At the “video rental” near my house, I was offered the “forbidden” episodes of “Vivir del cuento”, the most popular Cuban television show, starring Panfilo, a pensioner portrayed by comedian Luis Silva. They told me the censors had not allowed those episodes to be aired on television and I immediately asked them to make me a copy.
Read MoreI’ve been working on a project about the legacy of Fidel Castro. I’ve interviewed a range of Cubans, including some who joined Castro on the Granma yacht when it journeyed from Mexico to Cuba in 1956 carrying 82 fighters, most of whom were killed in battle after reaching the island.
Read MoreThis year began, not on January 1, but on December 17 of last year, when something that many Cubans did not think they would live to see took place.
Read MoreThese two Cuban women individually and directly attack the intolerance that reigns in Cuba. The performances they stage defy authoritarianism and promote freedom of expression.
Read MoreOn January 6, following an intense legal struggle that met with much resistance from Florida authorities, same-sex marriages were finally legalized in the US state that is geographically and emotionally closest to our country.
Read MoreSix years ago this month, I wondered if Fidel Castro’s health might have slipped after he wrote an extraordinarily brief column in Granma, the Communist Party newspaper (See “Fidel Castro’s 16 words”).
Read MoreIf a Cuban bureaucrat was given the task of collecting live snails, they would probably manage to escape before he was finished drawing up the resolutions and communiqués that regulate such an activity.
Read MoreIt looks as though the US blockade/embargo policy towards Cuba is going to be relaxed considerably in the near future. What happened with the objectives of the harsh sanctions as time went by? Were they accomplished?
Read MoreThe arrest of several members of the opposition at Havana’s Plaza de la Revolucion some days ago ruined the hopes for a 2015 of joy for all Cubans. There is no shortage of repressive measures against dissidents taken by the island’s government.
Read MoreI don’t know a single analyst who predicted the magnitude of the accords reached in the negotiations between Cuba and the USA.
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