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Cuba: Danzon in Times of Reparto

“Danzon was the first time Black and white people came together in the same ballroom. So, for the Spaniards, even the dance, was dangerous.”

Five of the 11 pastors from Mountain Gateway, a Texas based ministry, described their ordeal in the Nicaraguan prison.

Diesel in pesos disappeared, fuel sold in USD was never consistently available, and “clandestine gas stations” nearly doubled their price.

Rebecca Burke was on the trip of a lifetime. But as she tried to leave the US she was stopped, interrogated and arrested by ICE.

Scholars believe that stairs are more than 6,000 years old, predating Christ; their exact age cannot be determined. (21 fotos)

The Carral cinema-theater in Guanabacoa, Havana is one of the buildings that illustrates the town’s decline.

Public employees were forced to parade and to spread word about the “new” law to bury any memory of the protests.

Participants on a government TV program insist that price controls were a measure agreed upon with the private sector.

“Ultimately, the worst off is the population because what we private owners don’t sell, the State doesn’t sell in its stores either.”

Will Ecuador move towards a more cohesive governance model or continue to be plagued by internal divisions?