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5 days ago · October 16, 2024. As Food Production Falters Cuba’s President is Optimistic. October 15, 2024. The Sugar Crisis in Cuba. October 14, 2024. Interview. The US-Mexico Border as a Many-Headed Hydra. October 11, 2024. “The real crisis at the US southern border is not the people coming across, but the hardening of the human heart,” says the ...
New Requirements for Travelers to Cuba as of Jan. 23
By El Toque. HAVANA TIMES – The Cuban government will require, as of January 23, 2023, a digital customs declaration for travelers entering the country. The declaration is part of a more extensive digital form (which also contains immigration and health information) that will be mandatory for visitors, both Cubans and foreigners.st.
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3 days ago · Havana Weather for October 17-23. October 16, 2024. Cloudy conditions will prevail in the western half of the country, with showers, rain, and thunderstorms in the capital.
Caught Between Famine and Violence: The Miskitos’ Silent Crisis
Aug 17, 2019 · Similar to the murder of more than 325 Nicaraguans by paramilitaries and police since April of 2018, the Miskito have also been victims of lethal violence including shootings targeting “vital zones like the head and the trunk of the body,” the report states. There are 10,381 Miskito living in the 12 communities analyzed in the report, of ...
El Toque: a Social Innovation Project for a Transnational Cuba
Sep 30, 2021 · HAVANA TIMES – The evolution of a project like El Toque, a media platform that has been publishing for Cuban audiences since 2014, is the story of a group of Cubans who have seized unique opportunities, a combination of random luck and the “historic moment”, and discovering that they are able to navigate the seemingly impossible.
Five Dangers for Cuba in 2022 - Havana Times
The Cuban Government are expecting a total of 2.5 million tourists in 2022. However, in the past two years, Cuba has suffered a big blow to its image as a holiday destination in the eyes of consumers. The political situation, shortages and economic crisis have made it impossible to spin a positive narrative about Cuba in the rest of the world.
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2 days ago · Havana Weather for October 17-23. October 16, 2024. Cloudy conditions will prevail in the western half of the country, with showers, rain, and thunderstorms in the capital.
The Latest Building Collapse in Old Havana
Jul 27, 2019 · Text and photos by Yunier Gutierrez (Lahoradecuba). Building collapse victims in Old Havana. HAVANA TIMES – Weakened by the heavy rains that have recently hit the capital, as well as high temperatures, the roof of a multi-family apartment block (57 Monte Street, between Agramonte and Cardenas Streets in Havana) caved in on the afternoon of July 22nd.
Living in Cuba, a Surreal Chronicle of Post-Pandemic Times
No credit today, tomorrow yes. Photo: Abraham Echevarría. By Claudia Gonzalez Marrero (El Toque) HAVANA TIMES – Lots of things have happened in Cuba since 2020: the ravages of the pandemic, a sinking economy with tourism on hold, currency reunification within the framework of the so-called Tarea Ordenamiento (economic reforms), a build-up of social pressure and days of protest on July 11th ...
Ten Films to Help Understand Cuban Emigration - Havana Times
Feb 7, 2021 · In 2018, Mar afuera and El último balsero were shot in Miami, and the following year, Agosto (Armando Capo) hit the big screen in 2019, telling the story of how a small coastal town seems to disintegrate around a teenager who senses this division in his family, while his friends leave. Suite Habana (2003) “Havana Suite”, Fernando Pérez; Fernando Perez’s movies have always referred ...