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Tattoos

Teens get to know each other and open up to the world with their friends of the same age; Adults find it hard to know and open up to the universe of their children.

When we began our journey last summer, I didn’t have a very clear idea of what modern-day Cuba was and I must say it would have been pretentious of me to try and understand this country in the 13 days we were there, but I can explain my impressions and the emotions I experienced during this trip.

Self-Employment in Cuba Advances at a Turtle’s Pace

The number of autonomous workers will hardly grow if all the restrictions on non-state forms of work aren’t relaxed, allowing cooperatives, small and medium-sized companies, and above all to expand the variety of jobs that people can legally dedicate themselves to.

Milk in Cuba

In Cuba, since January 1959, children have guaranteed access to education and medical care, as well as a very modest rationed food basket from the State, but …

Havana Airport: Gateway to Cuba

In the weeks before Christmas, I had to go twice to the main Havana airport to await family and friends. I also had my own experiences entering and leaving the island during the same month. I found the state of services to passengers and those waiting for them to be highly deficient, almost comically so.

An Inclusive and Feasible Road to Change in Cuba

Of course I’m afraid. I took it from my people who are used to fearing the aggressive system and with due reason. Luckily, this fear doesn’t paralyze me and my desire, my civility and my sense of honor to be useful to my country, in the sense that Marti once pointed out.

An Absurd Ban on Traveling to Havana

The political police in the town of Manzanillo, Granma province, have not allowed dissident Tania de la Torre Montesino to travel to Havana on two occasions since November 27th. She even lost the money of her ticket which cost 250 Cuban pesos, the equivalent of 10 USD, the second time.

The Mentality of a Cuban Revolutionary

As a young Cuban, I suffered in my own flesh the Batista dictatorship. As a young Cuban, I joined the generalized euphoria of January 1, 1959. As a young man, I accepted the justice of the revolutionary laws that set the country on its head.

Do Cuba’s Workers Deserve a Chance?

The comments that I will present are a response to events which have taken public spotlight in Cuban and foreign media. Recently a French company responsible for building a huge hotel in the country’s capital had hired workers coming from India and the official Granma newspaper backed the decision.

We Can End the Slaughter

For the past 30 years, I have watched in disbelief, how a large sector of society has become an endangered species within most inner cities in the United States. No one has developed a unified method that is capable of addressing the nation’s most intractable and devastating social crisis.