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Cuba has not had the most auspicious of starts to the week leading up to the International Day Against Homophobia on 17 May as Police crackdown on an unauthorised Pride march in Havana. The march on Saturday followed the unexpected cancellation by the authorities of the country’s 12th annual march against homophobia, which seems strange…
Cuba is the latest country to suffer the wrath of President Trump, who reintroduced a number of sanctions previously lifted by the Obama administration. Reintroduced in 2017 these sanctions are being blamed by the Cuban government for the introduction of rationing on staple foods such as rice, beans, eggs and sausages. Cuba imports around 70% of…
Some good news for Sports fans and baseball ones in particular. The MLB (Americas Major League Baseball association) and Cuba’s Baseball Federation have reached a deal to allow Cuban players to join US teams without the previous rigmarole. Previously players wanting to sign with MLB teams had to defect – effectively claiming asylum in the…
Brazil’s president-elect, Jair Bolsonaro continues to stir up controversy, this time both questioning the qualifications of Cuban Doctors, while angering the Cubas government by questioning how they are treated by them. Although he doesn’t take office until January 1st he has already begun to shape policy and this move which could lead to 8,000 Doctors leaving the…
Craig Taylor