Rum Shortages Leave Cubans Drinking Home-Made Hooch
With scarce resources dedicated to exports, people are risking their lives on illegal moonshine.
With scarce resources dedicated to exports, people are risking their lives on illegal moonshine.
Misinformation on both sides fed the struggle over dollar transfers – and it has been ordinary Cubans who suffer.
One woman describes how censorship has been a constant presence in her life, from school days to her work as a journalist.
A profound social and cultural transformation continues, despite a sustained assault on political freedom.
The informational ecosystem that enabled dissent is now being used to suppress it.
Our geo-political importance left us side-lined; but this is a long-term struggle.
No evidence to support official claims that country’s advanced” science and medicine” has saved record numbers of patients.
The sector exists simply to idolise the president and serve the ruling class.
Despite official claims, country lacks the basic telecommunications infrastructure to make this happen.
Disquiet with an authoritarian leader, presiding over an archaic state-dominated economy, sounds familiar.