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Immigration Police Spread Dragnets Across USA

I was in the Seattle immigration court accompanying a young mother from a South American country applying for asylum to a routine hearing.

He’s had the audacity to go out and walk the streets of Cuba to get a sense of how people feel about the harsh reality they are living.

The phrases “We shall overcome,” “Building socialism,” “Yes we can,” have become mantras in official discourse…

Demographic profiles of Cuba reveal an aging country, with fewer births than deaths, an enormous emigration of young people of working age.

Cuba exported 8 million tons of sugar in 1989. Today, it must import more than it produces, which is unprecedented for the island.

The power outages complicate the pumping of water, so that the population has been without tap water for several weeks.

After living in very vulnerable conditions in Cuba, Lazaro thought he had found a way out. But the opportunity wasn’t was made out to be.

I visited the Hotel Nacional during the government of James Carter, who strengthened ties between Cuba and the USA. (34 photos)

On the roadside in Havana, private kiosks sell California garlic, Mexican watermelons, Turkish charcoal, and much more.

“It’s not only taking away properties, it’s erasing all legal traces of them. They’re stripped of their nationality, pensions & civic records”