NACLA2d
On Cuba: Reflections on 70 Years of Revolution and Struggle (Review)
The recent book by Noam Chomsky and Vishay Prashad provides a critical analysis of the U.S. empire’s treatment of Cuba, from ...
CounterPunch3d
Starving a Nation: The US’s Vengeful Siege on Cuba
Just over a year after the Cuban Revolution’s resounding victory, a secret memo from Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for ...
Northcountrypublicradio.org3d
The story behind Cuba's economic dysfunction
This week, a powerful hurricane hit Cuba, causing nationwide electricity outages — right after a string of power failures ...
Detective Comic Book Digs Into Belgium's Past
With the help of a red-haired detective, a Belgian comic book whose latest instalment comes out on Friday is seeking to bring to light lesser-known aspects of the European country's recent past.
The New Yorker7d
The Artificial State
As American civic life has become increasingly shaped by algorithms, trust in government has plummeted. Is there any turning ...
Washington Examiner15d
More than 3 million border crossers from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua, Venezuela
The U.S. State Department designated two of four CHNV countries, Cuba and Nicaragua, as Countries of Particular Concern for “systematic, ongoing, egregious violations of religious freedom.” ...
The Hamilton Spectator19d
Sweeping blackouts in Cuba raise the question: Why has the island’s solar buildout been so slow?
HAVANA (AP) — Cuba’s large-scale blackouts that left 10 million people without power this month may not have happened if the government had built out more solar power to boost its failing ...
Winnipeg Free Press19d
Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed 7
HAVANA (AP) — A small town in Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least seven people after Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm with winds and ...
WRAL21d
Tropical Storm Oscar heads toward the Bahamas after dumping rains on eastern Cuba
HAVANA (AP) — Tropical Storm Oscar was heading toward the Bahamas after dumping heavy rain across eastern Cuba on Monday. Its maximum sustained winds were blowing at 40 mph (65 kph) as Oscar ...
Toronto Star21d
Cuba fights to come back from a nationwide blackout, then a storm that killed six
HAVANA (AP) — A small town in far eastern Cuba was recovering Tuesday from flooding that killed at least six people after Hurricane Oscar crossed the island’s eastern coast as a tropical storm ...
News2421d
'Tired of so much': As storm Oscar batters Cuba, residents grapple with power cut misery
Tropical storm Oscar made landfall in Cuba. The country suffered near nationwide power outages. Waves reaching up to 4m high in Baracoa. Tropical storm Oscar made landfall as a hurricane on Sunday ...
Washington Times21d
Cubans struggle with an extended power outage and a new tropical storm
Their concerns were heightened as Hurricane Oscar hit Cuba’s eastern coast with winds and heavy rain. In Santo Suárez, part of a populous neighborhood in southwestern Havana, people went into ...