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Cuba has endured 12 months of a full-blown energy crisis marked by blackouts lasting up to 20 hours a day, four nationwide ...
The smell of garbage is overwhelming and intense under the Caribbean sun. The accumulated waste is such that an entire street ...
Cuba sent doctors and food to Vietnam during the war. Now ordinary Vietnamese are sending cash to struggling Cubans.
Officers seized the ‘biological substance’ at the airport. “Please leave the home remedies at home,” CBP warned.
The host not only defended her daughter but also spoke on behalf of women whom the Cuban government denies a fundamental ...
In the midst of the misery plaguing the island, the Cuban military has dollar reserves larger than the international reserves of nations like Costa Rica, Uruguay and Panama.
When she fell in love with Maikel, Yen Nhi discovered Ropa Vieja (Spanish for old clothes), a dish that mirrors everyday life ...
Cuba’s power plants are dilapidated and in desperate need of maintenance. In addition, Cuba produces very little fuel of its own, meaning it relies on imports to keep the electrical grid afloat.
MANGUITO, CUBA – The majority of Marcos Perez’s friends fled the country last year. Now, he and his family are pooling their money to do the same. “Only a few of my friends are left, the ...
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Cuba’s free fall has been accelerated by the pandemic: Over the last three years, Cuba’s financial reserves have dwindled, and it has struggled to stock store shelves.
In the two years since relations between the U.S. and Cuba were normalized under President Barack Obama, a growing number of lung cancer patients traveled to Cuba for a vaccine called Cimavax, and ...