Cuba

A powerful earthquake in the Caribbean triggers the “threat of tsunami” for Cuba, Honduras and the Cayman Islands, say the managers Blogging Sole

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A powerful earthquake in the Caribbean triggers the “threat of tsunami” for Cuba, Honduras and the Cayman Islands, say the managers Blogging Sole

A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7.6 in the Caribbean Sea on Saturday evening, in the north of Honduras and southwest of the Cayman Islands, triggered what the officials called a “threat of tsunami” for Cuba, Honduras and the Cayman islands. The American geological survey said the earthquake occurred around 6:23 p.m., an epicenter with an … Read more

A rich, lyrical vision of Cuba – Blogging Sole

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A rich, lyrical vision of Cuba – Blogging Sole

There is an enchanting kind of beauty in Tommaso Santambrogio’s lyrical trilogy about contemporary Cuban life, “The Oceans Are the True Continents.” With black-and-white cinematography that characterizes strict formalism throughout the film, this image of the island works hard to dedefine the colorful, sun-drenched image of Cuba that dominates the cultural imagination. An intergenerational study … Read more

A vibrant drama set in Cuba in the 1990s – Blogging Sole

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A vibrant drama set in Cuba in the 1990s – Blogging Sole

Traveling through the underground airwaves, Kurt Cobain landed in Havana, Cuba, in the turbulent early 1990s. During the island nation’s period of severe economic hardship after the fall of the Soviet Union, the “Special Period” prompted thousands of Cubans to emigrate, risking their lives at sea. Those who remained suffered from great scarcity (the American … Read more