Let’s assume that the results disclosed by the National Election Commission are trustworthy; ignoring how suspicious it was that it took almost a whole day to announce the results to the public. Even with so many doubts and suspicions, it would be interesting for us to analyze what we have gained and lost with Cuba’s constitutional referendum process and its final results.
Read MoreProducing the independent film Corazon Azul (Blue Heart) by Miguel Coyula, we needed to film a train trip. The first thing that came to my mind was the time I spent over the years on the Hershey train coming from Matanzas to visit my maternal family, especially my grandparents.
Read More“I want the fundamental law of our republic to be the tribute of Cubans to the full dignity of man.” This premise was the longing of our Jose Marti, the Apostle of Cuban Independence, which was used to write the new Constitution.
Read MoreNot being able to safely cross large avenues is the main danger that pedestrians face today. The number of vehicles on our roads can’t continue to grow in Havana without first ensuring safety measures, such as the construction of pedestrian bridges and danger signs that remind us where people have died.
Read MoreDear George, we are celebrating your birth with great joy. Listening to your compositions, watching your music videos is the best thing to do. Thinking about you like the privileged being you are.
Read MoreBack in the ‘50s, a book dedicated to Cuba’s African traditions was born: El Monte, by Cuban author and ethnologist Lydia Cabrera, a book which I thought I knew, even though I hadn’t seen a physical copy, and only had a few vague references that I had from where I grew up to go by.
Read MoreThere are two competing rivals in the referendum set for February 24th: YES and NO, and abstention is another way of voting NO. There are strong campaigns online for all three alternatives, the Internet and social networks having become a heated battleground.
Read MoreWith Cuba’s constitutional referendum drawing near, the Cuban government is suffocating the country with a YES campaign.
You can find “I VOTE YES” or “YES FOR DEMOCRACY” posters in public institutions, offices and the Police and Army barracks, schools, the TV, radio, even public transport or private businesses.
Every country deserves respect, although there are some who don’t have any self-respect or respect for others and attack them or declare war, not caring how many innocent people might die as a result. They all deserve respect, but countries who have decided to take up their Founding Fathers’ ideas and finish off what they fought for and had to leave incomplete, deserve even more still.
Read MoreA few days ago, I mentioned how irrational the idea of “humanitarian aid” (in terms of food), is for Venezuela. First of all because the amount being donated is just enough for a couple of weeks and for less than a million people; secondly, because even though it sounds strange, Venezuela has food.
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