Economist Carmelo Mesa-Lago’s View of Cuba’s Future
Raul Castro’s reforms haven’t been able to get the economy off the ground, but they have had an adverse impact from a social perspective.
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Author: Vicente Morín
How Can You Lock Up Someone Over a Flag?
Luis Manuel Otero: When you know your art may lead to arrest, “you assume repression as a part of the budget for your work.”
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My Close Encounter with the Phantom of the Coronavirus
We were scarcely four people in the bus, however, right on the other side of the aisle, a woman coughing head down caught my attention.
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Miami Rises Up against its Age-Old Enemy, Castro Communism
Calle Ocho, Miami, indignation at the absolute defenselessness of the political opposition in Cuba takes center stage.
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Diaz-Canel Drives Feudal Socialism Home in 21st Century Cuba
Nothing has changed in essence since the State’s monopoly control over domestic and foreign trade was established in Cuba during the 1960s…
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Cuban State Companies in Times of “Temporary” Crisis
“Cuba’s economic systemworks like a medieval economy right bang inthe 21st century”, states the renownedCubaneconomist Emilio Morales inaninterviewwithHavana Times.
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The Final Resting Place for a Book about Che in Miami
Dr. Maria Werlau is a meticulous researcher of the crimes committed by Latin American dictatorships. Cuba, her bleeding Homeland, is at the heart of her concern for 67 consecutive years of dictatorships, first Fulgencio Batista, followed by Fidel Castro and those who continued in his footsteps.
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Artist Yasser Castellanos Defends the Cuba He Needs to Live
Irreverent, dissident, opposition political posters are, with difficulty, blooming in the Cuba we live in and where repression is growing every day. Yasser Castellanos is one of its gardeners, Havana Times one of his few gardens out there where it can grow. (10 photos)
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Cuba’s Economy Heading Towards the Perfect Storm
In true Spartan style, Emilio Morales*, president and CEO of The Havana Consulting Group, claims that Cuba is experiencing “one of the most serious crises in its history”, while he also predicts that Diaz-Canel’s “second presidential year will be a lot worse”.
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Economists Specializing in Cuba to Meet in Miami
July 25th marks the beginning of the annual Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE) conference, with dozens of professionals, representatives from universities and other organizations based in the US, other Latin American countries and Europe, guaranteed to attend.
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