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Cuba: Stores & Gas Stations in US Dollars Continue to Grow

The sudden closure of a store with a notice on the door or none at all, is often the clearest sign of its conversion to the dollar system.

This facility in Havana uses six Turkish chimneys but is located on land—only the engines remain to be installed.

In the dimness of the soul, where whispers of pain intertwine with echoes of hope, stands the figure of the human being, fragile but strong.

Sitting in the doorway of a neighbor’s house, Teodosia Nilda Hernandez, 80, sells a pair of shoes to make it to the end of the month.

The total area of the concessions exceeds the surface area of some departments such as Managua, Chinandega and Estelí, notes CONFIDENCIAL.

At the end of last August, the well-known Havana priest Father Lester Zayas protested a Yoruba ritual performed in front of his church.

Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels.

Seven years later, the country’s police state apparatus keeps watch and persecutes, under a cloak of normality.

As if the countless hours of blackouts weren’t enough, now there’s no way to know when the power will come back on or how long it will last.

While common crimes in today’s Cuba multiply under police inaction, political dissent remains tightly controlled.