Leaders of the Pentecostal Church of Cuba are afraid for the lives of people occupying one of its chapels. According to its Executive Committee, some believers have made statements such as: “We are in a pact of life or death with the pastor,” “We are willing to die for Jesus” and “We are ready for our glorification.”
Read MoreThe measures seek to give a boost to this alternative form of work, which has tripled since this past October when its expansion was authorized. However, this same growth has generated greater competition and reduced the earnings of many self-employed individuals.
Read MoreRaul Castro has just lost more than a vice-president; he’s lost his right arm. General Julio Casas Regueiro stood out in this task in at least three decisive moments: in the mountains of Cuba, in the battles in Africa and during the economic crisis of the 1990s.
Read MoreThe controversy over the statements made by Pablo Milanés before his concert in Miami continues. First most radical exiles rejected him, then the moderates criticized him and now Silvio Rodriguez adds his opinion.
Read MoreMariela Castro, daughter of President Raul Castro, has achieved important advances in making homophobia socially visible, authorizing free sex-change operations and bringing the LGBT community out of its marginalization by organizing its members in the defense of their rights.
Read MoreI remember in the 1990s when a fax came to my office reporting that the US ambassador’s dog had been expelled. The first thing I thought was that there’d been some break in diplomatic relations expressed in unusually crude terms.
Read MoreVimang, a natural Cuban medicine used against cancer, could also prove to have markedly positive effects in the treatment of patients with HIV-AIDS, explained its creator Eleuterio Paez. With his lab initially funded by the Cuban armed forces and now associated with the island’s Labiofam Laboratories, Paez has been able to industrially produce a range of medicines that come from the bark of mango trees.
Read MoreThe recent topic of debate between Havana and Miami is the “Cuban Adjustment Act.” Thanks to that legislation (1966), any citizen from the island who steps onto US soil receives residency, just as if they were a political refugee.
Read More“Baro has disappeared,” repeat Cubans, implying that not as much money is circulating as before. They note that you can no longer sell anything at any price because people deliberate much more before making purchases.
Read MoreI have the impression that today no one is proud of having participated in those “meetings of repudiation.” In all the years that I’ve lived in Cuba, I’ve never found a single person who admitted to having thrown eggs at those who left.
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