To try and make the new president Miguel Diaz Canel “popular”, they have even planned several trips to the provinces, with contacts with the locals and TV cameras focused on him, giving his duties a great deal of coverage, as a president who takes action with new energy. They are selling us an image, that’s it.
Read MoreAs a democratic socialist, I want a democratic, fair and prosperous Homeland. I know that the country needs to change, but years have been passing us by and we still haven’t caught a glimpse of any path, a “road map” as people say nowadays.
Read MoreIn recent months, we have witnessed some very important events that will have an impact on our immediate future as a country. A kind of civic awakening in different sectors, especially among artists, in a struggle for one-off objectives, that are still ultimately linked to a greater civil rights struggle in Cuba.
Read MoreThis new Constitution has been designed to give an impression of “legality”, of progressiveness, and it is nothing but a more comprehensive version of the former, treating basic rights in an even more ambiguous way. It’s a way for them to legitimize the Cuban Communist Party’s absolute power in our society, which is clearly expressed in Article 5.
Read MoreOver the past two years, I have written about corruption and the poor management of my cooperative called “Desembarco del Granma” in many articles. I have placed special emphasis on the powerlessness of farmers when they don’t have the ANAP’s support, who they legally depend on a great deal.
Read MoreI believe that it would be a good idea if our country had a health services company for matters abroad. It’s a good business for health professionals and for the country, making the most of a strength, which is very pricey in many aspects, achieved by the Revolution. The military and slave-like treatment of doctors is wrong, not only in regard to their wages.
Read MoreIn Holguin recently, at the Vladimir I. Lenin Hospital, keeping tabs on my wife’s surgery to get her gallbladder stones removed, I spoke to lots of people. Patients and their partners ended up becoming very close and sharing lots of stories waiting long periods of time in appointments or outside the operations room.
Read MoreOn November 10th, it had been a whole year since the appalling experience I was forced to have, which not only attacked me directly but also freedom of speech in Cuba, adding one more page to an already ample file of violations against citizens.
Read More“I like the debate in the corridors more, where people really say what they are thinking,” Evarista says before the meeting begins, which is being held at the home of Panfilo, the protagonist of the TV show “Vivir del Cuento” (Living by one’s wits) on the program broadcast on Monday, November 5th.
Read MorePersonally-speaking, I oppose the blockade out of principle rather than pragmatism. I feel the same way democratic Governments do who know that basic human rights are being violated which stand in the way of freedom and any trace of democracy, but can’t approve of an embargo that borders on the concept of blockade because of its extraterritorial nature.
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