In 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.
Read MoreTill recently, Cubans wishing to leave the country for the United States availed themselves of Ecuador’s visa exception to reach their destination through various routes, chiefly through Central America, via Colombia, Panama, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Honduras, Guatemala and Mexico.
Read MoreBefore the December 6 elections in Venezuela, one expected – one intuited – that people would opt to punish Chavismo, to vote against President Maduro because of his total lack of charisma and arrogance, and to deal a similar blow to Diosdado Cabello, chair of the National Assembly, for his iron-fisted methods.
Read MoreThe defeat suffered by the United Socialist Party of Venezuela (PSUV) isn’t simply an electoral catastrophe. It is, first and foremost, another pivotal moment of the decline of the Chavista project.
Read MoreIn Cuba, where most of the population struggles to put food on the table and scrounge up the bare minimum to get by, the recent report by the International Telecommunications Union (UIT), declaring the island the least developed Latin American country in terms of information and communication technologies, may seem trivial.
Read MoreA number of Cuba’s official media have pointed out that Cubans who spend thousands of dollars to try and reach the United States aren’t exactly fleeing from poverty. This is true, to a considerable extent.
Read MoreDespite the many signals prior to the “crisis” of Cuban migrants in Costa Rica, the situation seems to have taken those who control Cuba’s press entirely by surprise. This would help explain why they took more than a week to react to developments.
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