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Rolando Lozano: A great Cuban musician passed away
Rolando Lozano (1931-2025) began his professional career in Cuba in the late 1940s and early 1950s as flutist in the Cuban Orquesta Aragón. In 1957 Lozano moved first to Chicago, and…
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Where did ETECSA’s revenue go?
I fully understand that ETECSA, the state-owned communications company and the only one authorized (a designated monopoly) to provide telephone and internet services in Cuba,…
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Cuba’s rum crisis: Questions and answers
The Cuban rum crisis originates from the economic and political challenges facing Cuba's rum industry, especially a marked decline in sugar production, which is essential for rum. This…
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An aging population clouds Cuba’s future
HAVANA TIMES—Cuba's demographic profiles reveal an aging country, with fewer births than deaths, an enormous emigration of young people of working age, and an environment of shortages…
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Sugar industry collapse in Cuba
Cuba's sugar industry, a symbol of its economy and culture for over a century, is experiencing a historic collapse. For the first time since the 19th century, annual raw sugar…
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Is there racism in Cuba? History and contemporary times
All countries have unique racial contexts and face their own problems based on their circumstances. In Cuba, because of the ethnic diversity of our population, many are quick to assert…
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Cuba’s ‘slaves’: Doctors around the world
Isn't it strange that the United States government is concerned about fair pay for workers from another country when it doesn't pay its workers fairly?
This oddity is evident in U.S.…
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Hardly anyone dries rice on the road anymore
On the sunniest and best-preserved stretches of the Camagüey highway, once fought over by rice farmers, you can barely see a few drying crews today. The rice left to dry on the roads…
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Do foreign businesspeople have their accounts frozen in Cuba?
An EFE news report from Havana states that foreign companies on the island have been prohibited from repatriating profits after their accounts were frozen, and to do so, they must open…
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Cubans discuss transition to multi-polar world
By Kei Kebreau / People's World
HAVANA— “The transition is over.” In Cuba’s capital city, an energetic 81-year-old, Harvard-trained Argentinian sociologist, Dr. Atilio Borón, delivered…
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