Havana (AFP) – Small white squares dot the ocean off Havana, an unlikely fleet of fishermen bobbing on makeshift polystyrene rafts they use to make up for a lack of fuel or money to buy a proper ...

They are fishermen floating on makeshift rafts that have become common on the waters off the coast of Havana, as Cubans find innovative ways to fish in a country where it’s complicated — if ...

CÁRDENAS, Cuba (AFP) — In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba ... a 30-year-old truck driver, also with three children, and Dariel ...

"In the past, we fished a lot with the inner tubes of truck tires, but the danger was that they would burst. With these rafts, there is no danger. They do not capsize," said Coli Rivera ...

"In the past, we fished a lot with the inner tubes of truck tires ... bought his second-hand raft for 10,000 Cuban pesos (about $80 at the official exchange rate). Having set out to sea at ...