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Cuba’s New Program for Art Teachers
In the face of a teacher shortage, a new Art Teacher Training Program began last November with a total of 263 students at 8 of the country’s 37 art schools.
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Fausto, a Cuban Musician and Writer
Fausto’s vocation is literature; but today, Fausto prefers to be a musician.
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The New Inquisition Taking Place in Cuba
Just like the Spanish Inquisition in the 14th century, the Party has an efficient political policy in the UPEC which fulfills its role as a repressor in the purges against journalists.
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Cuba: Recycled Sweet Fifteen Dresses
Grey reinforces the stitches on the new dress that will adapt to many young girls’ waistlines. She inspects the work while she touches up the details on the embroidered band that once embellished the finest lingerie. She admires the harmony of her perfect piece made out of bits and pieces.
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Cuban Rock Climbers
Cuban mountain climbers don’t want to be limited, they rather want to be recognized as a Federation. Formalizing the practice with well-defined rules would prevent clashes with Park authorities.
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Can Cubans Get to Know Their Own Country?
This man from Cienfuegos is 28 years old and he set out on traveling all over Cuba on his own, with or without money, on a bus or hitching rides, no matter what. He thinks of it as a personal mission and he travels alone, almost without any financial means.
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Yusuf, on Being a Muslim in Cuba
Yusuf is a grown man. He works as part of a demolition team across Havana. He is 28 years old and he lives with his wife and five-month old son. Too is muslim.
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Yomer Motejo: the Cuban X-ray Artist
He has trodden his way through the ethical dilemma of being a health professional using medical materials for other purposes, artistic in this case.
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Cuba to Hold 2018 Elections but Nothing’s Changing
After the list of candidates for the National Assembly of People’s Power was published, which was approved on January 21st, it was confirmed: nothing will change, the same people will continue in power.
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Catholics Run an Outpatient Psychiatric Hospital in Santa Clara
The house at No. 412 Maceo Street in Santa Clara, was transformed its ruins into a kind of outpatient hospital for mental patients
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Despite Obstacles and Prejudice, Pool Is on the Rise in Cuba
The exact number of pool tables in Cuba can’t be calculated, there aren’t any figures. Some have disguised them with self-employment licenses for another activity, others run secretly and only the State can set up a pool table in peace.
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The New Rule of Three in Cuban Cooperatives
The intention of this policy might be praiseworthy, it’s driven by fair interests, but the solution only aggravates the situation further rather than solving the problem.
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