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Over a Half Ton of Potatoes Disappear in Havana

The administrator of the ‘agro’ market at 17 and K in Havana’s Vedado district was arrested and taken to the Zapata and C station.

The parent organization, founded in 2010 by Erick Leiva, holds cultural activities to raise funds for social projects.

As Cuban farming reaches new lows, buying eggs from Colombian producers is a partial stopgap as long as there is money to import.

Yasmary Gonzalez has covered her house with graffiti against the dictatorship and for freedom. She has had enough.

Brazil and Colombia joined the wave of rejection from the US, the EU, & others regarding the development of the Venezuelan electoral process.

Gerd Schnepel and Elba Rivera founded “La Esperanzita” farm in 1984. It was the first site in Nicaragua to practice organic agriculture.

Most of those who got up early today to line up in front of the kiosks under the blue tents in Central Havana’s Trillo Park are elderly.

For some, their crime was participating in or covering religious activities, others were detained for being opponents.

“I know when someone in my neighborhood is handling good money because when I pass by their house you can smell the garlic.”

Food scarcity is not a new phenomenon in Cuba, but the intensity and frequency of shortages have reached a critical point in recent months.