With more than a decade of experience working in the community, Zulema Hidalgo thinks that citizens in Cuba are vitally concerned about violence. Physical aggression is the type most noticed and suffered by people. However, Cuba has a major problem with psychological violence. Zulema believes that actions to counteract it must include the promotion of lifestyle changes.
Read MoreIn the previous Havana JoJazz festival-competition, I heard the sound of his trumpet for the first time. It was wonderful to listen to the quality of his music and to see that he was so young. But nothing is surprising in an event designed so that the youngest can display their talent.
Read MoreThe 31st Havana Film Festival (Dec. 3-13) is just around the corner. In the run up to the highly popular event, we explored the life of one of the persons responsible for the programming of films to be projected in each cinema across the Cuban capital.
Read MoreThe only way for all public services to be returned to the people is through a constitutional assembly and the reform of the Constitution with the direct participation of social and union constituencies. That’s why it’s necessary to first restore the democratic and constitutional order, so that the coup-backing sectors do not legitimize the coup through an illegitimate election and block us from transforming the country.
Read MoreNotwithstanding, President Zelaya doesn’t need to be restored to attempt to direct the popular consciousness. That is not the objective; rather, it is reconstructing the constitutional thread broken by the coup. The forces behind the coup are afraid, even of having that day come and looking at him in the eye, because they know they won’t be able to bear his gaze. They are afraid of facing their own shame and misery.
Read MoreDenis Carbón looks too young to be 23. He also might look too skinny to play his saxophone for so long. But what he demonstrates is that appearance is not always reality – all one has to do is listen to his melodies of elegance and youthful passion. In a few days, he will be one of the participants in the annual “JoJazz” Competition-Festival for young jazz musicians.
Read MoreNo one would be speaking of Honduras if people in the resistance had not struggled and sacrificed their lives for almost 140 days. The great actor in this whole story is the Honduran people, and what should prevail is their command.
Read MoreWe met at the Novatec a pharmaceutical laboratory where we were both working. We became closer during the bus rides that would bring us to a work center that was like a cross between the Orwellian ocean and Kafka’s castle. After the initial surprise of discovering a spirituality inconceivable in that hostile surrounding, we grew to share feelings and genuine admiration that became a friendship that we still maintain.
Read MoreAfter seven days of talks, the de facto government in Honduras has taken off its mask. By its rejection of the content of the key point of the San Jose Agreement -the element which foresees the reinstatement of President Manuel Zelaya Rosales- it has evidenced that it has been using delaying tactics all along. The goal of this strategy has been to run out the clock to the November elections, whose process will be strictly manipulated and controlled by the powers behind the coup, including the army.
Read MoreWe’ve always been quite critical of inadequacies, but now it has become so evident that I don’t think an adjustment can be deferred. We can’t live with our backs turned on the world, much less in this time where everything seems to be connected.
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