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Failing Farms Force Cuba to Import Food

Cost of buying in foodstuffs from abroad is heavy burden on government.

Squatters Take Over State Land in Cuba

They hope that after initial warnings, the authorities will relent and give them the land.

Farm Produce Goes to Waste in Cuba

In Mayabeque province, farmers say the government's distribution network is failing them.

The Cuban authorities stage-manage protests by outraged citizens outside dissidents' homes and offices. (Photo: Hablemos Press)

Cuban Groups Say No End to Repression

As well as formal detention, the authorities employ mobs to intimidate their critics.

Five Months On, Cuban Journalist Still Held for Castro "Insult"

Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias is one of two reporters in jail for asking difficult questions.

The Ariza prison in Cienfuegos. (Photo: Alejandro Tur Valladares)

Self-Harm Common in Cuban Prisons

Inmates resort to extreme methods that can leave them disabled.

House Arrest for Cuban Journalist

Released after 12 days in jail, Héctor Julio Cedeño Negrín denies charge that he hit a policeman.

Osvaldo Rodríguez Castillo after an encounter with police on September 23, 2012, before they came back and took him and his parents away. (Photo: Hablemos Press)

Three Members of Dissident Family Face Trial in Cuba

After son refuses to do military service, he and his parents are charged with assaulting police.

Cuba: Political Detentions Treble in Last Three Years

Human Rights Day in December marked with surge of arrests.

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