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Cultural Arm Wrestling in Cuba

This week we address the apparent clash taking place between a group of renowned visual artists and the cultural policy of the State…

The empire of arbitrary abuses lies just across the border from savagery. The Un-Rule of Law confronts freedom of expression.

It is easy to spot them: they wear their hair short and closely observe everyone who passes near the Calixto García Hospital in Havana.

It’s a pity that such a large number of Cubans aspire to leave the country, leaving family and friends behind, to try their luck elsewhere.

A doctor friend wrote to me after a brilliant exercise of analysis: that we must take care because we’ll have “tough months” ahead.

For decades, the government has upheld that there is a political and social system in Cuba that places some human rights above others.

As in 2018, the police arrived with no legal mandate. They were simply carrying out orders issued by their supreme chief, Daniel Ortega.

There were blackouts for almost a week in May all over the country. The official TV news reported a breakdown at a power station.

Imposing fear has been one of the most used resources by tyrannies in the course of world history. Ortega is just following the same script.

Cuba’s war veterans are the people who are at the forefront of this significant crowd that deserve a better end. Instead the reality is…