The pretty girl, no longer so vigorous, though still quite beautiful, slowly returns to the lap of the beloved and hated prince. Since the discovery of America, Cuba has been the coveted bride, the treasure sought by the magnates of the time.
Read MoreThe correct thing would be to start calling these “public companies,” for they in fact belong to all citizens. When we say they are “State” companies, it would seem the owner were a diffuse, ethereal entity represented by any bureaucrat with a position, a desk, a secretary and a State vehicle.
Read MoreIn Cuba, there is a town called Dos Caminos, located a mere 20 kilometers from Santiago de Cuba. Many of the things currently being debated through social networks, blogs and even the country’s official press go unnoticed in this town.
Read MoreEvery day, actors are asked to do more and in less time. Current production plans are designed for seasoned actors who do not need to ask many questions and are able to efficiently execute what the director asks for or demands.
Read MorePolicies aimed at making the State responsible for a better distribution of wealth are not characteristic of a new form of socialism, but belong to the socialism of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Read MoreThe approval of same-sex marriage in the US shows that the courts to the north are much more progressive than the Cuban Parliament, which for a decade has been sitting on the new Family Code because it would recognize the right to same-sex union (not even marriage).
Read MoreUS farmers and businesspeople are carving out a space for themselves in Cuba’s new economy, preparing for a future that, though still unclear, will apparently accommodate bilateral trade, private investments and planes, cruisers, ferries and yachts carrying tourists to and from the island. The only ones who still have no representatives in Cuba are the more than 1.2 million Cuban Americans residing in Miami and its surroundings.
Read MoreNot that the financial resources available worldwide are necessarily a negative force, but the indiscriminate embrace of international capitalism has been one of the most powerful forces pushing towards the restoration of “normal” capitalism in Cuba in recent years.
Read MoreThe United States’ Foreign Claim Settlement Commission (FCSC) is demanding that Cuba pay US $8 billion for the properties nationalized on the island in the 1960s and the interest accumulated since ($1.8 million for the properties and the rest for interest).
Read MoreIf I were to say the most dynamic part of Cuban society lives, not on the island, but across the world (particularly South Florida), I wouldn’t be saying anything new. This is true economically and demographically but it is also true culturally and intellectually.
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