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Here's a look at daily life on the once-restricted island, which will enter its tourist high season in December. SEE ALSO: How a real Cuban cigar is made, shown in 13 gorgeous photos
As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell. Cuban government statistics tell the story: Earlier this ...
Government officials blame a lack of fuel to feed thermoelectric power plants, a shortage that now affects nearly all facets of daily life on the communist-run island. Cuba import data casts doubt ...
Yoani María Sánchez Cordero (born September 4, 1975 [1]) is a Cuban blogger who has achieved international fame and multiple international awards for her critical portrayal of life in Cuba under its current government. Sánchez attended primary school during the affluent time when the Soviet Union was providing considerable aid to Cuba.
The Maternity Law actually 'created' the working woman in Cuba "Whereas in 1955, 13 percent of the workforce was women, by 1989, the number had risen to 38.7 percent of the workforce in Cuba.". [ 15 ] In addition, The Family Code of 1975 , especially Article 26 of the code, called for women and men to take equal responsibility for domestic ...
Juventud Rebelde, daily newspaper of Cuba's young communists. This is a list of newspapers in Cuba.Although the Cuban media is controlled by the Cuban People through the Cuban State apparatus, the national newspapers of Cuba are not directly published by the state, they are instead published by various Cuban political organizations with official approval.
The implications for Cuba are clear. With tourism now the island’s principal economic motor, and the main source of foreign currency earnings after remittances, that an important tour operator ...
Hip hop music arrived in Cuba via radio and TV broadcasts from Miami.During the 1980s, hip hop culture in Cuba was mainly centered on breakdancing.By the 1990s, with the collapse of the Soviet Union and the onset of the Special Period, young rappers, exposed to foreign tourists whose wealth highlighted their struggle, turned to rapping to affirm their heritage and advocate for further ...