The new year is just around the corner and things here are only getting worse. The motor at the electrical plant, which supplies the town of Puerta de Golpe and other areas, […]
Cuba: Water for the New Year!
Cuba: How Forced is Exile as an Option for Cuban Dissidents?
International funding and cooperation end up being a handicap for the Cuban dissidence movement, conditioning many members to end up becoming exiles in other countries or regions where this aid comes from: […]
Cuba: Female Entrepreneurs Progress on the Outskirts of Havana
Rosa del Pilar Luque learned through family tradition the art of making sweets. In 2014, when she found herself without work, alone and tasked with taking care of her three children, she […]
Cuba: Women’s Invisible Efforts to Recover Cuban Communities
Workers enter and leave the long corridor where retired Mercedes Laferte, who they call “La Nina”, lives. She watched as her apartment in the Luyano neighborhood fell to pieces on January 27th, […]
Mobilization Initiatives in Cuba Driven by Access to Mobile Data
Something has changed in Cuba ever since mobile data packages became available to the population in December 2018. Some of the over 3 million clients with the ability to connect to the […]
The 41st Havana Film Festival Closes, Cuba Takes Four Awards
The 41st Havana Film Festival just ended after 11 days of continuous showings at around a dozen theaters and special venues in the Cuban capital. The Argentine film “Los Sonambulos” (The Sleepwalkers) won the […]
Human Rights: Virtual Reality in Cuba
My neighbor follows the Cuban TV news closely, the US is celebrating Human Rights Day, violating those rights, she says without any explanation. I ask her if she knows how we are […]
