In Cuba, "reality doesn't knock, it opens the door and barges into your house", said author Leonardo Padura in an interview ...

'There is nothing else.' Cubans describe surviving blackouts, hunger and growing despair as Cuba sinks deeper into economic ...

When the living dead invade Havana, the wiry protagonist of Cuban zombie spoof Juan of the Dead declares: "I'm a survivor. I survived Mariel, I survived Angola, I survived the special period and this ...

Ordinary Cubans are trapped in a vicious circle of government mismanagement exacerbated by the US embargo. Lights out: People gather against a backdrop of unlit buildings in Havana, as Cuba’s national ...

SANTA CLARA, Cuba (AP) — Yudelaimys Barrero Muñoz used to spend up to three hours on the side of a highway under the blazing sun waving money at drivers as she attempted to hitch a ride from ...

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