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Gender Gaps Increase in Rural Areas of Cuba

Machismo and the gender inequalities inherent in Cuba’s patriarchal society put women in rural communities at greater vulnerability.

Over the past five years, progress remains slow, uneven, and increasingly under threat from a growing backlash against women’s rights.

Several schools have reduced their hours and only offer classes in the mornings or from Monday to Thursday.

The 97th edition of the Oscars stood out for the near-absolute silence regarding the turbulent times the US faces.

The threat has been reinforced following a move by several Republican lawmakers who have submitted a bill on the US exit from the UN.

Upon exiting the Havana Bay tunnel and heading northeast, the coastline reveals a peculiar area: Playa del Chivo. (23 photos)

The lucrative humidor auction closed the event. The government says the money goes to the Cuban Health System.

An open secret is that much of the bread sold by street vendors is made in the same bakeries that make the rationed bread rolls.

“My personal feeling is that we’re on our own. The government only remembers us for taxes, even though the country’s reality is worse…”

Rosario Murillo has sworn in 30,000 hooded “volunteers” in Managua, which experts affirm will comprise her own repressive army.