Cuban USB drives – the people’s Internet – are now carrying the graphic details of the massive police operation conducted some weeks ago, when the well-known reggaeton music promoter Gilbert Man (a Cuban citizen holding ID card number 86060806804, issued to Gilberto Martinez Suarez on March 14, 2014) was arrested.
Read MoreCuba’s Granma newspaper can continue to conceal the true causes behind the country’s problems and to play with the chain – nonetheless most people know where and who the monkey is.
Read MoreRaul Castro and Barack Obama have boarded a ship built in utmost secrecy over an 18-month period. They are sailing through turbulent waters and torpedoes are being fired at them from both coasts. What’s novel about these negotiations in comparison to previous attempts is that the two governments have sat down to talk without establishing any prior conditions, on the understanding that exchanging points of view is the beginning and not the end of the road.
Read MoreI never thought that several hours in Havana’s “Park of Laments”, a place near the US Interests Section (USINT), would be like taking a semester of Cuban History. There is no other place in our country where hundreds of people gather on a daily basis without having been summoned to take part in a political event, where individuals of all classes, ages, professions, skin-colors and every other details that sets human beings apart convene for the sole purpose of obtaining a visa that will authorize them to cross the warm currents of the Gulf and enter the United States legally.
Read MoreNow it turns out that the main enemies of Cuban Adjustment Act are those Cuban-American politicians on the far right who, to a great degree, built their careers thanks to the existence of this legislation.
Read MoreA video showing a group of Cuban dissidents protesting in front of the Cuban parliament in Havana to demand a series of liberties and rights has once again revealed the profound racism that continues to exist in Cuba.
Read MoreA few days ago, a group of five Cuban opposition activists appeared before the US Senate Foreign Relations to express their points of view regarding the normalization of relations between Cuba and the USA.
Read MoreWe bring you a new illustration from Yasser Castellanos related to the recent developments between the United States and Cuban governments. So what do you think?
Read MoreWhile the current US government regards them as terrorists and criminals, for many people in Cuba Assata Shakur and Nehanda Abiodun are black resistance activists. It would therefore be important to know whether Cuba would consider their return to the United States feasible within the context of current talks.
Read MoreDuring January the US and Cuban governments took their first step towards restoring diplomatic relations (announced in December) and setting up embassies in their respective countries. Likewise, by executive order, exceptions to the US Travel Ban on Cuba were implemented and some lesser aspects of the embargo were removed. Sam Farber, the author of “Cuba Since the Revolution of 1959: A Critical Assessment” is interviewed here by Lance Selfa about the new developments.
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