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 …

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 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 …

Cubans can go out only if strictly necessary and always wearing a protective mask Continue reading…