Armas is a hymn to freedom and the power of literature.