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How Tourist Agencies Are Scamming Vacationers to Cuba

How Tourist Agencies Are Scamming Vacationers to Cuba

October 2, 2025

Twenty years after her first idyllic trip to Cuba, Marina, from Spain, discovers a devastated country and deplorable service in 5-star hotels.

News

The Peace of the Sea, Gibara, Cuba – Photo of the Day

The Peace of the Sea, Gibara, Cuba – Photo of the Day

October 2, 2025
Deporting Mario Guevara Would Send a  Chilling Message

Deporting Mario Guevara Would Send a Chilling Message

October 2, 2025
El Salvador Punishes Rights Defenders Through Penal System

El Salvador Punishes Rights Defenders Through Penal System

October 2, 2025
International News Briefs for Thursday, October 2, 2025

International News Briefs for Thursday, October 2, 2025

October 2, 2025
Israeli Navy Intercepts Gaza-bound Humanitarian Aid Flotilla

Israeli Navy Intercepts Gaza-bound Humanitarian Aid Flotilla

October 1, 2025
How Nicaragua Became and Sustains a Police State

How Nicaragua Became and Sustains a Police State

October 2, 2025
Cuba with Less and Less Power… and Hope Fading

Cuba with Less and Less Power… and Hope Fading

October 2, 2025
What to Do When the Cuban Police Do Nothing?

What to Do When the Cuban Police Do Nothing?

October 2, 2025
Cuba: Vicious Circle of Capping Prices Amid Less Production

Cuba: Vicious Circle of Capping Prices Amid Less Production

October 1, 2025

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Diaries

Cuba’s Revolutionary Defense Committees Are On The Way Out

Cuba’s Revolutionary Defense Committees Are On The Way Out

September 30, 2025
A Day Like So Many Others in Cuba

A Day Like So Many Others in Cuba

September 29, 2025
A Difficult Month for Cuban Parents

A Difficult Month for Cuban Parents

September 27, 2025
Cuba Is Not a Country, It’s a Madhouse

Cuba Is Not a Country, It’s a Madhouse

September 26, 2025
How to Counter Depression in Cuba

How to Counter Depression in Cuba

September 25, 2025
This Afternoon I Saw the Rain, I Saw People…

This Afternoon I Saw the Rain, I Saw People…

September 25, 2025

Opinion

A Fugitive’s Freedom: Assata Shakur’s Exile in Cuba

A Fugitive’s Freedom: Assata Shakur’s Exile in Cuba

October 2, 2025

Fidel Castro called her a “true political prisoner” who was “a victim of the fierce repression against the Black movement.”

Cuba: If Nothing Happens, Something Will Have to Happen

Cuba: If Nothing Happens, Something Will Have to Happen

September 30, 2025
A Dictator Is a Dictator Is a Dictator

A Dictator Is a Dictator Is a Dictator

September 30, 2025
Cuba: The Melody Case, Rule or Exception?

Cuba: The Melody Case, Rule or Exception?

September 28, 2025

Features

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

Trump’s Troops and the Border “Learning Lab”

September 30, 2025

How the Republican-led Operation Lone Star in Texas became Trump’s model for sending troops into Democratic-led cities.

Three Survivors on the Streets of Matanzas, Cuba

Three Survivors on the Streets of Matanzas, Cuba

September 29, 2025
Graffiti and Urban Works of Art Facing the Havana Malecon

Graffiti and Urban Works of Art Facing the Havana Malecon

September 29, 2025
The Imagined Image

The Imagined Image

September 28, 2025

Interview

Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+

Israel Seizes Gaza-Bound Vessels & Detains 400+

October 2, 2025

Israel’s Navy has intercepted dozens of ships in international waters, halting efforts by activists to break Israel’s siege of the Gaza.

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Speaks from Gaza Aid Flotilla

Nelson Mandela’s Grandson Speaks from Gaza Aid Flotilla

September 30, 2025
Is it True There Are No Political Prisoners in Cuba?

Is it True There Are No Political Prisoners in Cuba?

September 29, 2025
Zohran Mamdani on Historic NYC Mayoral Run

Zohran Mamdani on Historic NYC Mayoral Run

September 29, 2025

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Havana Weather for October 2-8

Havana Weather for October 2-8

October 1, 2025

For the coming days, these stable conditions are forecast to prevail in the capital. Mostly sunny days are expected, with skies mostly clear.

Esperanza Spalding & Robert Glasper – Song of the Day

Esperanza Spalding & Robert Glasper – Song of the Day

October 1, 2025
Havana Nights Fill with Pot-Banging Protests over Blackouts

Havana Nights Fill with Pot-Banging Protests over Blackouts

October 1, 2025
International News Briefs for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

International News Briefs for Wednesday, October 1, 2025

October 1, 2025

Galeries

My Strange Havana

My Strange Havana

September 19, 2025

Despair and sadness have taken hold of Cuba, as if beauty itself had emigrated, just like the uncontrollable exodus. (14 photos)

Cuba: Celebration of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre

Cuba: Celebration of Our Lady of Charity of El Cobre

September 9, 2025
Faces of the Multinational Flotilla Heading to Gaza

Faces of the Multinational Flotilla Heading to Gaza

September 3, 2025
Havana’s Wifredo Lam Park

Havana’s Wifredo Lam Park

September 1, 2025
Solidarity Flotilla Departs from Barcelona Bound for Gaza

Solidarity Flotilla Departs from Barcelona Bound for Gaza

August 31, 2025

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Last Call for the 2025 HT Photo Contest

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August 25, 2025

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Filo and Felipe Machado – Song of the Day

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September 29, 2025

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Landscape in Toronto, Canada – Photo of the Day

Landscape in Toronto, Canada – Photo of the Day

September 30, 2025

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Ecuadorian TV Station Suspended for Covering a Protest

Ecuadorian TV Station Suspended for Covering a Protest

September 26, 2025

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Havana Weather for September 25 to October 1

Havana Weather for September 25 to October 1

September 24, 2025

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