Cuban state to shed thousands of eateries, eliminate subsidies

Communist-run Cuba plans to convert most state-run eateries into cooperatives and private-run businesses in the coming months ...
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Black state, Anura’s drug war, Cuba’s UN victory over US

It must have been a long ‘senior moment’ on my part because I never got the memo. Growing up the son of an editor, foreign correspondent and expert on world affairs, I picked up the practice of ...
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MINFAR's Tweet Sparks Outrage: "All We Brought Back Were Our Dead" Reopens Angola Wounds in Cuba

The Cuban Ministry of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR) stirred controversy on November 5th after posting a message on ...

The 'poor man's Titanic' reveals long-forgotten and fascinating history

"Deeper Than the Ocean," award-winning author Mirta Ojito's debut novel, centers around the Valbanera shipwreck and the rich ...
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At Cuba’s Notorious Garbage Dump, Locals Find Grace And Community

Again and again, deadly incidents occur at Cuba’s largest garbage dump — sometimes from sudden eruptions of violence, ...

U.S. says it will send $3 million in aid to Cuba in aftermath of Hurricane Melissa

The U.S. State Department said it is coordinating with the Catholic Church to send $3 million in humanitarian aid to Cuba after Hurricane Melissa ravaged several provinces on the island’s eastern ...