Montreal photographer shoots lesser-known subculture in contemporary Cuba
The New Cubans is a book of images exploring Cuban subcultures. Jean-Francois wanted to challenge stereotypes of Cuba as a ...
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The A|S Boutique Residence – eclectic design in the heart of Havana
With palatial architecture and a 19th-century colonial legacy, the A|S Boutique Residence offers a seductive design narrative ...
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Cuba beyond postcards. This photographer didn’t want to come back with just ‘travel pictures’
With his series on Cuba, Rohit Chawla has ventured into painting. 'Almost everybody’s a photographer now. I had to reinvent ...
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Arts & Culture
An Armenian wine expert highlights the best places to experience the rebirth of a wine culture stifled under Soviet rule For the famed showrunner, TV has always been a chance to make the political ...
Wall Street Journal23d
Cuba Can’t Keep the Lights On
It also blames the U.S. trade embargo, as it always does for every ill on the island. But nothing stops Cuba from importing the parts it needs from the rest of the world. The real problem is a ...
CBS News25d
Cuba electricity returns for some after major power outage left millions in the dark
Cuba's government on Saturday said that some ... Later, the blackout got worse due to breakdowns in old thermoelectric plants that haven't been properly maintained and the lack of fuel to operate ...
NBC News25d
Slow progress after Cuba's electrical grid collapses twice in 24 hours
The communist-run country’s aging and crumbling infrastructure require constant maintenance, and the government has often blamed the decades-old U.S. embargo on Cuba for making it difficult to ...
The Washington Post24d
They fled Cuba in search of the American Dream. Hurricanes upended everything.
The tornado ruined the restaurant’s state-of-the-art espresso machine ... supports her 90-year-old grandmother, aunts and uncles in Santa Clara, Cuba, so they can buy food.
CBS News25d
Massive blackout hits Cuba, prompting government to shutter schools and workplaces
Cuba's electrical grid went offline Friday after ... there is no electricity anywhere," said Luis González, a 73-year-old retiree in Havana. Cuban officials said that the blackout, which started ...
Fox News24d
Cuba working to reestablish electrical service after second grid collapse
Cuba's government said it was working again to reestablish electrical service across the island after state-run media earlier on Saturday reported the national grid had collapsed for a second time ...
USA Today25d
Cuba's power grid fails, plunging country into darkness
HAVANA − Cuba's national electrical grid shut down on Friday after one of the island's major power plants failed, Cuba's energy ministry said, plunging the entire country into a blackout.
NPR25d
Cuba's power grid collapses again. Why does this keep happening?
MEXICO CITY — Cuba’s power grid collapsed for a second ... The Cuban government has long blamed its woes on decades-old U.S. sanctions that have complicated the island’s purchase of fuel ...