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Friday, April 24, 2026
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CUBA: Six-Hour Power Cuts Make for a Long, Hot Summer
Cuban authorities have had to break their promise of a summer free of blackouts due to a severe crisis facing the country's electric power stations.DEVELOPMENT: Strategies for Achieving Sustainable Cities
The mainstreaming of environmental planning and management as an integral part of public policies seems to be the only solution for a world where the population is becoming ever more concentrated in increasingly larger, poorer and more unmanageable cities.ECONOMY-CUBA: Cost of Living Continues to Climb
It has been years since Ana Gutiérrez and Carlos García tried to scrape by on just the salaries they earn in Cuban pesos as professionals working in state-run companies.CUBA: Slight Wage Increase for Health Workers and Teachers
Some 860,000 teachers and health care workers in Cuba will be granted a raise as of Jul. 1, although it will be "modest", in the words of President Fidel Castro.CUBA: Payment Restrictions Drive Down Food Imports from US
A measure that forces Cuba to make full payment for its food imports from the United States before the shipments leave port mainly affects small and medium U.S. food industry companies./ARTS WEEKLY/LATIN AMERICA: Microcinemas and Digital Alternatives
Digital technologies and microcinemas are providing an alternative for getting non-commercial films distributed and screened more widely in Latin America, while offering lower-cost options for independent filmmakers to produce their works.CUBA: April Showers Finally Bring Hope to Drought-Stricken City
Some ran outside to take showers under the rain, other scrambled to collect every last drop in plastic tanks, pails, pots or any other container at hand, and quite a few seemed to be living one of the happiest moments of their lives: for the first time in months, rain was finally falling in this drought-stricken city in eastern Cuba.CUBA: Stronger Convertible Peso Good News for Some, Bad News for Others
The Cuban government's announcement of an imminent appreciation of the convertible Cuban peso against the dollar and other foreign currencies has made Cubans who have access to dollars, largely from family members abroad, nervous.CUBA-US: Gearing Up for Annual Battle of Human Rights Resolutions in Geneva
As the U.S.-Cuba conflict heats up in the arena of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights - where the United States is once again pushing for the adoption of a resolution condemning the socialist island nation - the tension was briefly relocated to the streets of Havana.CULTURE-CUBA: Intolerance Cuts Both Ways
The death of Cuban writer Guillermo Cabrera Infante brought back memories of controversies over the cultural policy of the socialist government of Fidel Castro, censorship, and intolerance.ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: A Refuge for the Pink Flamingo
Nine kilometres and a nearly impassable road separate the small isolated Cuban community of Mola from the sign announcing the entrance to the most important pink flamingo refuge in the Caribbean region.
The Refuge of the Pink Flamingo
Thousands of flamingos will reach Cuba's Máximo-Cagüey wetlands in April for their nesting season. Workers at this nature preserve have everything ready to welcome the birds.DEVELOPMENT-CUBA: The Bamboo Revolution
Bamboo has been used for centuries in Cuba to build fences, gates, corrals and hunting traps, but now the island's farmers are learning more about the multitude of practical uses and environmental benefits that make this plant a vital resource in other regions of the world.CUBA: Sexual and Reproductive Health Requires Cultural Changes
Adriana was just two years old when she asked her mother what "dialectic" meant. Now she is 14 and understands that it roughly means that "the world is in a ceaseless state of movement and change." But she has new questions./ARTS WEEKLY/ ARCHITECTURE-CUBA: Restoring Colonial Era Homes and Neighbourhood Charm
Isabelita del Barrio is anxiously awaiting the day that a brigade from the Office of the Historian in this Cuban city will "finally" knock on her door to begin renovating the home where her family has lived for nearly a century./ARTS WEEKLY/ ARCHITECTURE-CUBA: Camaguey, the Undiscovered City
Narrow alleyways, colonial houses with tiled roofs and tree-filled inner courtyards, along with fascinating local legends make Camagüey one of the most attractive destinations in Cuba - and one of the most sadly overlooked by the mainstream tourism industry./ARTS WEEKLY/CUBA: The Ever New Old Havana
For anyone, whether they are foreign nationals, people who live on the other side of Cuba, or natives and residents of the capital,taking a walk through Old Havana these days is like discovering a new city.ENVIRONMENT-CUBA: Pipeline May Bring Relief to Drought-Stricken City
A pipeline constructed to bring water from the Cauto River, Cuba's largest, to the drought-stricken city of Holguín is finally up and running and should help bring relief to the more than 300,000 inhabitants of this major urban centre in eastern Cuba./ARTS WEEKLY/CULTURE-CUBA: Salvaging a National Heritage Treasure
The crumbling columns of the old Plaza de la Marqueta will once again become the heart of Holguín, a Cuban city that was founded in 1725 and is located more than 700 kilometres from the capital.U.S. ELECTION-CUBA: Opinions Divided Over Prospect of Second Bush Term
Public opinion in Cuba with regards to what a second administration for President George W. Bush could mean for this Caribbean island nation ranges from extreme pessimism to indifference and even a slight glimmer of optimism.CUBA: Drought-Stricken East Pins Hopes on Aqueduct
Tension fills the air as 300,000 people in eastern Cuba anxiously await the construction of an aqueduct that is to bring them water from the Cauto River, the longest on this Caribbean island.« Previous Page — Next Page »
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