In these changing times in US-Cuba relations, Fernando Ravsberg notes the practical effects of the half century US embargo on the island as well as the way the Cuban government has used it for its purposes. Blaming the economic embargo for all of Cuba’s disasters was of course also a tactic used to conceal the failure of many utopian plans that undermined the nation’s economic foundations even more.
Read MoreI had set very clear goals for myself by the time I reached junior high: after completing the 9th grade, I would enroll at the Exact Sciences Vocational Institute and I would secure membership with the Young Communists League (UJC).
Read MoreThese days, when the United States is in vogue in Cuba and vice-versa, one gets the sense that the island is forging one of those “indestructible” friendships, of the kind it had with the Soviet Union and, more recently, with Venezuela.
Read MoreWhile the Cuban flag is hoisted on the building of the new embassy in Washington D.C. today, ??the US Congress continues to put obstacles in the way of normalization of bilateral relations. Now they want to send 35,000 Cuban criminals back to the island.
Read MoreThe midyear session of the Cuban Parliament has ended, amid resounding fanfare over the macroeconomic successes that no one from below perceives.
Read MorePolitical humor made its way into Cuba without a warning and without asking for permission, joking about things that up until now had been considered untouchable. The initial indignation was understandable.
Read MoreThe July 3 incident at the US Interests Section celebration for US Independence Day involving Cardinal Ortega must be understood on the basis of a development which the Cuban bishop has had the privilege to experience: the fact the Church is losing its isolation as an authority.
Read MoreWhile there is no specific section on Cuba’s involvement with the Grenada revolution, details of this appear as a recurring theme in the book “The Grenada Revolution in the Caribbean Present: Operation Urgent Memory”.
Read MoreFor some of us, the mention of the Caribbean island country of Grenada brings a vague visceral feeling of discomfort, like a tragic accident in the family never again discussed.
Read MoreWhile the governments of Cuba and the United States negotiate the future of Cuba behind closed doors, the Cuban people, both on and off the island, have many issues to resolve, sometimes conflicting, including the desire for an improved economy, social and human rights, justice, revenge and reconciliation, etc. Yasser Castellanos brings us his illustration “The Common Good”
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