Bureaucracies usually don’t let themselves be “destroyed,” they defend themselves. Nor are they given to “evolving”; instead, that’s the very cause of the immobilism and statism that Amaury and Silvio criticized.
Today some Cuban politicians and educators would say that they respect the values presented in the series. But does there exist such a city or anything like it in Brazil?
What stands out as curious in all this is that amidst the economic and social changes occurring in Cuba, suddenly the threat of our collision with Andromeda and the adventures of coffee have become issues of public debate in our media.
Globalization didn’t begin yesterday, for 500 years global flows have permeated the island of Cuba. Julio Tang is one of those who are part of the Chinese diaspora on this island. He is a historian, teacher of the Chinese language, a cultural promoter and a social activist.
“I’ll buy anything with gold in it.” It’s the cry of Cuba’s gold buyers, almost all of them young. They holler the same or very similarly, with an identical tone and intonation.
Not many people know about the monument on Puerto de La Habana Avenue. It has a relief with some half-dressed men hopelessly hanging onto the helm of a sinking ship.
The dissidence of Marti with respect to the high command was revealed in the documentary. In the current context it is very important to defend the idea that differences are inherent characteristics of any revolution.
We’re already familiar with the depersonalized perspective of capitalists and transnational monopolies; in fact we’re familiar with the whole ballad of globalization.
It seems that Adam Smith had made a mistake in thinking that market economies only work thanks to selfish instincts and never due to genuine affection.
When they first showed Come and See in the cinemas here in Havana, people were impressed by a narrative that was so different from the classic Soviet style of making movies about the war.