June 16, 2017, will be recorded in Latin America and world history as a sad, frustrating day, in which Cuba was seen vacillating, insecure, having lost the initiative, vision and ability to strike back, that characterized the Cuban Revolution since the days of the rebels in the Sierra Maestra mountains.
Read MoreThe story is old, very old; the illusion is infinite. What continues to surprise us is the Cuban exile community in Miami’s capacity to run into the same stone again and again, and when they don’t find it, they seek it out and put it in the way.
Read MoreOn Friday June 16, president Donald Trump is expected in Miami where he will meet with right-wing Cuban American politicians and with vestiges of surviving exile hardliners to fulfill the coffee and pastry ritual at the Versailles restaurant before or after reversing some or all of president Barack Obama directives, which have relaxed the political atmosphere between the United States, Cuba and the region for the first time in half a century.
Read MoreIt’s very ironic the offer of home Internet with such absurd prices, taking into account the even more absurd income of Cubans.
Read MoreFinancial aid to promote the full exercise of human rights in Cuba is a subject that we need to resolve ourselves, it would be a conclusive sign of support for an inescapable purpose.
Read MoreDiscrediting doesn’t work as a method in political debates. Appealing to insults instead of settling differences on the battlefield of thought is a dangerous shortcut that can debase whoever practices this behavior. This practice is common in the Cuban public sphere. Where there are more suspicions than trust, more fear than knowledge and more accusations than collective construction.
Read MoreLast week, we learned about an unexpected meeting of our highest powers. Certain documents were being discussed for some time now, which didn’t seem to bring about change in the lives of us ordinary mortals very quickly. The Cuban Government has written out its Guidelines and Concepts, destined to define the path our country takes and its future development plans; but very few changes were immediately created as a result.
Read MoreIsbel Diaz and Jimmy Roque are two Cuban social activists who see a direct relation between the different sectorial struggles on the island. Here they are interviewed about their beliefs and efforts by Yaima Pardo.
Read MoreGovernment media, especially Cuban TV, doesn’t stop mentioning the attempts perpetrated by US governments against our country ever since the “Revolution” triumphed in 1959. But they conveniently forget how many Cubans were and are beaten up by government forces?
Read MoreAging isn’t Cuba’s problem as such, but demographic replacement is. Chile and Costa Rica have longer life expectancy than Cuba, but they aren’t experiencing a demographic alarm. And when there is a vacuum, they do the same thing Europe and the US do: they bring over immigrants and increase their productivity.
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