By Alejandra Garcia on August 25, 2022
photo/ Abel Padrón Padilla
Cuba is living a tense economic situation, aggravated by frequent blackouts, lack of fuel, medicines, food and other necessities. The best stocked stores in the country are those with values in Freely Convertible Currencies, known as MLC -for its acronym in Spanish- a type of currency that most of the people couldn’t afford until very recently. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 23, 2022
photo: Bill Hackwell
On September 26, 2014, 43 students from the Ayotzinapa Normal Rural School disappeared in the Mexican city of Iguala, in the Guerrero state, and their loved ones never heard from them again. Eight years later, the controversy remains unsolved despite the families’ endless calls for justice. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 21, 2022, from Havana
photos: Yaimi Ravelo
Silence. Fourteen coffins covered with a Cuban flag rest under the altar of the Virgin of the Forsaken, patron saint of firefighters in Cuba. In the background, two floral tributes of very red roses stand out, among many others, with the signatures of Díaz-Canel and Raul. Matanzas hurt deeply on Friday. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 16, 2022 from Havana
AMLO and Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel
This 2022, Cuba and Mexico celebrated 120 years of uninterrupted diplomatic relations, marked by the historical ties of brotherhood and solidarity that unite both nations. Since ancient times, the two countries have maintained true sisterly relations due to their geographic proximity, migration, language, music, sports, culture and idiosyncrasy. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 11, 2022 from Havana
Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile
These days Cuba is recovering from an unprecedented fire, which has kept Matanzas, the whole island, and especially rescuers, firefighters, and authorities on full alert since the night of August 5. The continuous explosions in one of the main oil storage facilities in the country left a trail of thick black smoke that covered the Havana sky for five days. It also left so far two deaths, 14 people missing, and over a hundred people injured. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 7, 2022 from Havana
Photo: Raul Navarro, Periodico Giron de Matanzas
The eyes of the world are upon Cuba after an enormous fire caused by a lightning strike on a crude oil storage tank in the Cuban city of Matanzas killed one firefighter and injuring more than 120 people. At least 16 people are missing while firefighters and specialized personnel are trying to contain the blaze. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 4, 2022, from Havana
Carlos Laso meeting with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
Marco Rubio has done it again. The man famous for slandering and being ashamed of his Cuban and Latino roots once again made a fool of himself before the world by requesting the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to conduct an “immediate” inquiry into the ties between the U.S.-based solidarity group Puentes de Amor and Cuba. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on July 28, 2022
An Indigenous woman sings a powerful rendition of O’ Canada, in Cree during the Pope’s visit. photo: Gavin John, Globe and Mail
Canada is opening its eyes to the past as it gradually uncovers with horror the traces of colonization and religion in the country. This is happening since a year ago when a mass grave with 215 remains of indigenous children was discovered in the vicinity of a former residential school in the British Columbia province in May, 2021. (more…)