Díaz-Canel: next referendum will not be on same-sex marriage but on families in Cuba

At a meeting on the future Family Code, the president pointed out that the code will undergo a referendum “because of its importance, because they are issues with a very wide-ranging conception, which encompass our entire society,” and reaffirmed that it is not restricted only to the issue of same-sex marriage but rather that “it …

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SECRECY, INTIMIDATION, AND CRACKING THE ‘IRON WALL’ AROUND CUBA

In this month’s Meet the Investigators, Barbara Maseda tells of the challenges of finding data and documents in Cuba, a country where journalists are threatened and harassed and where information is kept hidden away. By Sean McGoey May 18, 2021 Original Article: Cracking the ‘Iron Wall’ The International Consortium of Investigative Journalists collaborates with hundreds …

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ANALYSIS: SOARING INTERNATIONAL PRICES AGGRAVATE CUBAN FOOD CRISIS

Reuters, May 20, 2021. Original Article: Cuban Food Crisis Marc Frank Waiting. courtesy 14 y medio Soaring international food and shipping prices and low domestic production are further squeezing import-dependent Cuba’s ability to feed its people. Cuba traditionally imports by sea around 70% of the food it consumes, but tough U.S. sanctions and the pandemic, …

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