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A Warning about Political Zombies

When Nelson Mandela was about to proclaim his country’s new constitution, he delved into the issue of the human races. The scientific answer he came upon is still considered valid today: we are all the children of a primordial Eve born 190,000 years ago, probably near the great African lakes, and of a primordial Adam of similar origins, who roamed the Earth 50 thousand years later. Human beings, in fact, share more than 99% of their genetic makeup. There are no races, or, better, there is but one race: Homo sapiens.

Francis, At Last a Transformational Pope

It was clear from the start that Pope Francis would be a refreshing change from previous popes under which the Catholic Church seemed most concerned about sexual mores, reaffirming dogma, and maintaining the power and monolithic unity of the institution and the faith.

The Faces of the Murderers of Salvadoran Poet Roque Dalton

The murder of Salvadoran poet Roque Dalton is one of many cases that illustrate the sort of impunity that exists and will continue to exist in El Salvador for many years to come. Both the Left and the Right have connived to keep the truth hidden.

Cuba: Transparency is Prevention

Eight million eggs are stolen, tens of thousands of cows disappear, over a million dollars destined to garbage collection are embezzled, food for psychiatric patients is re-sold, a seafood container goes missing and a minister makes a buck off people’s food.

The Aphrodysiacal Turns of Cuban Leaders

I have a question for you Fidelistas, followers of Raul Castro, cardboard revolutionaries, fragile de-evolutionists, communists of the Cuban-Soviet type (never true communists) and opportunists who espouse the ideology that allows you to sit in the throne of power without doing any actual work.

What Russia’s Model Could Do for Cuba

A wave of pro-Russian culture seems to be bathing Cuba’s current official discourse. Journalists and ideologues from our main newspaper, Granma, write words of praise for the Euro-Asian giant, while politicians work to tighten relations with the country. Photo: TASS

Cubannes, Narcissism and Petulance

I am convinced that the one redeeming virtue of Cubans is our excellent sense of humor. Without it, we would quite frankly be unbearable, for our other face, our dark side, is marked by boundless narcissism.

Cuba’s Black Hole of Public Opinion

We really don’t know here what interests our people, at least not with any certainty. Our Cuban “public agenda”, as the sociologists call it, is secret, confidential, and obscure. Who today would dare to assert what the majority opinion is, for example, on the progressive rapprochement between Cuba and USA?

Fidel Castro and the Right to Be a Marxist-Leninist

Almost every time President Raul Castro travels abroad, his older brother, Fidel, comes out of hiding to let us know we haven’t been left home alone. On Saturday, Fidel expressed his “profound admiration towards the heroic people of the Soviet Union, who rendered a colossal service for humanity.”

Anti-Castroism or Anti-Castroisms?

Alejandro Armengol: “We must put an end to the extremism that still prevails on the island and among the Cuban émigré community, where the line dividing Castroism and anti-Castroism is either missing or very faint.”