An analysis of the food market in our country reveals the continuity of high prices which tend to increase, taking the official average salary of consumers into account. Here is my attempt to explain the different markets that exist in Cuba for food.
Read MoreSome Cubans celebrated the death of Fidel Castro, but others said they’ll miss the bearded one who led their island nation for decades. The stories of seven of these loyalists shedS light on the allure of Castro, who rose to power in 1959.
Read MoreFor over two years now, Cuba has been doubling its efforts to attract a greater flow of foreign capital. And it’s no longer understood as a “necessary evil”, nor a “complement” but as a vital aspect for national development. However…
Read MoreWith the reforms set out by Raul Castro’s government, the situation has gotten worse insofar as these changes weren’t accompanied by a legal framework that would warrant laws, procedures, restrictions, duties, rights and legal security.
Read MoreFifty years after it was implemented to protect refugees who were escaping the Communist regime, the Cuban Adjustment Act has been subject to serious questioning and its permanence could be on the table as a result of immigration restrictions that president-elect Donald Trump promised during his campaign.
Read MoreCarlos Javier Alcantara Diaz is only 18 years old and has already found a love that will last him a lifetime: music. After listening to these kids play jazz standards and improvising, you become hopeful.
Read MorePierre Trudeau’s Havana visits are legendary, and Justin Trudeau is on his way there. Another famous son of Montreal made a trip in March 1961. Leonard Cohen visited Havana at a most unusual time.
Read MoreNiuris Higueras, the owner of Atelier restaurant, was notified a week beforehand. She had to go to a People’s Power meeting in the Revolution Square municipality. Many of the contradictions that have now come to light stem from the private sector’s own development. The question now is how far the government is willing to let this sector grow.
Read MoreEvery afternoon, this Guarachero (a type of Cuban music) par excellence, in life and in music, can be heard on Obispo street, the main street where tourists and Cubans go into Old Havana. People around him went into a frenzy when he sang one of his improvised choruses: “You have to make sure you don’t get Dengue, Chikungunya and many other things.”
Read MoreThere’s a hidden virtual Havana, sometime surrealist and only accessible to initiated members whose everyday activities are just a phantasmagoria, because “their” more “real” world lies in their videogames.
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