Nothing Resembles Cuba More than a Cooperative
Right now, many farmers are unhappy and skeptical. However they are literally afraid to speak out because “the corrupt” appear to be much stronger and they need their signatures for everything.
Right now, many farmers are unhappy and skeptical. However they are literally afraid to speak out because “the corrupt” appear to be much stronger and they need their signatures for everything.
Tuesday April 10th marked five months since my friend Jose Antonio Herrera and I had all of our digital communication and work devices seized. On that grey afternoon, on November 10th, they came and took everything they wanted to.
On April 19th, the new National Assembly of People’s Power will hold its first plenary session and will finally approve the National Nomination Committee’s proposal for its own president and the new president of the State Council too.
I had patiently been waiting for March 8th to write about women’s valor. That which many people don’t appreciate or pretend not to see but which is there, always spontaneously showing its vital presence.
Blackouts have once again become a regular occurrence, at least in Mayari, Holguin, since the beginning of February. attributed to potential temporary breaks in the electricity distribution lines and because they don’t commonly make repairs with the power flowing, suspending the service.
February 14th is upon us which means it’s the day of lovers here in Cuba. Most couples go out hunting for a gift worthy of such a celebration. All of them on their own and in secret.
For us Cubans, who find ourselves at a crossroads for the country, of looking for new paths forward, learning a little more about Ghandi’s legacy and his ideas would be of help to us.
A relative told me when I came out of prison: “It was Marti who ruined you, for reading all those books. Reading these things in this country is trouble, because “these people” have everything locked down and they crush whoever raises their head.”