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Life in Cuba Under Sanctions

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo. Germinares Cardero ...
To be sure, Cuba is not Venezuela. Its security forces remain disciplined. Tourism and remittances still bring in dollars ...
Hundreds of people in Cuba have attended a Mass to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Celia Cruz’s birth just days after ...
Yordan Gil, a Cuban musician and vice president of the newly formed "Cuban-Guyana Community," has urged the Guyanese government to acknowledge the ...
(CNN) — The smell of garbage is overwhelming and intense under the Caribbean sun. The accumulated waste is such that an entire street in Havana, far from its tourist district, was blocked to traffic. ...
Trust me, it’s more than drunkards and Jesus freaks: Kathy Glasgow’s article “The Rum Chronicles” (July 7) reminded me of the old story about the blind men and the elephant: Each fellow has a very ...
She led a life overshadowed by violence — convicted of killing a state trooper, breaking out of prison and fleeing to Cuba 42 ...