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On the Sudden Spirituality of Cubans

Some say all thoughts travel through space as vibrations and produce a reaction somewhere – like prayers with or without words that are somehow heard by a thinking universe.

Internet for Everyone in Cuba: Myths and Realities

It seems as though decisive steps to make Internet services widely available in Cuba will finally be taken. Much pressure has built up in connection with this issue as a result of the heated disputes probably taking place between different interests groups on the island.

Cuban Artist Kcho Offers Free WiFi Point

I can’t believe it! A place with free Internet in Havana? “Yep, This is a project of Kcho, the artist, the guy is really something. In his studio located at ninth and 120th streets of the Romerillo neighborhood of Playa he has set up a free WiFi access point.”

Havana’s Book Fair and the Exclusion of People with Disabilities

It may be advisable to start thinking about a new venue for the book fair that is more inclusive and friendly towards all social groups, where reading is the common denominator.

A Music Video by the Cuban Band”Qvu Libre”

I don’t want to say these music videos are evasive. On the contrary, they seem to be a reaction to so much theatrics, so much vanity being divulged by the media. We present one from the band “Qva Libre”.

Is Intelligence Inherited or Acquired?

“You dunce! You’re the dumbest thing in the world, nothing gets through your thick skull!” “You’re just like your dad, who doesn’t know squat.” “Turn your brain on, I’m losing my patience! My god, what am I to do?” I hear these and other phrases often.

The Nobel Prize Laureate Who Scorned Spelling Rules

The control one class exercises over another isn’t maintained exclusively through explicit forms of repression. A whole network of institutions is responsible for sustaining and consolidating it in the subtlest ways in all spheres of social life.

The European Left Gains Ground

Since 2008, when the economic crisis began in the United States and immediately spread to the rest of the capitalist world, analysts have been insisting that this is not a passing phenomenon.

Adopting a Cat in Cuba

After long conversations with my partner, the two of us decided it would be marvelous to have a cat in the house. Ria, a beautiful, hyperactive, hairy black-and-white cat has been living with us for two weeks now.

Cuban Homosexuals Are Still Waiting (Part II)

The legislative bill aimed at modifying Cuba’s current Family Code is still waiting to be delivered to the National People’s Power Assembly (Parliament). This process ought to be transparent, but, as tends to be the case in Cuba, it is at times rather confusing.