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Havana Without Flour

According to official statistics, state bread production in Cuba has fallen by 34 percent over the past six years.

Barely enough to buy four bottles of cooking oil or two and a half cartons of 30 eggs in the small private shops when they are available.

The Colon Cemetery in Havana, a victim of thieves and also a source of money to finance the departure from the country.

The Mariano Rodriguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana, presents “Images that Converse With Themselves: Portraits of Cuban Artists.” (16 photos)

Cuban patients not only have the responsibility to get syringes and drugs before surgery. Now, often, a blood donation is a prerequisite.

“There’s a real joy because of this festival. It’s a blessing for the people,” said local resident Roberto Verdencia to IPS.

A Vietnamese company was also the first to receive land in Cuba—initially 308 hectares—to plant rice in Pinar del Río.

On the front porch of a house, a small sales stall like many others in the area doesn’t reveal the true nature of the business behind it.

The governments of the United States and El Salvador have subjected over 200 Venezuelans to forced disappearance and arbitrary detention.

The Communist Party Las Tunas provincial newspaper claims that cases in the province are few and that there is no “crisis.”