This article is based on an empirical analysis, rather than a strictly scientific one, about what will happen in Cuba’s upcoming constitutional referendum. I believe that the constitutional project being discussed today will be approved, most likely without any significant changes to the original draft presented by the constitutional committee who were responsible for writing it.
Read MoreOrtega has been defeated. It’s a strategic defeat, one that’s clearly evident. But it’s a defeat that’s fundamentally occurring in the field of foreign diplomacy, due to Ortega’s own mistakes. However, while his continued rule may be unviable, there’s no national opponent that can claim the victory over the dictatorship.
Read MoreThis year’s vote was like the others every year for the past 27 years, but doesn’t have any real effect. However, the Cuban government continues to raise the subject annualy in front of the UN General Assembly, looking for the symbolic effect this might have in the international arena and in legitimizing the regime within Cuba.
Read MoreIn Cuba, retail sales outlets can’t cut prices of products, even when they are past their sell-by date. You can only do this if you first fill out a heap of paperwork, and practically need the President’s stamp of approval. Therefore, in Cuba, the people who sell (in theory the population who own national modes of production and distribution) can’t ever lose.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, the Auxiliary Bishop of Managua, Silvio Baez, revealed in an interview on “Esta Semana” (This Week) the warning that Pope Francis made to the members of the Episcopal Conference, during a meeting at the Vatican. Take into account, warned Francis, that if the Church of Nicaragua maintains its commitment to the people, denouncing injustice and telling the truth, it will also be the object of “espionage, persecution and martyrdom.”
Read MoreDuring the rapprochement process under US president Barack Obama and Cuban president Raul Castro, I worked with many groups of US visitors. I would speak to them while walking through Havana, for a modest price for them and for a fortune for me, but I would have given the explanations to anyone who was interested in the subject for free if I’m going to be perfectly honest.
Read MoreThese days a mission of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) is making its customary annual visit to Nicaragua. This mission is relevant because it is the first one that takes place within the framework of the socio-political crisis and the consequences that may derive from its conclusions.
Read MoreWith Brazil’s runoff round of presidential elections set to take place this Sunday, October 28th, the Workers’ Party’s (PT) mistakes have become crystal clear today. Leftist groups which were its allies in the past have been pointing these out for some time now.
Read More“This problem is related to food, which is considered a national strategy, and doesn’t seem to ever bear its calming fruits for one reason or another, which is economic, the crisis, the lack of resources to ensure a steady supply of what we need to send food down the esophagus into the stomach and not via TV announcements.”
Read MoreWhen vocation or love are superimposed by an obligation and external control, there is a shift in a person’s motivation. The thing we used to do because it was our vocation or passion and we did it well and happily, ends up becoming an obligation, something we do poorly and unhappily.
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