I first became intrigued by Cuba three decades ago and have since made numerous trips to the country, some of them focusing on photography. However, I never shared any of my early work as the country had already been extensively photographed and it was challenging to find a fresh perspective. But a few years ago, … Read more
Reuters Diana Mondino has had to bid farewell to the foreign ministry Argentina’s president, Javier Milei, has sacked his foreign minister, Diana Mondino, after the country voted in favor of lifting the US economic embargo on Cuba at the United Nations. Argentina was one of 187 countries that supported the non-binding UN resolution on Wednesday. … Read more
Argentina’s President Javier Milei made the decision to replace Foreign Affairs Minister Diana Mondino after she voted in favor of lifting the U.S. embargo against Cuba at the United Nations. Milei, a libertarian who assumed office in late 2023, has a pro-United States stance and has been distancing Argentina from leftist trade partners such as … Read more
Cuba is currently facing its most challenging situation since the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. The communist government is dealing with nationwide power failures that have worsened the existing shortages of food, fuel, and medicine on the island. The national grid has failed four times in the last four days, leaving most of … Read more
Despite Cuba’s efforts to restore power to the island, they were unsuccessful for a third time late on Saturday, according to Cuban authorities. This left millions of people in the dark and raised doubts about the government’s ability to reestablish electrical service. The national electrical grid first went down around midday on Friday after the … Read more
By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga Cuba has restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, officials said, hours after the island plunged into a countrywide blackout following the collapse of one of its major power plants. The vast majority of the country’s 10 million residents were still in the dark … Read more
Friday’s total black out came after the Antonio Guiteras power plant in Matanzas – the largest on the island – went offline. President Miguel Díaz-Canel Bermúdez said the situation was his “absolute priority”. “There will be no rest until power is restored,” he wrote on X., external. Earlier on Friday, officials announced that all schools … Read more