The best part of Pope Francis’ visit to Havana took place near nightfall, when the planned gathering with young people was held. Speaking on behalf of those present, a university student greeted the pontiff with the following words: “Cuba needs profound reforms, so that it may one day become the home all Cubans want, regardless of what they think and where they live.”
Read MoreOn Sunday, a congregation of Communist Party militants and non-dissident Christians sang the Alleluia at Havana’s Revolution Square, a place that belongs, not to Fidel or Raul Castro, but to all revolutionaries who defend Cuban independence – Christian or atheist – and who fought and died for something more than clinging to power indefinitely.
Read MoreThat was the question a journalist put to the Cuban foreign minister during the presentation of the resolution to be discussed again at the UN General Assembly, calling for the lifting of the blockade on Cuba.
Read MoreVictor Jara’s killers were finally arrested. The Chilean singer and songwriter was murdered in Santiago’s National Stadium in 1973, a few days after the military coup that toppled the government of Salvador Allende. Today we can celebrate the fact that justice moves slowly but surely – at least in the case of Chile.
Read MoreBecause of my age and financial situation, I am one of the many people who began using information technologies rather late, something of a tragedy considering I was born in Cuba. For us, this is compensated for by our children and grandchildren.
Read MoreA Jesuit priest has a rather daring and provocative thesis regarding the Pope’s imminent visit to Cuba: Francis will frustrate many of the expectations of those who await his tour of the island.
Read MorePope Francis’ mediation in the negotiations that eased the nearly six-decade-old tensions between Cuba and the United States and the feat of re-establishing diplomatic relations between the two countries stretched out the red carpet for a visit to the island from the Holy See.
Read MoreSome years ago, foreign journalists working in Cuba found out about a series of regulations applied to their work (thanks to an information leak). They had kept these regulations a secret, making it very difficult for us to follow them. This illustrates the main issue faced by the Cuban press: no one knows the rules of the game or the divisions of the playing field.
Read MoreAt some point in the near future, before September 14th, a request to renew the Trading With the Enemy Act – the legal foundation of the US blockade on Cuba – will be laid on Barack Obama’s desk. This is the 1917 statute invoked by John F. Kennedy in 1962 to set up the economic fence around Cuba.
Read MoreI woke up tired today, as though I’d put on 20 years in my sleep. This happens often. I gradually regain my strength in the course of the day. I’m not complaining. It’s the kind of thing you’d expect when your life has been a disaster.
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