It happened during an afternoon/evening in spring, down Havana’s once-glamorous Prado promenade. This time, the thoroughfare’s bronze lions were joined by the new lions of the jungle, the human lions, the men and women of lion-like mentalities, laws and secrets.
Read More“The Stranger” is the title of the seventh and final segment of the documentary with Cuban poet Rafael Alcides. Here he gives us one of his poems. Director: Miguel Coyula.
Read MoreThe word “socialism” has become somewhat disfigured in our day. Radical social models left us with such a bitter taste that they ended up distorting the real meaning of the word. Beyond the stigma that clings to the concept, socialism has a very clear and well-defined meaning: it is an ideal of social justice and equity.
Read MoreMao, Lenin, Trotsky, Ulan Bator, Ho Chi Min, Tito, even Stalin, they all had the decency to die as the mass murderers they were, sticking to their principles and their messianic madness, varnished with claims of a struggle on behalf of the proletariat. But Raul and Fidel Castro, the sultans, they’re okay with everything provided the world allows them to continue enjoying the benefits of their absolutist monarchy.
Read MoreThe most recent video to shock the world, revealing the hidden face of a society in a state of decomposition, is not exceptional. What’s different today is the fact cell phones have proliferated to all corners of the globe combined with Internet access.
Read MoreThe fact the train left on time was truly out of the ordinary. It departed at exactly 4 in the morning. I didn’t know whether it was an unwritten rule followed by the Ministry of Transportation or negligence on behalf of those responsible for the railroads, but nearly all trains in Cuba always left late.
Read MoreThis May 1, International Workers Day, will be no different than past ones. Millions of Cubans will parade to squares in the different provinces and municipalities of the island. Will such verify massive support for the government and its policies?
Read MoreOn a superficial level, Daniel Ortega’s government takes the prize in changing things, as compared with previous governments: the center of Managua is as bright and cheerful as an amusement park. Many have been seduced by this brilliant and eccentric make-up and this new version of a popular piñata in which they give away sheets of zinc roofing, production bonuses, graduation bonuses and parties.
Read MoreCardinal Jaime Ortega is retiring, but he leaves the Cuban nation with very useful lessons in what we could call “dialogue building.” One must acknowledge that he designed bridges capable of withstanding the weight of the mutual mistrust that has existed between the Catholic clergy, the Cuban government and Washington.
Read MoreAn impassioned voice calls on the Cuban people to take part in the May Day parade in a show of involvement and “conscious” support for the government and its leaders. The voice seems to forget one detail.
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