Questions of Race
Jaime is an acquaintance of mine. We get together from time to time for coffee and to compare our takes on things.
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Diaries
Selling Fast Food or Whatever
In the beginning it was a secret. I don’t mean a secret-secret; it was talk in the building corridors. You could hear faceless voices saying…
Read MoreRationing at the Country Store
Through the Cuban media we’ve been called to go back to working the land. While there’s nothing more legitimate than this, I have to ask myself why there are so many obstacles to engaging in such productive undertakings.
Read MoreA Different Type of Elections
It’s something that has opened my eyes with astonishment, like someone seeing a whale for the first time, because I think I’ll break down and cry the day I ever see one. However, the uproar of an election campaign here in Venezuela is enough to make you cry from not being able to get a good night’s sleep.
Read MoreFreeing the Productive Forces (II)
How legitimate can the announced layoffs be in the eyes of workers if the alternatives have not been appropriately assessed?
Read MoreA Cuban Argument over Emigration
Three blocks before getting to downtown’s Jose Marti Park, a student asked the driver: “How far are you going?” However the driver only responded with another question: “Where do you want to go?” “Well, I wanted to go north,” the young girl replied. “Baby, all of us want to go in that direction, but we can’t,” said the driver smiling.
Read MoreOil Dependence and Cuba
Some progressive researchers warn of the possibility of a catastrophe, but it’s curious to see how those same people miss the boat when dealing with the issue in Cuba.
Read MoreThe Mother of All Cubans
I was recently in Santiago de Cuba, a city that guards its histories and charms, as well as the immense warmth of its people and the climate that’s endured there.
Read MoreOur Daily Carbohydrates
When a Catalan friend visited the island, he told me that he didn’t understand why many Cubans complain so much about food shortages, because —as he put it— “You couldn’t find fatter people than here.”
Read MoreFreeing the Productive Forces (I)
Cuba is confronting a new situation of mass layoffs. It’s said that this will involve between a half million and one million redundant workers, mainly in administrative institutions and less-profitable companies.
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