Faby Rodríguez, 22, did not think she would be detained that morning, that it would be her last day of freedom in the United States.
Cuba depends on opaque agreements, indirect routes, and ships that sail under the shadow of sanctions and seizures.
“The work of collecting seeds saved me from depression,” caused by her daughter’s suicide at the age of 29, said Maria do Desterro Soares.
In this holiday special, we speak to the acclaimed Indian writer Arundhati Roy on her new memoir, Mother Mary Comes to Me.
Mike Ross from Canada took our photo of the day: “Do-It-Yourself Generator”, in Boca de Camarioca, Cuba.
This distinguished traveler is known as the father of environmentalism and ecology, also as the second discoverer of our island. (12 photos)