Cuba: What Do We Mean By Revolution?

I don’t know how many times I’ve heard and read the word revolution throughout my life. I don’t know how many slogans with the word “revolution” are batted around in school. But never until now have I wondered what exactly the revolution really is.

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Creative Women in Cuba: How They Do It

On the second Thursday of each month there is a debate on gender and culture in Cuba, with a suggestive title that invites questioning. “Mirar desde la sospecha” (Looking with suspicion) is a chance to rethink patterns, labels and terms established by centuries of patriarchy. (7 fotos)

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The Two Souls of Socialism

The justified popular rejection of the “socialist” model that existed in the USSR and Eastern Europe and its versions in China, Vietnam, North Korea and Cuba, is a reflection and cause of the loss of credit that the ideas of socialism as such have undergone.

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Chavez Arrives in Cuba for Treatment

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez arrived in Cuba on Saturday night from Caracas. He was met at the airport by Cuban President Raul Chavez. He will immediately begin a second round of radiotherapy in his battle to defeat cancer.

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Cubans Get New Holiday Thanks to Pope

Fresh from a three-day work holiday for Pope Benedict XVI’s March 26-28 visit to Cuba, the government has announced a new holiday, Good Friday, based on a request from the Pontiff to President Raul Castro.

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