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 …
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 …
Coronavirus in Cuba – in pictures
Cubans can go out only if strictly necessary and always wearing a protective mask Continue reading…
How to visit Cuba (from your home)
Coronavirus is nowadays all over the news. The whole world has been affected by this virus and we are all concerned about it. This is definetly not the time to travel; but what if you find a way to travel without leaving your home? Those who are eager about travelling to Cuba can use the …
How to visit Cuba (from your home)
Coronavirus is nowadays all over the news. The whole world has been affected by this virus and we are all concerned about it. This is definetly not the time to travel; but what if you find a way to travel without leaving your home? Those who are eager about travelling to Cuba can use the …
How to visit Cuba (from your home)
Coronavirus is nowadays all over the news. The whole world has been affected by this virus and we are all concerned about it. This is definetly not the time to travel; but what if you find a way to travel without leaving your home? Those who are eager about travelling to Cuba can use the …
How to visit Cuba (from your home)
Coronavirus is nowadays all over the news. The whole world has been affected by this virus and we are all concerned about it. This is definetly not the time to travel; but what if you find a way to travel without leaving your home? Those who are eager about travelling to Cuba can use the …
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. …