Ever since its beginning the Cuban Revolution has claimed to be inspired by the teachings of the most internationally renowned Cuban. Fidel affirmed that Marti was the intellectual author of the events at the Moncada Barracks…
Read MoreI still remember the smell of a storm that was constantly lingering in the air, those beads of sweat that ran down my neck because of the humidity, the most beautiful skies I have ever seen and the warmth and friendliness of its people.
Read MoreThe fight for control of Cuban cyberspace has awoken “the dark side” in some fighters, who are getting deeply involved in a “dirty war”, using shame, lies and rumors to damage people’s integrity. A few days ago, a fake comment appeared on the Internet, which attacked Fidel Castro’s family and was signed with my name.
Read MoreThe 2017 Teaching Congress has just kicked off in Havana, under the motto “Education: the cornerstone of progress.” According to the Cuban government’s own statistics as well as those from UNESCO, Cuba is one of the countries with the greatest progress in education in the world, one of the countries that churns out the most doctors and professionals per capita per year, one of the countries with the lowest illiteracy rates, etc.
Read MoreI remember how the children of those who had requested to leave Cuba for the United States, were treated. They were happy children, classmates, friends, who became sad and introverted overnight. Teachers used to call them by the semi-epithet “kid of a worm”.
Read MoreCuba is just an island and even though it isn’t at the heart of the US agenda we are a neighboring country which has strategic value in many regards (economic, military and even political). You don’t have to be a chauvinist to accept that, all you need is a little bit of vision, to look back over history and to look at a map.
Read MoreI’d wanted to go to Cuba for a long time now, and I finally went. I would have liked to have gone 25 years ago for example, when the country seemed to be living better times thanks to their relationship with the Soviet Union. I decided to go now, understanding that it was now or never, given the fact that it will soon be full of McDonalds.
Read MoreThe persona of Fidel Castro has created and will continue to create polarity. Powerful interests were affected in some way or another in the areas which were touched by his life. Objective assessments and analyses about his legacy will be unfeasible for a long time.
Read MoreA short while ago, I read an article where it was suggested that “with its rapprochement with the United States, Cuba should learn to develop a housing market ecosystem which would overcome the years of zero construction and attract investment.”
Read MoreThose Cubans who invested all their resources to immigrate to the United States and did not have time to get there before the most recent changes, now face a delicate situation.
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