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Every day, 77-year-old Diosdado Valdez walks along a ditch beside a highway west of Havana, using a knife to harvest long grass that he stuffs into a burlap sack to feed his three goats. Valdez said he’s been all over Cuba during his long years, cutting sugar cane and working …
Read More »What happens after communism? Cubans face huge challenges, big decisions
Cubans in the diaspora are increasingly hopeful that 67 years of communist one-party rule on the island may be nearing its end, but there is also trepidation about how that change might occur. Perhaps the only thing that all Cubans can agree on is that the current situation cannot continue …
Read More »Cubans turn to faith and family amid nationwide blackout
In the middle of a worship song on Sunday, the morning after Cuba’s electrical grid collapsed for a second time in six days, the preacher at Renewal in Christ Church in Havana said he had a message to share that came to him in a dream. Sunlight splashed in through …
Read More »Cubans say every day is a struggle for survival as they face blackouts, water and fuel shortages
Melanie Chantelle González Barrios, 15, has two young children and says she dreams that some day, when they grow older, they’ll be able to leave Cuba and escape the daily fight for survival her family faces. González Barrios lives in a one-bedroom home in Havana’s Buena Vista neighbourhood with her …
Read More »Cubans wonder if they could be next after Venezuela as rumours swirl about U.S. talks
Cubans, who often tune out when their leaders give speeches, were more than usually interested on Thursday when President Miguel Díaz-Canel addressed the nation on television following rumours that the Cuban government is talking with the Trump administration about ending one-party rule. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Feb. 1 …
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