A Strategy Designed for Failure
I admit that I’m a neophyte when it comes to personal finance, but I do know how to figure out when things don’t add up.
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Diaries
Twitter Brings Down a False Pharaoh
An unprecedented event has taken place in Egypt. The dictator Hosni Mubarak has just been expelled from power by a people who in gaining their freedom used an unusual weapon: Twitter.
Read MoreAmericana in Cuba
Finding Americana in Cuba is not easy. Sometimes I see Coca Cola in some stores, but then I read the can and it says “Bottled in Mexico.”
Read MoreThe Tempest in the Teapot (Part II)
Cuban LGBT activists have forcefully responded to Oscar Cuevas Romeros. Weeks ago that television viewer sent an open letter to the TV program “Pasaje a lo Desconocido” criticizing Mariela Castro Espín and the Cuban health care system.
Read MoreA Performance of Freedom in Times of Dictatorships
Mulutrella is a living statue who offers highly political art. He performs in the public setting of Plaza Vieja, which is administered by the Office of the City Historian.
Read MoreThe Other Fair at the Havana Book Fair
To enjoy crafts in Cuba is a new event. The island was never inhabited by Mayans, or Incas or Aztecs, so we don’t have the tremendous legacies of those cultures.
Read MoreA Too Expensive Book
Before finishing, the presenter proposed the sale of the book. His copy had a plastic jacket, was of a good size and thickness, and was printed on quality paper.
Read MoreFreeloading Is Over
“Freeloading is over,” the grandmother shouted at her two year-old grandson as she took off her house shoe and gave him a couple of spanks.
Read MoreThe Shopping Bag Shortage: A Micro of Bigger Problems
Everyone seems to agree that every time they go to buy something in one of stores that only accept hard currency CUCs (freely convertible Cuban currency), the employees always tell them that they don’t have bags on hand to bag their purchases.
Read MoreHow to Find the Havana Book Fair
Talking about the Havana International Book Fair is always a pleasure, at least for me. I can explain, for example, that this year the event is spread out between the Casa de las Americas, the ALBA Center, Pavilion Cuba and the Cabaña colonial fortress.
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