Analysis: The results of the 2023 parliamentary elections
The National Electoral Commission (CEN) in Cuba has announced the final results of last Sunday’s parliamentary election. According…
Cuba’s roads: Dense, but neglected
Cuba’s estimated 10,697 Km (6,647 miles) of paved roads reach practically every corner of the island. Just a…
Internal migration: The enduring lure of Havana
One hundred years after Cubans flocked east following the sugar boom, the flow flipped back. Internal migrations are…
Cuba and the Human Development Index
By Armando Portela Cuba ranked No. 70 in 2020, down from 68 in 2016, among 188 countries in…
Location, location, location
Although by far most ships are just passing by, Cuba is surrounded by some of the world's densest shipping routes
Internet access in Cuba: Sluggish evolution
According to official statistics, 27.1% of all Cubans — or 3.05 million people — had access to the Internet in 2014. Considering the access growth rate over the past few years, by mid-2016, roughly every third Cuban should be connected to the web.
Baracoa: Relief for the Havana airport bottleneck?
If the number of U.S. visitors to Havana booms as expected, Cuban authorities will have to find a solution to relieve the bottleneck at Terminal 2 of José Martí International Airport. With neither cash nor time for a major upgrade, the top option would be to divert part of the U.S. flights to other, already crowded, terminals. But there's another alternative, at least temporarily.