By Alejandra Garcia on September 13, 2022, from Havana
Eusebio Leal, photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba has much to thank Eusebio Leal, who was, until his death, one of the men who most traveled, studied, and loved our country. Wherever he scratched, life from the past reappeared: from the most emblematic work of architecture of Old Havana to the most humble of the surrounding community buildings. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 6, 2022, from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
Cuba is immersed in preparations for its most important civic event in years: the Families Code referendum. On September 25, the island will decide on the approval of this document, which was reviewed and discussed by all communities and institutions in the country beginning back in early February. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 1, 2022
University of Havana students. photo: Roberto Suarez
The pandemic has had devastating effects on every aspect of people’s lives, but one of the worst ones was that it forced tens of billions of children and young people around the world out of schools. They were a population at moderate risk of having severe symptoms of COVID-19, but they still got sick. Many died despite medical efforts or infected the most vulnerable at home. (more…)
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…)