Cubans and Tourists Without Bread Until the End of March
The Government blamed the situation on “financial restrictions mainly due to the intensified US embargo, [which they call a blockade]”
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Cuba Petroleo Attributes Power Outages to Fuel Shortages
Officials argue that the problem isn’t failures and breakdowns in the thermoelectric plants, but rather the lack of fuel to operate them.
New Law Endangers Survival of Peru’s Indigenous Peoples
“The territory is of vital importance to us. It guarantees us life and the lives of our future generations; it gives us food and medicine…”
Cuba: Tire Repairman Manufactures Blood Pressure Monitors
Las Tunas hospitals have also begun to order homemade hospital bracelets from Arturo Batista.
Nicaragua: Doña Coquito, Symbol of the 2018 Rebellion Dies
Miriam Matus was one of the popular figures of the 2018 protests. Her last years were plagued by chronic illnesses.
The Old Age We Never Expected to Live in Cuba
“My grandmother hates goodbyes. But no one escapes them, especially not in Cuba, the country of endless farewells…”
Inequality Also Afflicts Clean Energy in Latin America
Renewable energy, needed to reduce the polluting emissions that overheat the planet, does not address inequality and in some cases foments it
How Neighbors Saved Their Homes from Chile’s Deadliest Fire
The flames did not touch any of the houses, and all its inhabitants managed to evacuate on time from the most voracious fire in Chile.
Cuba: Diaz-Canel Orders Farmers to Produce More Milk
The Minister of Internal Trade said that due to the shortage, milk sales for children under seven years of age will be reduced in February.
Martinelli Bought an Escape from Ortega that Didn’t Go Well
The former president of Panama evades jail by taking refuge in the Nicaraguan embassy, but strains relations between the two countries.