Opinion

Europe Capitalizing on US–Cuba Rapprochement

The fourth round of negotiations between Cuba and the European Union has yielded a number of concrete results. According to the details offered in a communiqué by the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Vice Foreign Minister Abelardo Moreno returned home with more items on the agenda for a political and cooperation agreement with UE diplomats in Brussels.

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The Parallel Universes of the Cuban Press

Reading a blog by fellow journalist Lilibeth Alfonso, I found out that authorities in Cuba’s Guantanamo province had decided to prohibit the “package,” that compendium of films, TV series, reality shows & soap operas distributed weekly nationwide.

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On Homeopathy in Cuba (Part 2)

Science and its adherents allow themselves the leeway that they deny to other forms of knowledge: the possibility of existing and of making mistakes. Institutionalized medical science is perhaps the most hypocritical of all the branches of science, because their hypocrisy not infrequently ends up buried in the grave.

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The Voice of Cuba’s Catholic Church

It’s been almost two years since Cuba’s Episcopal Conference sought to make public its vision about Cuba and clarify how the Church conceives and envisages the options it recommends or demands for the country in the midst of its reform process.

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To Go Back or To Stay, a Cuban’s Dilemma

I recently returned from a trip to the United States and Switzerland, where I’d been invited to participate at different film festivals. The return trip always involves an obligatory stop-over in Miami – and an encounter with friends or old acquaintances. No one says anything to me, no one tries to convince me of anything.

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On Cuban Homeopathy (Part I)

A resolution recently passed by the Cuban Ministry of Health (MINSAP) establishing natural and traditional medicine as a new medical specialty that can comprehensively and holistically address health problems has given rise to a curious debate.

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