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Havana (AFP) - A Cuban clothing brand was forced to apologize Monday for an ad campaign that made light of the growing number of Cubans making the perilous journey to the US border which provoked a social media firestorm. Since 2017, the island's citizens have no longer automatically qualified for asylum when reaching the United States, prompting some -- fleeing Cuba's rapidly worsening economy -- to join so-called human caravans headed for Washington. Clandestina's campaign opens with a smiling couple wearing the brand's t-shirts at Havana airport, but their smiles dim as they hitchhike along...
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Havana (AFP) - In its 91 years, Havana's majestic Hotel Nacional has borne witness to some of the biggest events of Cuban history. It was once bombed as part of a conflict between rival units of Cuba's military, hosted a summit of mafia dons, was a key site of the Cuban Missile Crisis, and a holiday jaunt for Hollywood's most eccentric figures. Yet for 20 months ending in mid-November, this building that mixes Art Deco and neoclassical elements along with Moorish tiles was deserted because of the coronavirus pandemic. Far from a death knell for the hotel, it was an opportunity to restore the f...
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Caracas (AFP) - A Venezuelan soldier takes cover behind an armored vehicle. For 48 hours he has ducked flying bullets. He is not on a battlefield but rather in a suburb of Caracas, the capital of violence-ridden Venezuela which in his own words is "a country at war."" The scene played out this month in the slum of Cota 905, which shares a name with the gang that runs it with impunity. It is one of several Caracas suburbs -- all of them poor -- lorded over by criminals who terrorize locals largely unhindered in a country in dire economic and political straits. Amid the turmoil, the gangs have c...
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