In the face of machismo and homophobia on the island and in much of the Hemisphere, and despite an international community that may be tending more towards tolerance of LGBT individuals but is still far from fully accepting these into society, Cuba—as we’ve noted previously—has a surprisingly high level of institutional support for the gay, […]
The death last week of 26 patients in Cuba’s largest psychiatric hospital has stirred up considerable controversy on the island. Such a high number is extremely rare, but the cause is even less common on a Caribbean island—cold weather. More specifically, Boyeros, the Havana neighborhood where the hospital in located, experienced “prolonged low temperatures that […]