For now, a serious analysis would have to recognize that there is a correlation of forces tactically favorable to Ortega. And that the international environment, weakened, if it gets to negotiate with Ortega, with such negotiation does not intend to change this internal correlation of forces at all.
Read More“The support for Castroism revealed in resolution 62 of the recent Convention of the Democratic Socialists of the United States, held in Atlanta, Georgia, can only be explained by two reasons: either the American Socialist Democrats do not know the Cuban reality or they are not socialist or democratic.”
Read MoreRegarding the debate on social media about the value of criticism in Cuban society today, it would be worth remembering the function criticism has had as a decisive element to protect the Revolution. Its function has been irreplacable because it creates contradictions that allow us to really dig deep into socially difficult issues that tend to be outside of the government’s agenda.
Read MoreIt was 2012 when I started studying at the Workshop School that belongs to Havana City’s Historian Office. I had chosen to specialize in General Restoration, where you learned all about Mural Paintings.
Read MoreThe phrase has gone viral on the Internet and it sheds light on an everyday reality: it is hard for many people to understand when somebody does NOT want to have sex with them.
Read MoreEn la lucha contra el somocismo se repetía profusamente la frase “después de Somoza cualquier cosa”. Esa frase encerraba la creencia, o la ilusión, de que lo peor era el somocismo.
Read MoreA Cuban summer night’s dream: “Starting next Monday, we will begin to distribute for all children from 0 to 14 years, as well as to the elderly over 65, a liter of milk daily, and 15 cans of condensed milk per month; as well as 3 pounds of beef and 3 lbs. of pure coffee per consumer…”
Read MoreThe lunch I speak of came to mind when I heard Cuba’s Minister of Education say that starting September 2nd more than 1.7 million students would be attending classes this year. I thought of those students’ lunches and how much it would cost to feed them.
Read MoreThe crisis of regional and multilateral institutions goes hand in hand with the international rise of right-wing populism. In the US, the UK, Russia, Italy, Poland, Hungary, Turkey, the Philippines and Brazil, we are experiencing the rise of right-wing populist politicians who throw headline-grabbing barbs at global compromises and the negotiating processes of supranational institutions such as the UN.
Read MoreWith the record rate blaze in the Amazon that struck Indigenous communities, the world is confronted by a humanitarian crisis in the midst of an ever-worsening political-economic condition.
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