In exile or prison, Cuban activism gutted one year after mass protests
Havana, CubaReuters On 11th July last year, Cuba appeared poised for political change. Protests – the largest since the late Fidel Castro took power in 1959 – rocked the Communist-run island as Cubans poured onto the streets demanding social and economic reform. Protesters shout slogans against the government during a demonstration, which also involved counter-protesters […]
Cubans adapt a month after devastating hotel explosion
Havana, CubaAP The worshippers pray beneath a torrid sun, taking shelter beneath umbrellas or some of the few trees that border the Amphitheater of Old Havana, just a strip of highway from the channel into the city’s harbour. Hundreds of Baptists have been meeting on open-air bleachers set atop stone tiers for services on recent […]
Cuba sanctions 381 protesters, including jail for 297
Havana, CubaReuters Cuba said on Monday it has sanctioned 381 people, including 16 young people between the ages of 16 and 18, who participated in last summer’s protests, the Communist-run island’s largest since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution. Widespread protests across 11th and 12th July, 2021, saw thousands of Cubans took to the streets in towns […]
Cuban lawmakers pass new penal code critiqued by rights, media groups
Havana, CubaReuters Cuban lawmakers on Sunday approved a new penal code for the country that is being critiqued by some rights groups who say its clause on foreign funding may be used to unjustly stifle dissent and independent journalism in the wake of widespread anti-government protests last July. The government said the new code, which […]
Cuba hotel explosion badly damaged major Baptist church
Havana, Cuba AP Alejandro Clemente González was talking with an electrician while preparing for weekend services at Cuba’s most important Baptist church when an enormous explosion shook the building and shattered the 19th century dome towering far above the pews. Concrete plunged from walls, wood and glass showered down from the windows as an apparent […]
Cubans bundle up against cold as temperatures plunge, winds roar
Havana, CubaReuters Cubans bundled up in heavy jackets, hats and gloves and shuttered their homes on Monday as near-record cold and strong winds slammed the balmy Caribbean island more accustomed to bright sun and sultry trade winds. The small town of Bainoa, east of Havana, felt temperatures plunge to just three degree Celsius early Monday […]
In Cuba’s poorest neighbourhoods, youths could face decades in jail after protests
La Guinera, Cuba Reuters Young Cuban protesters from Havana’s poorest neighbourhoods face decades behind bars at upcoming trials, relatives and rights groups said, amid a crackdown on some of those who took part in last year’s unprecedented anti-government demonstrations. The 11th to 12th July protests saw thousands take to the streets in towns and cities across the […]
Boston cardinal meets Cuban leader on visit to Havana
Havana, CubaAP The Roman Catholic Archbishop of Boston, Cardinal Sean Patrick O’Malley, met with Cuban President Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday and visited a Cuban COVID-19 vaccine laboratory at a time of tense relations between the US and Cuba. Cuban state media published images of the meeting, but gave no details on what had been discussed, […]
Postcards: Cubans turn to herbal remedies, barter amid medicine scarcity
RODRIGO GUTIERREZ, of Reuters, reports from Havana on the impact of medicine shortages amid Cuba’s worst economic crisis in decades…
Snapshot: Havana, Cuba
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