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‘Doctor diplomacy’: Cuba seeks to make its mark in Europe amid Covid-19 crisis
Italy’s worst-hit areas welcome medical brigades, but critics say they are being exploited by Cuba’s authoritarian regime Coronavirus – latest updates See all our coronavirus coverage They have jetted into some of the most horrifying calamities in recent history, clutching the red, white and blue flag of their small island home. Earthquakes in Indonesia and …
Fine Art Fest: don’t miss these art galleries in Cuba
Maybe you have heard about the magic realism of the islands. In these countries where every story becomes a legend, where mythological beings are present in every house and every game, it is not a surprise to find an enigmatic, unique art. In Cuba, artist have fought to have spaces where they can be themselves. …
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Weatherwatch: deadly tornadoes hit US while Cuba has hottest day
Four twisters hit Mississippi while Cuban town of Veguitas has hottest day on record In the space of a week in April, Mississippi, US, was hit by four separate tornadoes. Three of these occurred on Easter Sunday and brought damaging winds reaching 190mph. These left one person dead and another injured, as well as damaging …
The International Cuban Dance Festival of Havana: a week of diversion
Those of you that really love dancing Cuban music shouldn’t miss the event celebrated every April in Havana: the International Cuban Dance Festival. This year as you know there is a worldwide special situation that impede any festivity, but really we hope that this article make you fall in love with the island and start …
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Take me to your Lada: Cuba’s passion for a little Russian box
The rugged Soviet-era car is 50 years old – and in Havana, classic models still sell for the price of a house Landy is a stylish man. He has an ageing crooner’s slicked-back hair, the short-sleeved cool of a Miami Beach architect, and a terrible, terrible Lada car. He’s my go-to chofer in Havana, which …
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Coronavirus in Cuba – in pictures
Cubans can go out only if strictly necessary and always wearing a protective mask Continue reading…
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Cuba faces squeeze on food production as US oil sanctions bite
Oxen are replacing tractors as the island gets by on sharply reduced petroleum deliveries thanks to Trump-ordered measures Justo Rodríguez mashes through the mud, whipping the two oxen that guide his iron plough as it slowly carves a furrow in the dry soil. In normal times Rodríguez, 60, uses a tractor to plough these fields. …
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In defence of Bernie Sanders’ remarks on Fidel Castro | Letters
Sam Cordery highlights Cuba’s progressive policies in recent years, while Arthur Michelson says that praising some aspects of the Castro regime is not the same as excusing it. Plus, Alwyn Eades points out how Cuba fares in comparison with its neighbours Re Aaron Hicklin’s article (If Bernie Sanders thinks Cuba is worth defending, he should …
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Celia and Fidel: why the timing is perfect for a new play about Castro
Playwright Eduardo Machado discusses his revealing new play that looks at the relationship between the Cuban revolutionary and Celia Sánchez Fidel Castro is back in the news. Bernie Sanders, favourite for the Democratic nomination for US president, recently noted that when the Cuban revolutionary gained power in 1959, he launched a massive literacy programme. “Is …
