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A Cuban Perspective on Trump’s Victory

The Cuban government was highly critical of Obama’s moves to improve relations, considering them not going far enough. The sign reads: Normalization is not synonymous for blockading.

Cuba Can’t Afford to Waste Resources on Symbols

What is the Cuban government doing “playing with its tin soldiers” in the face of an emergency situation? For the organizers themselves, these waste-of-time events don’t really do anything else but form part of a game of symbolism.

Cubans with Trump on Their Mind

After Donald Trump´s unexpected victory in the US presidential elections, Cubans who were already thinking that the national outlook was looking uncertain in regard to its relationship with its powerful neighbor in the North, now seem to have reached a dead end with the president-elect.

Trump: Frustration and Joy Don’t Change Reality

Grievances and exclamations of triumphs don’t really help us understand what is happening in the United States and what is the general feeling, which is complex, varied and contradictory, of its people and what the dynamics are behind its political system.

Nicaragua: The Aftermath of the Election Day Abstention Protest

The second consecutive reelection of Daniel Ortega, this time with his wife Rosario Murillo as Vice President, occurred as had been foreseen by the official script.

If Vietnam Advanced Why Can’t Cuba?

Thanks to the President of Vietnam’s recent visit, the Cuban media has shed some light on this country´s socio-economic achievements. However, very little is said about how they have managed to achieve this, going beyond just some generic references to the Doi Moi and their reforms process.

Vietnam, a Miracle for Cuba to Follow?

Cuban authorities have insisted on the Cuban people knowing the absolute minimum about the Vietnamese “perestroika”, known as the Doi Moi, for one main reason: private property, a subject which has terrorized them.

Cuba’s Police Should Be Looking After Us

Martin and Leo, two young artists from Havana were walking peacefully home at night after a long day of working, studying and rehearsing when a policeman called them over on the corner of 23rd and G Streets and rudely asked them for their IDs…

Donald Trump Has His Fans in Havana

The New York magnate’s unexpected presidential win had an unusual precedent in the Cuban capital when, on October 21st, a dozen people gathered together at the crowded La Normal Park located on Calzada de Infanta, on the corner of Manglar Street, carrying their handmade posters announcing the Trump-Pence candidacy.

The Future of Cuba Depends on Us Cubans

According to radical socialists, the course of our destiny is to insist on the same model and to make concessions to Capitalism but just as a temporary measure, which they will then be overcome once conditions are more favorable. According to extremist liberals, all we need is democracy, a multi-party system and liberal capitalism, because everything will be miraculously fixed with these magic ingredients. For moderates, there are many different options.