Fernando Ravsberg: “I’m not asking for subsidies; my wish for 2016 is that milk and other staples foods are put in stores at market price without ridiculous taxes that punish the poorest, depriving them of access to them.”
Read MoreNo other issue in Cuba is as thorny and worrisome these days as the adverse results faced by Chavismo in Venezuela’s recent parliamentary elections. Through Telesur and Cuban television, Cubans received the news of the super-majority secured by the opposition with great surprise and concern. For me, personally, it wasn’t much of a surprise at all.
Read MoreWe are on the eve of 2016 and the 7th Congress of the “immortal” Cuban Communist Party (or PCC, for those unfamiliar with the phraseology) is at the gates. To date, the most evident concerns expressed by the top leadership at the different provincial assembly gatherings have had to do with the production of sweet potatoes and things of this nature.
Read MoreIf the economic essence of socialism is that “the means of production are in the hands of the people,” no company structure would represent that system better than a cooperative. We could say it is the “socialist people’s company” par excellence. However, in Cuba, it’s not that simple.
Read MoreImagine you had the chance to decide, at a neighborhood meeting, how part of the public budget should be spent to improve and transform your community. Imagine your apartment building was governed by rules that all tenants knew and followed to the letter.
Read MoreThe night of December 6th – and early morning of the 7th – in addition to marking a historical turning point, sent a particularly worrisome message to Cubans with the possibility of: “Goodbye cheap oil, get ready for power cuts.”
Read MoreIn the most classic sense of the word, the counterrevolution is that which prevents the advance of revolutionary measures in Cuba’s political and economic spheres and keeps the country from making progress.
Read MoreCuban general/president Raul Castro, 84, addressed the nation on Friday to detail what he considers the advances and some of the pending issues in the new relationship of the United States and Cuba, initiated a year earlier with surprise announcements by President Obama and the Cuban leader.
Read MoreWhile the 37th Havana Film Festival is underway in Cuba (Dec. 3-13), the island’s filmmakers continue to debate important issues related to the future of the industry and its relationship to government authorities.
Read MoreNo matter how much some choose to minimize it, the result of the parliamentary elections in Venezuela has represented a harsh blow to Cuba and the Latin American left.
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