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Leased Taxis Provide a Lifeboat for Cuba’s State-Run Company

“At first, it was a relief to know that I could control my own work schedule and, if I worked more, I could earn more, however….”.

Cuba faces a multidimensional crisis—economic, infrastructural, social—that calls for nothing less than structural change.

It seemed to me a more authentic path, for the person I was becoming,” Elizabeth explains in her conversation with El Toque.

On August 24, the people of Ciego de Avila woke up to the alarming news that two “high-risk” inmates had escaped from Canaleta prison.

We highlight the human dimension of a journey that seeks to challenge the blockade and stand with the Palestinian people. (12 photos)

Cesar Prieto kept thinking back to a nervous time 4 ½ years earlier when he was sprinting away from a hotel and running toward his dreams.

When someone in Havana needs to repair a washing machine, they imagine the mechanic will be a tall man, with rough hands and a smell of grease

I often pass through the beautiful Wifredo Lam Park whenever I leave Miramar and head toward Vedado here in Havana. (18 photos).

Over 20 boats carrying some 300 activists set sail for Gaza as part of the new Flotilla, aimed at breaking the Israeli blockade (14 photos).

The City of Children was founded in the 1950s by the Catholic priest Ismael Teste, who served in Bejucal. (30 photos)