A while back, Raul Jimenez sent in a comment about one of my posts referring to cooperatives. He asked about the benefits of this form of organizing work in relation to the development of private businesses.
Read MoreReturning to a little popular slang (also known as “cubanisms”), when we say something is bad, we say “it’s black.” Similarly, to say that something is bad and going to get worse, we say “it’s gray with black stitches.”
Read MoreWhen they first showed Come and See in the cinemas here in Havana, people were impressed by a narrative that was so different from the classic Soviet style of making movies about the war.
Read MoreI don’t know if that will be the last master’s degree attempt or if there will be yet other one. But the next time I’m tempted, I’m going to think it through a whole lot better.
Read MoreThey allowed all those present who wanted the monster burned for a better world to write on the hard surface of the giant puppet.
Read MoreIt had been exactly 12 years since I last went inside that place. The memory of my mother’s last dying breathes had made it impossible for me to set foot in the Provincial Oncological Hospital since then.
Read MoreAt the Main Bus Terminal in Havana, a well-known system is used for people to get a bus without having purchased a ticket weeks in advance, which is what most people do. This involves the dreaded “waiting list.”
Read MoreI just visited Cuban musician Silvio Rodriguez’s blog. I learned about it through a news story that featured his statement: “Everything done to destroy the ultra-conservative bureaucracy will result in benefits for the country.”
Read MoreOn occasions I’ve heard people say — half-jokingly, and half seriously — that fewer Havanans live in Havana than immigrants.
Read MoreI don’t believe that seconding the blockade and referring constantly to God are going to earn many votes in Cuba for this doctor-turned-politician, although they will earn favor among anti-Castro radicals far removed from the human consequences of the Blockade.
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