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Skiing on the Asphalt in Havana, Cuba

Groups of children and teenagers cling to moving vehicles to slide across the asphalt, as if practicing a kind of “urban skiing.”

Riding the bus into downtown or walking along its avenues is a true pleasure for those of us who enjoy architectural details. (21 photos)

Founded in the 1990s to circumvent the US embargo, GAESA has grown into the island’s dominant economic player.

Merchants search for the best merchandise they can resell and are making plans to import directly from China—if Customs allows it

Of the eight floating power plants Cuba once had, only one remains in Regla, and it’s suffering from a lack of fuel.

Famine is advancing in the Gaza Strip, and children & adults, including aid workers, are suffering from hunger, just like the Israeli hostages.

Their market is dollarized stores, tourist hotels, and warehouses controlled by the Cuban military conglomerate GAESA.

Petals that resemble brushstrokes of oil paint, textures you feel with your eyes, colors that tell the story of an exuberant land. (16 photos)

Economist Pedro Monreal believes the government doesn’t care about hotels, but rather about the real estate business of leasing them.

This deceptive narrative, common in official Cuban discourse and echoed by state media, omits key internal causes and distorts reality.