Cuban Farm Creates Good Life in a Poor Place
Outside of Havana, a quiet urban farm gets creative with its practices and offers its workers a unique job environment.
Outside of Havana, a quiet urban farm gets creative with its practices and offers its workers a unique job environment.
In the Garifuna village of Corozal, the impact of HIV isn’t a mere statistic in a report. It’s everywhere. And everyone knows it, whether they talk about it or not.
One of the most difficult things about being HIV-positive in the Garifuna community is simply telling your friends and family.
Short-term political arrests in Cuba soared to record highs in 2012. Authorities are using "harassment and hit-and-run tactics," as one analyst described it it, to keep dissidents under control.
Cancer treatment in the developing world tends to be primitive or non-existent. It's not a priority for aid donors - there is a mistaken tendency to see it as a disease of the rich.
Haiti is the poorest country in the Western Hemisphere. Having breast cancer here often means no care at all, or care that’s too costly for any common person to afford, or a lot of initial missteps.
In Haiti, cholera isn't just a disease—it's a question of justice. Lawyers Brian Concannon and Mario Joseph pursue reparations for cholera victims through a court case filed against the UN.
Rosean Andre, a rape victim who works for KOFAVIV, an organization established by—and for—rape survivors, struggles to stay afloat in post-quake Haiti.
Questions linger about the death of two prominent Cuban political dissidents in an automobile crash.
Riches beckon from beneath Haiti’s hills, and mining companies are hoping to lock in huge tax breaks to get at them.
Nancy López sits down to talk with Daniel Alarcón about her experience as a producer at Radio Ambulante.
Two years after the onset of cholera in Haiti, efforts to improve public health practices, such as hand-washing and drinking purified water, are paying off. Daily routines are changing—albeit slowly.