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Under A Watchful Eye: Cyber Surveillance in Cuba

Public access to the internet has increased, but the state remains vigilant.
Cuba's Less Than Beautiful Game

How the state stops footballers from pursuing their dreams.
Cuba: 3G Proves Gamechanger for Independent Media

Journalists are embracing the introduction of the mobile internet to the island.
Why Did the Cuban Regime Jail an Environmentalist?

How dissent singles citizens out for harassment and discrimination.
The Cuban Sculptor Who Lives in a Museum

How leaving the island allowed an artist to unleash his creativity.

Cuban Hunger Strikes as Means of Pressure

Roberto de Jesús Guerra Pérez

26 Jul 13

Tactic now a traditional way of expressing dissent.

Cuban Soap Opera Falls Flat

24 Jul 13

New tale of rural life has yet to win over audience addicted to racier foreign imports.

Cuban Government Fears Football Defections

23 Jul 13

Playing in matches in United States offers players chance to escape and seek fame abroad.

Women from the Damas de Blanco protest group on a march in Havana. (Photo: Gerardo Younel Ávila Perdomo)

Cuban Dissidents Denounce Smear Campaign

22 Jul 13

Government-linked TV station airs allegations that leading protest group is badly run and financially opaque.

Street traders are part of Cuba&#039;s growing private sector. (Photo: Devon D. Ewart/Flickr)

Cuban Traders Slow to Win Acceptance

Calixto Ramón Martínez Árias

11 Jul 13

Hemmed in by regulations and corruptions, small businesses may soon have access to legitimate wholesale goods.

Cuba: Evictions Highlight Hurricane Victims' Plight

Calixto Ramón Martínez Árias

9 Jul 13

Officials prevent families from squatting in disused building.

A particularly well-kept example of the 1950s American cars used as taxis in Cuba. (Photo: Matthias Schack/Flickr)

Cuban Taxi Drivers Seek Alternative Fuels

Carlos Rodríguez, Odelín Alfonso Torna

5 Jul 13

Vintage cars adapted to run on cheaper stuff than petrol.

Cubans Defy Cable TV Ban

Carlos Rodríguez, Carlos Ríos Otero

3 Jul 13

Illegal satellite dishes and cable networks make for more entertaining viewing than Cuban state TV.

Digital TV Comes To Cuba

Carlos Ríos Otero

3 Jul 13

Viewers doubt new technology will improve content of state-controlled media.

Cuban Squatters Abandon Land They Occupied

Osniel Carmona Breijo

26 Jun 13

They say they were forced out by intimidation and false promises.

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