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Canada Shuts Down Cuba Travel until May

Starting today, Canada closes travel to Cuba until at least May. The island’s largest tourist market takes stiff action to prevent Covid-19.

Our photo of the day “Portrait, in Havana, Cuba” was taken Lori Mat Ash with an iPhone 6S camera. Send us your pictures to post!

Cuba’s high tourist season has taken a new hit with a sharp uptick of Covid-19 cases and the government’s cancelling of more flights.

Today we feature The Gramophone Allstars Big Band (Spain), mixing reggae influences with jazz & soul, on the song “Let’s Get It on” (2020).

There are less than ten months left before the 2021 elections in Nicaragua, although they still haven’t been formally convened.

Our photo of the day: “Late winter afternoon in the Pennsylvania countryside”, was taken by Leon Papir (USA) with his Lumix G9 camera.

Cuban shooter Leuris Pupo and long-jump champion Ivan Pedroso have sold their Olympic medals. The news spread like wildfire…

Today’s featured artist is Cal Tjader from the US with the song “Mambo Terrifico” from the album “Black Hawk Nights” (1959).

A “Good Will Commission” was created this week, to seek unity among all those opposing the Ortega regime in Nicaragua.

The scheduled meeting didn’t take place. Restrictions on movement and arbitrary arrests were the highlights of the day instead.