The reforms begun by the Cuban government could increase the discontent of the population and unleash protests, James Clapper, director of U.S. National Intelligence , affirmed in a speech to Congress regarding the world threats to the security of the United States. Clapper expressed his reservations on the ability of the Cuban economy to recover and absorb the excess labor force in the state sector.
Read MoreNow is the time for the Cuban people and its institutions to develop a different approach to attracting investment and development to the island and shake off the asphyxiating stranglehold of a half century embargo/blockade.
Read MoreSeveral hundred thousand protesters massed in Cairo’s central Tahrir Square exploded into joy Friday, after Vice-President Omar Suleiman made the announcement that Hosni Mubarak had resigned as president of Egypt after three decades in office.
Read MoreTougher entrance exams for higher education, to be applied the next academic year in Cuba, are worrying families who see getting into university as a major goal for their children.
Read MoreThe news had run around the whole university like a line of lit gunpowder. Teachers, services workers and even some students were all talking about it. It seems that those of us in my department were the last ones to find out.
Read MoreIn a televised address late Thursday night, embattled Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak delegated executive authority to his newly-appointed vice-president, but stopped short of stepping down. The announcement enraged anti-Mubarak demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square, who say they will maintain their uprising- now in its 18th day – until Mubarak’s unconditional resignation.
Read MoreAsmaa Mahfouz, a 26-year-old Egyptian woman who two weeks ago had only one name, now boasts at least three. These include “A woman worth 100 men”, “The girl who crushed Mubarak” and “The leader of the Egyptian revolution”.
Read MoreIn a journey through the 100th Street dump, a few miles outside of Havana, I expected to find only garbage, repugnant odors and disgusting debris. But nature made me change my point of view. The light/darks, the diversity of textures, the infinite tonalities, the sky with its magnificent clouds, the photogenic herons and vegetation being born in filth, everything conspired in create a moving experience. (19 photos)
Read MoreSending the Cuban Five home in exchange for Alan Gross would have saved the U.S. the embarrassment of the upcoming trial.
Read MoreThe first move was the government buy out of Telcom’s (Italy) minority share of the Cuban Telecomunications Co. ETECSA. The second was to unblock access on the island to the most well known Cuban blog internationally, Generation Y, put out by Yoani Sanchez.
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