Cuban Society


Cuban Government Is Alarmed By Increase in Homosexuality (New York Times, April 16, 1965, 2)
Vida y Milagros de Florito Volanderos (Revista Mella, 1965) Homophobic propaganda

Fidel Castro's Paradise (YouTube)

1998
Beware Santa Claus, Cuban paper tells readers
Cuban housing a tight squeeze; many complain prime land targeted for tourists
Preocupa a los médicos aumento de alcohólicos

1999
After Castro: Is Capitalism on Horizon?
Communist Cuba's Capitalist Contradictions
Commute is rocky road in Cuba
Cuba rejects criticism of anti-subversion law
Cuban penal code modifications (Feb. 1999)
Cuban moms tell how their kids grow up
Fourteen die in mass food poisoning in Cuba
Letter From Cuba: Our Man Woody In Havana

2000
CIA: Most Cubans loyal to homeland
Cuba expands direct-dial long distance
Cuban Elevator Plunge Kills One
Cuban Restoration Project Pins New Hopes on Old Havana
Cuba shuns millennium celebration, observes anniversary of revolution
Cuba suspends real-estate investments from abroad
Havana shows its cemetery with pride
Letter From Cuba
Scarcity, desperation define Cuba housing
Web of Resistance Rises in Cuba
What Millennium? Let Others Make Merry, Cuba Will Wait a Year

2001
Cafes, ATMs, luxury cars dot city
Castro leads mass march in Havana
Coalition works to rescue centuries-old Cuba archives
Cuba cautiously enters world of Internet
Cuba uses Internet to `transmit our truths, messages'
Del caballo al camello a la botella
Disminuyen embarazos entre las adolescentes
El vagabundo más singular de La Habana ya tiene su estatua
In Castro's Changing World, Clashing Voices
La intimidad en La Habana se vuelve un problema
Los gays vuelven a estar en la mirilla
No hay herencia de los Manso
Reducirán la cuota de azúcar a la población
Santiagueros luchan por buscarse los 'verdes'
Shake, Rattle and, With Luck, Roll
The Autumn of Their Discontent

2002
Castro milks cow for all it's worth
Castro warns students against dangers of rum
Cuba libre
Cuba sees dollars as key to future
Cubans enduring high tides of change
Gays struggling to find a place in macho, authoritarian Cuba
In the land of Castro, professors run B&Bs
Keeping hope, conscience alive in Cuba
Masonic Rites, No Less. In Castro's Bailiwick!
Old Problems? Yes, but Wait
Record-hungry Cubans take pains to stand out
Survival in Cuba full of unsavory dilemmas
A walk in Havana

2003
A nation of contradictions
City of dead holds history of Havana
Comedians and levity have their limits
Cuba's cruel joke
Gulf widens between Cuba's haves and have-nots
Hitching: Sometimes the only way to travel
Jaba a big figure in Cuba; plastic bag is king on the road
Cuba: Tale of survival and struggle in 2003
Gay Cubans fight own Aids battle
Graying of Cuba poses big problems for stagnant economy
Homosexuals in Cuba: Invisible no more
An island full of mobile intentions
Meanwhile: A revolution's idealism entwined with despair
No Christmas splurge in Cuba

2004

Cuban travestis and transexuals.

Cuban youths turn tattoos into show of defiance
Gay Cubans fight own Aids battle
Castro's vision dominates Cuba
For many in Cuba, marriage is for the birds
Cuba: campaña contra travestis
10 years after riots, Old Havana neighborhood is quiet
Denuncian represión contra los travestis
In Cuba, politics can't take a joke
Queen of radio a cutup above
Cubans 'resolve' to make ends meet
Cuba schedules blackouts to save energy
Power shortages force new blackouts in Cuba
Energy crisis has Cubans sweating
Cuba suffers through blackouts

2005
Illegal but beloved bolita endures
La telefonía en Cuba: una línea ocupada
Cuba: Frequent outages, government inability to fix grid frustrate desperate Cubans
Discontent clouds Cuban revolution anniversary
Castro promises to stifle dissidents

2006
From the Ground Up, Cuba Is Crumbling
In Rural Cuba, a Slow Road to Progress

2008
For Cuban youths, revolution means more free expression
Vuelven a saborearse en La Habana las inolvidables fritas