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In Cuba There Are Two Grades of State Bread Rolls

Every morning, Jose Luis discreetly picks up the goods and walks the streets of Matanzas, Cuba to sell them.

A new law nationalizes 14% of national territory, including cities and Indigenous communities. We speak with residents of the border zone.

We visit the Mariano Rodríguez Gallery in Villa Panamericana. There is currently an exhibition with roosters as its main theme. (12 photos)

“I only have 180 pesos left,” says a retiree waiting in line at the bank, but he’ll have to come back because it wasn’t his day to collect.

“If that Cuba is in US dollars, then I can’t go in,” complains an elderly Communist Party member.

My European colleague and I were walking through Centro Habana when he remembered he needed to exchange foreign currency for Cuban pesos.

We currently have 26 contestants participating in our 14th photography contest. There are still three weeks left to submit entries.

“My generation was raised wondering how ordinary people could countenance an atrocity. In a grotesque twist, the question has circled back to us.”

Daily power outages continue to define the chaotic situation in Cuba, with almost inhuman impacts, especially outside the capital.

Industrial pollution, fecal contamination, and neglect mark day-to-day life for those who live in “El Fanguito,” beside the Almendares River.