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Cuba confirms one man dead during anti-government protests
Diubis Laurencio Tejeda, 36, died on Monday during a clash between protesters and police near Havana as thousands demonstrated against food shortages and high prices.
Cuban leaders beef up police patrols after rare protests
The weekend demonstrations over high prices and food shortages were extremely unusual on an island where little dissent against the government is tolerated.
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It was one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in Cuban history.
The Cuban DIY hawk drone defying the odds and the US embargo
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Raul Castro confirms he's resigning, ending long era in Cuba
The resignation marks the end of the Castro brothers' leadership that began with the 1959 revolution.
In pandemic-stricken Cuba, cryptocurrencies are becoming a lifeline
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Cuba aims to immunise its population this year with its own vaccine
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Thousands of Cubans visit shrine of San Lazaro in annual tradition
The faithful travelled to the shrine to give thanks and to ask for support and good health in the coming year.
Directed microwaves likely caused mysterious illnesses of US staff
"Directed microwave radiation" was the most likely cause of mysterious illnesses that started to emerge in late 2016 among US personnel in Havana, a new study has found.
These Cuban bartenders have been making cocktails from native plants
The pair grew plants in pots and flowerbeds in their homes to use in their cocktails, because of a lack of syrups and liquor in the Caribbean island. Now they cultivated the species they need on a farm outside of Havana.
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Less rainfall, a growing population, the exhaustion of water utilities, and economic hardships are among the reasons for the scarcity of drinking water in Cuba. The daily routines of life without clean running water explained in the work by photographer Sanne Derks.
Latin America surpasses Europe's number of coronavirus cases
A skyrocketing case count in Brazil and heavy outbreaks in Peru, Chile and Colombia have been the main contributors.
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