Though Cuba’s Villa Clara team had a poor showing at the Caribbean Series last year (the island took part for the first time after 50 years of absence from the tournament), Cuba expects its Pinar del Rio team to fare better at this year’s championship, set to take place in Puerto Rico from February 2 to 8.
Read MoreCuban dissidents on the island and exiles in Miami took a step today to seek unity despite their diverse criteria on how to “build democracy.”
Read MoreEven though little came out from the first round of talks in Havana between Cuba and the United States, on the other side of the Straits of Florida a movement is developing to land in the Cuban market as soon as possible.
Read MoreThe year was 1995. The Cuban economy was in shambles, and so were people. Suicide figures skyrocketed, until we were seeing more than 2 thousand cases every year and the phenomenon became a statistically significant cause of death.
Read MoreThere’s talk of an island about to wake up, a people who have managed to sleep through encroaching capitalist globalization. Starry-eyed accounts of Eisenhower-era Buicks and Chevrolets barreling down pot-holed highways and billboards proclaiming socialist slogans.
Read MoreTo mitigate the Cuban heat there is nothing like a sugar cane-grinding machine known as a guarapera and enjoying a cold jug of juice with bits of crushed ice. The juice of the sugar cane is a natural energizer rich in protein and calories.
Read MoreRoberta Jacobson and Josefina Vidal, diplomats from the United States and Cuba, respectively, decided to begin talks a day earlier than planned. After more than fifty years of confrontation, they decided to have dinner together at a private residence.
Read MoreAfter a seven-year legal battle, the diary of a prisoner held at Guantánamo Bay has just been published and has become a surprise best-seller. Mohamedou Ould Slahi’s diary details his experience with rendition, torture and being imprisoned without charge.
Read MoreEverything seems to indicate that the US embargo on Cuba has lost its footing. The efforts of those who believed that an improvement in relations with the United States would bring about a better Cuba have proven victorious.
Read MoreThis is the official announcement for the HT Made in Cuba Photo Contest 2015. It is our seventh contest, one for each year of the online publication. The categories for submissions this year are: Friendship, Bicycles, Portraits, Workshops/Studios, Textures and Street Vendors.
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