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Sugar Industry Collapse in Cuba

Cuba exported 8 million tons of sugar in 1989. Today, it must import more than it produces, which is unprecedented for the island.

Only a day before, he was a welding foreman, a husband and father of four who lived on a family farm in Sturgis, Mississippi.

The power outages complicate the pumping of water, so that the population has been without tap water for several weeks.

In this Border Chronicle feature article Caroline Tracey writes on taking back the Rio Grande/Rio Bravo as a river, not a border checkpoint.

After living in very vulnerable conditions in Cuba, Lazaro thought he had found a way out. But the opportunity wasn’t was made out to be.

I visited the Hotel Nacional during the government of James Carter, who strengthened ties between Cuba and the USA. (34 photos)

Cuban society, like many others in the Americas, carries a set of racial stereotypes that profoundly affect the lives of African descendants.

On the roadside in Havana, private kiosks sell California garlic, Mexican watermelons, Turkish charcoal, and much more.

“It’s not only taking away properties, it’s erasing all legal traces of them. They’re stripped of their nationality, pensions & civic records”

Six international humanitarian organizations denounced on May 19, the arrest of Ruth Lopez, a prominent human rights defender in El Salvador.