Natalia Lopez Moya reports in 14yMedio from Havana via Translating Cuba: Blackouts Come to Havana While the Rest of Cuba Sinks Into Darkness Without much notice or publication of the schedule, long blackouts have returned to Havana. The Cuban capital, which for weeks had the privilege of electricity while the provinces sank into power outages of more
Sitting on the northern coast of the Dominican Republic, Puerto Plata (translation: Silver Port) sits right in the middle between the tip of Cuba and San Juan, Puerto Rico. The area is steeped in history dating back literally to Christopher Columbus, who founded nearby La Isabela as the first European settlement in North America in
Cuba as tourist destination is a kind of torture that travelers endure the minute they set foot on Cuban soil. Here is where they realize that the island of rum, cigars and folklore is a faded post card against an olive-green background.