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Havana Nights Fill with Pot-Banging Protests over Blackouts

The energy crisis that afflicts the Island comes to the surrounding areas of the Casino Deportivo, where villas with gardens are plentiful.

In the long agony after the collapse of the socialist bloc in Eastern Europe, those still in power in Cuba were forced to shed some weight.

As the Israeli blockade of Gaza continues, a nearly 50-boat flotilla carrying humanitarian aid is some 150 nautical miles from Gaza.

Let’s hope prior to any debate, Cubans, Nicaraguans, Venezuelans & Salvadorans can agree that we’re all suffering under dictatorships.

“I’m not good at just asking for money”: one draws, another sings, and the third seeks out foreigners to “practice languages.”

From Raul Castro to Fernandez de Cossío: the same FALSE discourse persists to deny political prisoners and accuse Amnesty International.

Walking through Centro Habana to Old Havana, along the coastline, I have seen walls covered with graffiti and works of urban art (13 photos).

The idea that women were born to be mothers is still generally accepted in Latin American and Caribbean countries.

The metal boxes are “an alternative in the face of the shortage of essential building materials” to ease the housing crisis.

In the mecca of popular commerce in Havana, most everything can be found, including the buying and selling of dollars.