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Articles about Cuba, ordered by date. 
Cartoon History: Federico Fernández Cavada
The story of a Cuban-born US Civil War commander who returned to his homeland to fight Spanish imperialism. By Julio Anta and illustrated by Yasmín Flores Montañez.
Cartoon History: Bay of Pigs
ILYA looks back on the botched US invasion of Cuba after Fidel Castro’s revolution.
Cuba’s crossroads
Will Miguel Díaz-Canel, the Castros’ hand-picked successor, wield a new broom of change? Wayne Ellwood weighs up the island’s options.
¿Hasta siempre?
As news comes of the withdrawal of 11,000 Cuban doctors from Bolsonaro’s Brazil, Sujatha Fernandes asks how viable the Cuban model of global solidarity is in the 21st century.
Country profile: Cuba
Matt Norman reviews the Latin American island nation.
'Fidel Castro is not dead'
Vanessa Baird reports on activist reaction to the passing of the world's great internationalist.
Future conditional
Expect the unexpected. Concluding thoughts - and a look ahead. Vanessa Baird contemplates the future of Cuba.
'Our main crop is hope'
Meet Cuba's highly successful organic farmers. Why are they getting short shrift, when the country needs more homegrown food?
Cuba's big bet
It sounds perverse, but in the shadow of the US embargo, Cuba is building a gigantic port and free trade zone... Vanessa Baird looks into the issue.
'Sex is too important to me'
Vanessa Baird explores how life has changed for LGBT people.
The 'shame' of pale and male
Sexism and racism get official recognition in Cuba. Vanessa Baird explores an issue that's long been kept silent.
Making space
Cuba is inching towards a free media and political choice - or not. Vanessa Baird explores.
Winners and losers
The streets are alive with micro-enterprise. Who benefits? asks Vanessa Baird.
A new Cuba in the making
The communist island is opening up for business. Vanessa Baird begins an investigation into what's going on - and what it means.
Moral medicine: the Cuban way
A revolutionary example of efficient and affordable healthcare, by John M Kirk and Chris Walker.
What would Che say?
Can co-operatives save Cuba? John Restakis travels to Havana to find out.
Obama's Cuba challenge
Previous US policy towards Cuba failed. Leonardo Padura Fuentes considers what needs to happen next.
Timor, Cuba - and the making of a medical superpower
Every year Cuba, a Majority World country of only 10 million people, sends more than 30,000 volunteer medical workers to 93 countries around the world. Surgeon Katherine Edyvane recounts the little-told story from first-hand experience.
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