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Drugs Fuel Cuban Disco Violence

Locals caught in the middle when gangs clash.

Thriving Cuban Market in Fake Goods

Home-made beauty products and soft drinks cost less than originals, but who knows what goes into them?

Yoani Sánchez at the October 2013 meeting of the Inter-American Press Association. (Photo: Yaremis Flores)

Cuban Bloggers Defy Spate of Arrests

Arbitrary detentions have increased in recent months.

Hard Grind in Cuban Bakeries

Ingredients often sold on the black market, leaving customers with poor-quality bread.

Cuban Currency Reform Welcomed

Change means people will be allowed to buy any goods on sale without making them any more affordable.

Cuba's "Women in White" Harassed on Sunday Marches

Security services disrupt processions in Matanzas province for more than three months.

Cuban Athletes Allowed To Play Abroad

New policy includes pay rises for local players and freedom to take up foreign contracts.

Cuban Whistleblowers Face Sanctions

Paramedics sacked after reporting corruption and mismanagement in the ambulance service.

Cuban Town's Water Supply Dries Up

Rural community forced to pay for water deliveries.

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An AFPTV cameraman films while smoke plumes billow during Israeli air strikes in Gaza City on October 12, 2023 as raging battles between Israel and the Hamas movement continue for the sixth consecutive day. Thousands of people, both Israeli and Palestinians have died since October 7, 2023, after Palestinian Hamas militants based in the Gaza Strip, entered southern Israel in a surprise attack leading Israel to declare war on Hamas in Gaza on October 8. © Mohammed Abed/AFP via Getty Images

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