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Cuba: Planting on Rooftops and in Backyards

I had just gone to four markets, returning home with only a quarter of what I managed to get the previous week. Cuba’s food shortage worsens.

San Leopoldo stands between Belascoain and Galiano Streets in Centro Habana. This feature with 97 pictures shows its striking contrasts.

Jean Bouffard from Canada took our photo of the day: “Before the storm”, in Quebec, Canada using his Nikon D70 camera. Send us your favorites!

The Police abducted the two youth to question them about the Nicaraguan University Alliance (AUN) and threatened to imprison them permanently.

Today’s featured artist is Latin Jazz flautist Andrea Brachfeld (US) with the song “Llantico” from the album “Back with Sweet Passion” (2002).

The Inter-American Press Society (SIP) expressed regret at the indefinite suspension of the Violeta Barrios de Chamorro Foundation.

Ecuador will hold a runoff election on April 11 to select its next president. The first round of voting on Sunday did not produce a winner.

A series of repressive laws are leading businesses and the population closer to an abyss. Ortega followed a similar script in the 1980s.

Today one may think reading books on paper is a thing of the past. However, “Biblioteca Andante” in Cardenas, Cuba, proves otherwise.

The Cuban gov. chose a moment of extreme crisis to open-up more possibilities for private employment. The announcement came on Saturday.