Recently, a bit of a controversy was initiated in Havana Times concerning an article titled “Respect for Constitutional Order” by our friend Erasmo Calzadilla. Here I only wish to clarify a few points.
Read MoreThey say that summers in Cuba are everything but mild. Prior to the beginning of this summer that is just ending, an announcement was made that electricity consumption was outpacing projections, which acted to ignite concerns about the return of residential blackouts.
Read MoreCommercial legislation in Cuba has established tremendous restrictions on private sales. These constraints practically exclude local suppliers (fishermen) from the marketplace, since they are prevented from setting up a genuine fish market, something basic in a historic fishing town such as Santa Cruz.
Read MoreAt the beginning, many saw the Revolution as no more than a solution to end a bloody dictatorship that was smothering a good portion of the population. But it became more ambitious, first declaring itself the enemy of imperialism wherever it went, and then declaring itself socialist.
Read MoreThousands of writers, poets, novelists, essayists, young and not so young, who dedicated themselves to writing literature employing all dimensions of the word, with the freedoms and experiences we have gained or lost throughout life, wait patiently for their work to see the light of day. Meanwhile, political or historical texts are for sale, as if our people only had the right to read what someone determines to be politically correct.
Read MoreConflict between generations is like a snake that bites its tail. Throughout all times, everywhere in the world, this conflict has existed – demonstrated in the unwillingness of the prevailing generation to hand over power to its natural successors.
Read MoreThere were other occasions in which the handouts were not so advantageous for my father. Those were times in which he found himself being taken in by families that were low-down, low-spirited, unfriendly and even abusive.
Read MoreIn the first few days of the coup d’état against Zelaya, I heard the word “constitution” bandied about in the media more times than I had ever in my life. Prompted by this, I wrote a few words about how unusual this was for the Cuban people; perhaps the situation is similar with Australians, I don’t know.
Read MoreThey were Cuban musicians who traveled to Spain in the 1990s. The ’90s for Cuba is not a chronological category, but an ontological one. This period has to do with the very being of the nation. With our existence, contorted, sharply painful, whose pressure ends up being felt close the heart – like a bullet.
Read MoreLast night I was walking down 23rd street, not in any particular hurry to get home, so I stopped in front of the Coppelia ice-cream parlor. It usually closes its doors at 9:00 p.m., but this month they decided to extend their hours until midnight.
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