Author: Osmel Ramirez

The government talks about increasing national production vs. imports but in practice the agricultural policy often goes in the opposite direction.

It’s a phrase that presdient Diaz-Canel uses as a slogan: “Thinking like a country”. It would be great to do this. But we all must, and in every regard.

Femicide came to mind as the subject of this article when I recently listened to a news feature on Canal Caribe.

When I watched that obviously manipulated video about an opposition leader, Jose Daniel Ferrer, it made my stomach turn and made me ashamed.

During his recent visit to Argentina, Cuban president Diaz Canel hinted about a new gathering with the island’s diaspora in this coming April.

Anselmo isn’t the real name of the farmer who inspired me to write this article and take photos of his house and animals. But, that’s unimportant. (10 photos)

When the unusual rains in August damaged my cassava field that I had sowed, everyone told me to plow it up and sow it again.

If we want a better country, we have to fight for this country.

I really like agriculture, but more as a hobby. If I do it commercially, or to make a living, it’s because tough economic times force me to.