Last week, a campaign calling for lower Internet rates began on the island and Radio and TV Marti – US government stations that broadcast propaganda to Cuba – announced they would use the web to send their messages to the population. People say extremes meet and complement one another. The news must have made those looking for arguments to restrict Internet access in Cuba very happy.
Read MoreBaseball players signing million-dollar contracts abroad are not the only Cubans taking in such sums of money – they are in fact joining other sectors of the population who are already doing so under the law and without having to leave the country definitively.
Read MoreWhen one has guests over, it is natural to try and give them the best possible impression, but sweeping poverty under the rug doesn’t seem like the best course of action, particularly because most of these individuals are elderly people looking to compensate for their meager pensions.
Read MoreAt the dawn of the industrial age, some workers destroyed machines in an attempt to halt the growing unemployment. They were moved by the hope that they could stop technological development and return to the past. I remembered this when I read a note from ETECSA, Cuba’s only telephone co.
Read MoreA few days ago, I met with two renowned bloggers and the journalist of an official newspaper. Sparks flew during our conversation, even though these individuals are from the same generation and concurred on the changes that Cuban journalism requires today.
Read MoreIronically, State companies look a lot less “socialist” than cooperatives. The latter choose their leaders at worker assemblies, draw up their statutes collectively and distribute benefits more fairly. The process of approving co-ops, however, is very slow.
Read MoreThe arrest of four infiltrated anti-Castro militants from Miami, sent to attack military units, highlights the situation of some 20 Cuban-Americans, who upon leaving prison in Cuba are considered unwelcome by Washington.
Read More“All Cuban women are whores,” a regular at a bar in Barcelona blurted out with a very sour look on his face when he heard that I lived in Cuba. The generalization struck me as awful, but I have to admit that it is a rather widespread opinion.
Read More“I’m 68 years old and it’s all the same to me. Our people need respect,” these were the opening words of one of my neighbor’s complaints, voiced during the official accountability meeting with our local representative. It was an apt preamble for what came next.
Read MoreLast week I went to the “El Trigal” wholesale market and returned home laden with food and amazement. Prices of the farm products are incredibly cheaper than the retail produce markets where most Cubans do their shopping.
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