In Cuba’s next sugarcane harvest, the Brazilian company Odebrecht will administer a refinery in Cienfuegos province, making that company the first foreign one to participate in the island’s agribusiness since 1959, when the formerly US-controlled mills were nationalized.
Read MoreOutraged Cubans have a “voice,” but there’s no use in isolated protests as long as there are no institutional “ears” that will hear them. Citizens’ outrage and indignation should become the starter motor for putting solutions in motion.
Read MoreMiami has been in an uproar ever since the US Treasury Department´s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) resumed granting licenses to American citizens who want to visit Cuba in compliance with the policies of the “People to People Contacts Program”.
Read MorePerhaps one of the greatest and most unsung achievements of the Cuban Revolution has been the creation of a civil defense system that can minimize the loss of life from natural disasters – particularly hurricanes, which hit the island almost every year.
Read MoreLast year, 14,000 teachers left the classroom with medical leave certificates or requesting self-employment licenses, while this summer another 4,000 gave up teaching without excuses. Meanwhile, 80 percent of the slots to study teaching careers are vacant.
Read MoreHis comeback was more than public this time. He met for five hours with Venezuelan Vice President Elias Jaua, and then accompanied the visitor from his home to the National Hotel, where Fidel then spoke with some of the workers there for about 30 minutes.
Read MoreI imagine that some Cubans readers are going to criticize me for trying to dig up flaws in this latest reform, and they might have a point. Despite its limitations, the fact is that never in more than 50 years have the people of the island had greater freedom to travel.
Read MoreMost Cubans knew the risks that were being run. They tell me that the thousands of children born in Cuba in July 1963 were known as “the sons and daughters of the crisis” among Cubans who had thought the world was on the verge of ending.
Read MoreThe Spanish Embassy in Cuba celebrated Dia de la Hispanidad (Hispanic Day, or “Columbus Day” in the United States) on October 12 with a reception in which no dissidents, opposition bloggers or anti-Castro journalists were invited.
Read MoreThe first impression I had when seeing everyone dressed in heavy black robes was that I had stepped into a Harry Potter film, yet it didn’t take long to see the judges, prosecutor & defense attorney were very thorough in their work.
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