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Havana at 500: a doctor for the people | AFP

Doctor Alina Gonzalez, 57, looks after some of Cuba’s 2,000 centenarians. The island’s 11.2 million people have an average life expectancy of 79.5 years — comparable to that of rich nations. Since 1962, a US embargo has made daily life in Cuba hard, even for doctors like herself. Complications have increased in recent months after the US tightened trade restrictions further.

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Havana at 500: a silver fairy in Old Havana

Beatriz Estevez, 29, gave up her law studies and turned to the arts. The streets of Old Havana are now her everyday stage where she performs as a living statue. Her character the ‘silver fairy’ has become an almost permanent fixture there. For those like Beatriz who work in the tourism sector in Cuba, opportunities are rife. On average, self-employed Cubans can make up four times as much as state employees.

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Havana’s 500th anniversary: Actress Beatriz Estevez | AFP

As Havana turns 500 years old, AFPTV speaks to Cubans who reflect on how the capital has impacted their lives. Once in a while actress Beatriz Estevez turns into a statue of a fairy in the streets of the capital, as she believes “we are more than what is typically known about Cuba”.

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Spanish royals visit Havana for 500th anniversary celebrations | AFP

Spain’s King Felipe VI begins an unprecedented visit to Cuba to celebrate the 500th anniversary of the capital Havana at a time of increased tensions between the island nation and the United States. IMAGES

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Electric motorcycles help Cuba ride out a fuel shortage | AFP

The vintage urban panorama of Havana is changing with “almendrones” – those old and classic cars – making way for “motorinas”, electric motorcycles. Since customs authorized their import in 2013, the eco-friendly bikes have become an important part of Cuba’s urban transportation, even more so now as Cuba is feeling the effects of an acute fuel shortage that emerged from pressure and fines imposed by Washington on tankers moving oil from Venezuela.

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Get Outta Here! Podcast: Visiting Cuba Today

It is the 500th anniversary of the founding of Havana, and despite White House moves to keep U.S. residents from going, it’s still legal for Americans to visit Cuba, and, reports Michael Weissenstein, the Associated Press news director for the Caribbean, well worth the effort.

On #MyFavoriteTrip: a tourist’s reminiscence about a Cuba tour.

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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to new misconduct claim; James Cromwell arrested at Texas A and M regents protest; Recording Academy to honor Dr. Dre for trailblazing production work. (Nov. 1)

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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to new charge

Cuba Gooding Jr. appeared in court Thursday to plead not guilty to a new sexual misconduct charge. Gooding’s criminal case now includes allegations from three women, growing in recent weeks from a lone allegation that led to his arrest in June. (Oct. 31)

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Here’s the latest for Thursday, October 31st: House approves impeachment rules; Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty; Hong Kong Halloween protest; U.S. Senate staffers and their pets at Capitol Hill Halloween parade.

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Highlights of this day in history: A Cold War crisis over Cuba leads to brink of nuclear war; Shah of Iran allowed into U.S. for treatment; ‘Pretty Boy’ Floyd killed; Last victim slain in D.C. sniper shootings; Cellist Pablo Casals dies. (Oct. 22)

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Cuba Gooding Jr. pleads not guilty to sexual misconduct indictment; Felicity Huffman starts serving prison time in college scam; Vietnam bans animated ‘Abominable’ over South China Sea map. (Oct. 16)

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Cuba’s parliament re-elects Diaz-Canel as president | AFP

The Cuban parliament re-elects Miguel Diaz-Canel as the country’s president, a position reinstated by the new Constitution after 43 years. IMAGES

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ShowBiz Minute: Gooding Jr, Osbourne, Cobain

Cuba Gooding Jr.’s groping trial set to begin on Thursday; Ozzy Osbourne says he’s “not dying,” postpones his 2020 European shows; Kurt Cobain’s “Unplugged” sweater, guitar, head to auction. (Oct. 10)

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Mexican women demand complete end of country’s ban on abortion

Hundreds of women marched through Mexico City on Saturday to demand a complete end to the country’s ban on abortion. They chanted calls for greater women’s rights and held up green hankerchiefs bearing the slogan “Legalise Abortion”.

Many areas of Mexico have highly restrictive laws on abortion. In Mexico City it’s been legal since 2007 to abort within the first twelve weeks of pregnancy. And lawmakers in the southern state of Oaxaca voted just last week to follow suit. But in the rest of the country it’s against the law, except in the case of rape.

Saturday’s rally was aimed at pressurising the authorities to make it legal everywhere in Mexico. The march was mostly peaceful, although a small group of demonstrators broke away and vandalised a number of stores.

Elsewhere in the region, three Central American countries have total bans on abortion: El Salvador, Nicaragua and Honduras. Argentina came close to decriminalising abortion last year for any pregnancy up to 14 weeks after a measure passed in the lower house of Congress. The Senate voted it down under heavy opposition from conservative groups.

Along with Mexico City, Cuba and Uruguay are the only places in the region where women can undergo abortions during the first 12 weeks of pregnancy regardless of the circumstances.

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