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Katell Abiven
Havana bureau chief, formerly in Montevideo.
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Lines and resignation in latest Cuba shortage

Wednesday 16 October 2019

"By 11 am on a recent Saturday morning , I’ve already driven to three gas stations in Havana, without being able to find diesel," writes Cuba bureau chief Katell Abiven. 

"The fuel gauge of my Kia Sportage is getting lower and lower. I only have a quarter of a tank. Despite the heat, I turn off the air conditioning to save the little gas that’s left, for I don’t know when I’ll be able to fill up...another day in the latest shortage on the island."

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Unravelling a Havana mystery

Monday 14 January 2019

"It caught my eye as soon as I walked into the Havana bureau -- an old Underwood typewriter, in mint condition, perched on a bookshelf at the entrance," writes Katell Abiven, AFP's bureau chief in Cuba.

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Pot luck in Uruguay

Monday 12 June 2017

"As a journalist you have to get out and experience the news on the ground, so it was purely for professional reasons that I went to my local post office in Montevideo to sign up to buy cannabis," writes Katell Abiven, a journalist based in Montevideo, Uruguay, as she tells the tale of immersing herself in the marijuana legalization story.

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Spain's crisis: Noisy helicopters, silent airports

Tuesday 24 June 2014

AFP Madrid correspondent Katell Abiven has been covering Spain for the past four years, coinciding with an unprecedented slide of the Spanish economy from boom into deep crisis. As she prepares to join AFP’s Latin America team in the Montevideo regional hub, Katell looks back at the Spanish economic collapse.

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