By Alejandra Garcia on September 7, 2021 from Havana
Oxicuba S.A. oxygen plant, photo: Revolution Studio
In mid-August, a piece of news shook Cuba: medical oxygen coverage began to be limited in health centers due to a breakdown in the country’s main production plant. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on September 5, 2021
Maduro speaks about the negotiations with Venezolana de Televisión
As of September 3, the government of President Nicolás Maduro has resumed talks with the Venezuelan opposition to reach a consensus, demand an end to the sanctions imposed by the United States and other Western powers, establish an electoral timetable and build a Venezuela for all. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 31, 2021 from Havana
The last Sundays of August are usually days of joy in Cuba due to the contagious excitement of children returning to school and the hustle and bustle of parents to get uniforms, backpacks, notebooks, and snacks ready for the big day. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 26, 2021
La Güinera Cuba, photo: Alejandro Azcuy
On July 11, Havana experienced one of the most violent episodes ever seen on the island in decades, after a series of riots disrupted the tranquility of the capital. While a small group of people took to the streets to urge a solution for the food and medicine shortages the country is facing amid the COVID-19 crisis, the rest of them -the vast majority- pursued the sole aim of overthrowing the government. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 22, 2021, from Havana
Cuban doctors helping quake victims in Haiti
Nature once again took its toll on Haiti. On August 14, the most impoverished country in Latin America registered a 7.2 magnitude earthquake that as of the latest count has left over 2,000 people dead and 10,000 injured. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 19, 2021 from Havana
art: Maisel Lopez
On January 22, 1959, three weeks after the triumph of the Cuban Revolution, Fidel Castro summoned journalists from throughout the world to thwart a US campaign against the island related to the trials of dictator Fulgencio Batista’s henchmen. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 13, 2021 from Havana
Fidel, photo: Roberto Chile
In 1969, Cuba achieved the impossible: the manufacture of the first micro-computer prototype on record in the Third World, the CID-201. That device, which did 25,000 sums per second and had a capacity of 4 kilowords -equal to 1024 words-, was a small step forward for science on the island. (more…)
By Alejandra Garcia on August 10, 2021 from Havana
photo: Bill Hackwell
President Joe Biden failed to keep the promise he made so many times during his election campaign regarding his Cuba policy. He vowed before millions of U.S. citizens to bring the two peoples closer together, beginning with at least the reestablishment of embassies in their capitals. (more…)