The other day I came across a story about Vic Mellor, a congressional candidate from Rhode Island who traveled to Cuba for the first time in May and suddenly found himself meeting with Raúl Castro’s grandson, Raúl Rodríguez Castro. I found that fascinating and asked Mellor if he could tell me more about his trip. … Read more
Blackouts are measured in days, not hours in eastern Cuba. “We’re going on 37 days without power,” Lily Ruiz wrote on Facebook. “More than half of Guantanamo is in a permanent blackout—what an ordeal!” Yaisnara Puente Herrera exclaimed. Just 16 miles south, massive turbines rumble as a state-of-the-art power plant supplies electricity to Guantanamo Bay … Read more
Nearly one year after Hurricane Melissa tore through eastern Cuba, the region has spiraled into a deeper crisis with residents facing unsafe housing conditions, a lack of clean drinking water, and a rising risk of disease, aid workers say. “Cuba has faced multiple, overlapping shocks,” the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies … Read more
Nine out of 10 Cubans live in extreme poverty, with most skipping or cutting back meals due to shortages or inflated prices, according to an August survey. Some scholars call that an exaggeration, saying Cuba isn’t the Congo, but there’s no question the situation is grim. “There’s a food crisis that nobody wants. People are … Read more
La amarga disputa entre Estados Unidos y Cuba se ha prolongado durante 67 años. Donald Trump es el presidente número 13 que se enfrenta a ese escenario, pero tiene una oportunidad única de lograr un avance histórico, afirmó el excongresista de Florida Joe García. «Donald Trump es probablemente el único presidente en la historia de … Read more