Several analysts suggest that Latin American governments are nearing the “end of the progressive cycle.” Over the past 10 to 15 years, countries like Ecuador, Venezuela, Brazil and others saw the electoral success of political forces with social programs of anti-neoliberal slant. Today, however, a number of these societies are amid corruption scandals, street protests and other forms of public unrest.
Read MoreMartin Guevara comments on the reaction in Euorpe to the tidal wave of refugees landing from the Middle East, Africa and Asia, and fears the attitudes of the “New Man”, created by the Cuban system.
Read More“The biggest economic mistake we made was thinking that building socialism would guarantee development,” one of the Cuba’s most reputable economists said to me. It was something of an informal conversation, but that idea stuck in my head.
Read MoreSome days ago, I wrote a post dealing with the use of non-conventional techniques in the extraction of oil at Boca de Jaruco. From the exchange that followed the publication of my post, it became clear to me that the procedure in question is not the notorious fracking.
Read MoreOn Friday, August 21, Granma, Cuba’s major official newspaper, published the full text of the speech delivered by Jorque Risquet Valdes a few days earlier, for the 90th anniversary of the founding of Cuba’s first Communist Party. The text of the speech led me to the conclusion that the original party had a lot more in common with today’s dissidents and government opponents than with the current Communist Party on the island.
Read MoreAsking Raul Castro’s government to fully guarantee freedom of expression, information and association is not interfering in the internal affairs of Cuba, nor does it encroach upon the nation’s sovereignty in and of itself.
Read MoreI’ve been teaching a postgraduate course on journalistic ethics at a university outside of Cuba. Even though this country’s reality is very different from the island’s, researching and preparing for my lectures has made me think a lot about Cuban journalism.
Read MoreBecause of the professional and civil background of its bureaucracy, Correa’s leadership has been infinitely superior to other progressive movements – and to Cuba – in terms of its “administration of things.” In terms of “governing human beings,” however…
Read MoreYou could see it coming, there’s no doubt about that. It’s been demonstrated again that our current government will place no obstacles in the way of any profitable operation that capitalist corporations wish to undertake in the country…
Read MoreThe idea of a participative and democratic socialism in Cuba is spreading, no matter how much they seek to ignore them, how much mud is flung at them or how many people oppose them here and there.
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