By Alejandra Garcia on May 18, 2023
Starting this July 1, Cuba will apply a group of migratory measures longed for by Cubans on the island and the diaspora, aimed at strengthening ties between the country and its citizens living abroad. The measures include extending the validity of migratory documents and the cost of applying for them from other countries, and come in the midst of a high exodus of people and an economic crisis spurred on by the U.S. blockade. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 11, 2023
photo: Granma
Every year around this time Cuba remembers Celia Sanchez Manduley the most native flower of the Cuban Revolution, as Celia Sanchez Manduley was lovingly known. This May 9, the first woman who joined the Revolutionary Army in the late 1950s with a rifle in her arms would have turned 103 years old.
Those who knew her say Celia’s most outstanding characteristic was her kindness. Her humble clothing and the decision to drive around in a small jeep without an escort made it difficult to envision her as a heroine of the Republic of Cuba and one of the key figures of the Cuban Revolution. (more…)
Por Alejandra Garcia y Bill Hackwell el 5 de mayo de 2023 desde La Habana
photo: Syara Salado Massip
Estaba muy oscuro a las 4:30 cuando salimos para encontrarnos con miles de personas que ya estaban tomando las calles al grito de ¡Viva Fidel!, ¡Viva Raúl! y ¡Viva Díaz Canel! Pasamos con determinación por la Plaza de la Revolución, giramos hacia La Rampa y bajamos hacia el Malecón. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on May 5, 2023 from Havana
photo: Syara Salado Massip
It was pitch dark at 4:30 as we started out to find that already thousands were taking over the streets chanting, Viva Fidel!, Viva Raul! and Viva Diaz Canel! Moving with purpose past the Plaza of the Revolution turning onto La Rampa and down towards the Malecon. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on May 4, 2023
On March 27 a fire at a migrant center in Juarez City, on the border with the United States, brought the world’s attention back to a problem that has worsened in recent years. Forty undocumented migrants from various countries in the region died in the fire. They are just a small fragment of the thousands who die and thousands more who endanger their lives while seeking asylum in the United States, where they are not welcome. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia and Bill Hackwell on April 25, 2023
For decades, Miami has been a refuge for the most hostile ultra-right-wingers leaders and rich cons in Latin America. It has become a sort of political haven for those fleeing justice in their countries due to their negligence and corruption. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 23, 2023 from Havana
drug epidemics in US cities like San Francisco kills hundreds each year. photo Eric Risberg
Since the first years of the Revolution (1959), Cuba ceased to be the drug paradise created by Washington through the servile Cuban governments of the Republic years. The dream of making Cuba the Vegas of the Caribbean crumbled with the arrival of the Barbudos, who installed a zero-tolerance policy against drugs that prevails to this day. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on April 18, 2023 from Havana
photo: Ismael Batista Ramírez
These days Cuba is facing a new fuel supply crisis that affects the national transportation system, both for private and public vehicles. (more…)