Cuba’s liberalization process is so “open” it hasn’t even set up a consumer defense office to protect citizens. If someone wishes to complain, they must do so at the very company that scammed them.
Read MoreAs President Obama takes executive action on gun control without going through Congress, could closing Guantánamo be next? In January 2009, Obama ordered the closure of the Guantánamo Bay military prison in one of his first executive actions. Seven years later, 107 prisoners are still there.
Read MoreAbout a year ago, it was but a rumor. Then it became a known fact that one could travel from Cuba to the United States easily via Ecuador. The fear of losing everything tends to fade when a small opening appears in the Cuban balloon and many want to take advantage of it. This is what happened when Ecuador offered visa exemptions as part of its free circulation policy.
Read MoreReestablishing relations with Cuba was a solid success for the Obama administration, to the point that — except from the Cuban-American extreme right — no political sector has firmly opposed that decision. So far, the topic of Cuba has barely surfaced in the presidential debates.
Read MoreWe approach the existing problem of power in Venezuela according to what we wish to see: a Venezuela united in diversity or a Venezuela divided and presumably destroyed.
Read MoreReading the reports on the country’s financies, “I felt as if we in our house were unaware of the family budget, if we can maintain the regular expenses, if we need to increase them or how tight we must tighten our belts.
Read MoreIf we wanted to assess the results yielded by the United States’ new policy towards Cuba in the course of a year, the clearest illustration of the changes this policy has brought about may be this handshake between Fidel Castro’s son and an unruly Cuban who was previously dubbed a “traitor”, indifferent towards his unexpected host and returning, happy, to the country of his birth.
Read MorePeople in Cuba emigrate because they have no prospects in a country with a devastated economy, an authoritarian system of government and highly limited options in terms of personal realization. Cubans not only live poorly, they can’t complain about it and are unable to picture a brighter future. They are also terribly bored.
Read MoreA delegation of Major League Baseball representatives has just visited Havana, and it’s no secret: they came to explore the field, where skilled players sprout like grass, and to assess the possibility of purchasing such talent with Cuba’s sports authorities.
Read MoreThe Director of the Office of the Mariel Special Development Zone presents as an achievement that eight companies have been approved since it was created in 2013 and where today only three of them are operational. Undoubtedly the idea of moving forward but without haste has been taken very seriously.
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