Cuba: Tourism First, Housing Recovery Later
The image in the cities is repeated: dark and impoverished streets, lit only by luxurious hotels that most Cubans cannot access.
Segments
Isla Libre: A Practical Guide to Help the Cuban People
The authors of the Isla Libre project call on citizens to “wake up and act” through peaceful civil resistance.
“They Closed the Doors on Me and I Finally Left Cuba”
“For there to be real change, there must be democracy and free elections, something hat has not happened in sixty-five years.”
Travel Weekly Features New Challenges for Cuba Visitors
New challenges in visiting Cuba with its deteriorated infrastructure and energy outages compounded by the recent natural disasters.
Two Buckets of Water per Person in Luyano, Havana
“In the end we obtained four buckets, two for my husband and two for me,” a neighbor told ’14ymedio’.
Wandering the Streets of Havana
When walking the streets, it’s almost impossible not to see a landscape of decay. Everything has transformed into hopelessness. (12 photos)
Santiago de Cuba Shuts Down: Just 4 Hours of Power a Day
The province of Santiago de Cuba is approaching zero energy generation and receives one-tenth of what it needs.
Silverio from the Heights
We were supposed to reach Pico San Juan, the highest point of the Escambray mountain range, but the plan was delayed and we didn’t make it.
Havana On Its 505th Birthday
A city that tries to survive amid a terrible structural crisis, that fights against apathy, abandonment, & tries not to succumb. (36 photos)
The “Crime” of Three Exiled Nicaraguan Musicians
At the El Chipote prison, they weren’t allowed to sleep, as they were under constant interrogation. They had to accept exile or rot in jail.