Four months after reopening its doors to the public, Cuba’s largest Internet access locale (located at the intersection of Zanja and San Francisco streets), leaves a lot to be desired in terms of the scant and lousy services it offers users, even though the first impression one got was that they were working to improve the state of the facility.
Read MoreThis picture was taken in front of the monument to the victims of the Maine on Havana’s Malecon ocean drive, on a sunny day, when the sea was frothy and Pilar wanted to put on her new shoes.
Read MoreProgreso Semanal interviewed Sarah Stephens, of the Center for Democracy in the Americas and a frequent Progreso contributor, during her visit to Havana for the raising of the American flag over the U.S. Embassy.
Read MoreThe United States and Cuba are taking the next step in restoring diplomatic relations with each other as Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Havana Friday to attend a ceremony marking the reopening of the U.S. Embassy there.
Read MoreThe peoples of Cuba and the United States in fact never cut friendly ties. We see this clearly among the island’s population, which exudes joy at the reestablishment of relations, which clearly shows that the years of obfuscation and confrontation between the two governments did not manage to change popular sentiment.
Read MoreCuba still has a socialist system, dissidents continue to be outlawed, there are no multi-party elections, the bulk of the economy is State run and confiscated US properties have not been returned to their former owners.
Read MoreThe normalization of diplomatic and commercial relations between Cuba and the United States began seven months ago. I thought perhaps one can already make direct Internet purchase from Cuba, so I gave it a try for my small company.
Read MoreThe official Granma newspaper published a “moving” note on the driver of a horse drawn cart charging a nurse five pesos to bring her to her home. “This is supply and demand, Miss, take it or leave it, and if don’t like it you’ll have to get down,” said the “heartless” self-employed driver.
Read MoreThe government of Cuba says it will continue on a gradual process of “updating” it’s socialist model with market reforms, keeping the State as the main force in the country’s economy. At the same time it opens to large foreign investment and offers some opportunities for private initiative for small businesses and the practice of some trades.
Read MoreThis past June, I was again contacted by two State Security officials who warned me of the dangers I could become exposed to if I attended places in Havana where “political activities sponsored by the enemy” were held. They also tried to persuade me to act as an informant for them.
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