I think the first thing we have to change is our mentality. It’s been a long period of crisis and limitations that have transformed Cubans into individualistic, laconic beings who externalize violence, anger and arrogance.
Read MoreThe coordinator of the Committees for the Defense of the Revolution (CDR), Juan José Rabilero, was dismissed from his post in a Plenum of the National Leadership. The CDRs, the island’s largest mass organization, are made up by all virtually all persons older than 14 who contribute to sanitation, vigilance, health promotion and ideological preparation activities in the barrios, reported IPS. The new coordinator is 46-year-old Carlos Rafael Miranda Martínez.
Read MoreCuba and India will strengthen their collaboration in the area of natural medicine, as a result of the visit to that Asian country by Concepción Campa, director of the Finlay Institute, who toured several research centers related to practices such as yoga and homeopathy. In a lecture at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of India, Campa highlighted the advances made by the island in biotechnology, especially in the production of vaccines.
Read MoreCuba saved more than 10 million dollars in 2010 from the retreading of tires, Iris Carrazana González, economic director of the National Tire Company, announced. According to the specialist, the island hopes to increase this year its industrial capacities in this sector, to reach some 135,000 tires.
Read MoreThe iron fist that has kept a tight grip on Egypt’s labor movements for nearly six decades relaxed this week, unleashing a wave of wildcat strikes that is testing the resolve of the country’s new military rulers.
Read MoreThe recent events in Egypt stirred up surprising expectations among some Cuban exiles. Through Facebook they called upon islanders to rise up, even indicating the exact date that they should begin protesting.
Read MoreToday it is exceedingly difficult to know what is going on, who’s who in the new political and administrative matrix, or in what direction the policies of the island are moving.
Read MoreThe book Transdominacion en Haiti (1791-1826), by anthropologist and Havana Times colleague Dmitri Prieto Samsonov, was presented this week as part of the activities of the Havana International Book Fair.
Read MoreWhat I’m trying to do is establish comparisons with the nation’s current situation, appealing to emotive memories that recall experiences from the past.
Read MoreWe will be able to enjoy good weather with little chance of rain this whole week. This is due to the presence of high pressures, which will remain over this period.
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