Author: Circles Robinson

Cuba and the “Other” Revolutions

In stark contrast to the political apathy of many of their contemporaries, some sectors of Cuban youth are radically re-writing the standard slogans, opting for active participation and fomenting “new revolutions within the Revolution.”

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Madrid Mayor Wants to Sweep Homeless Out of Sight

The mayor of Madrid, Alberto Ruiz-Gallardón, has called for a law for compulsory removals of homeless people off the streets, but this has met with resistance from civil society organisations and has split Ruiz-Gallardo’s own People’s Party (PP).

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Havana Weather for April 21-27

Starting from the middle of the period we will be under the influence of a wedge of weak pressure gradients, giving us week of good weather with a low chance of rain. The maximum temperatures will fluctuate between 31°C (88°F) and the 32°C (90°F), and the minimum temperatures will be around the 22°C (72°F).

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Among Cats and Stars

Something unusual happened on a Cuban roof: a gathering of cats of the Jellicle tribe. The king, “an excellent philosopher and good at rhyming,” once a year chooses the feline who will go to the “astronomical Eden” and receive seven lives. (16 photos)

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Sleep & Cuba’s Time Bomb

The new Cuban version of the stage play “Sleep” unwittingly touches on one of the most silenced problems in today’s Cuba: The gradual decline in the island’s population growth.

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Saved by the Parade

Leticia is an eight-year-old third grader. Last Friday she was supposed to have an English exam, a subject she has problems with and doesn’t like a whole lot. She was nervous all week because of the exam, at least until Thursday. That day, her teacher informed all the students that there wouldn’t be any classes on Friday because of rehearsals for the 50th anniversary Bay of Pigs victory parade and “military review.”

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Raul Castro Proposes Change from Within

Accompanied unexpectedly by Fidel Castro, his brother Raul brought the sixth congress of Cuba’s Communist Party (PCC) to a close Tuesday with a call to “change everything that should be changed,” but without abandoning the socialist path taken on Apr. 16, 1961. (17 photos)

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Cuba Keeps Old Guard for New Policies

The curtain fell Tuesday on the 6th Congress of the Communist Party of Cuba with an entrenched senior leadership and the approval of reforms to the economic system that will reduce the State’s role in some areas, while recommending lifting some prohibitions. (17 photos)

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