I support the action sought by Tania Bruguera in Cuba in the same way I support the demands represented in Spain by Pablo Iglesias (of Podemos); understanding that there is no contradiction between supporting one and the other. Freedom of expression is an inalienable right that we should allow whatever the opinion that is presented and the reasons why it is done.
Read MoreAre we yanquis or yankees? In my small state of Connecticut (pop. 3.5 million), we have been both. The Dutch word janke was popularized by Mark Twain and A Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur’ Court. It wasn’t until the 1960s that we learned the slogan “Yanqui Go Home.”
Read MoreIn this timid first approach between Cuba and the United States, what makes me almost more indignant to watch all those two-bit opportunists, the world’s most obsequious and pusillanimous figures that could be found in the market of cowardice.
Read MoreThe “artistic” performance that Tania Bruguera had planned to stage on Tuesday (Dec. 30) in Revolution Square was the first of many foreseen attempts to derail the process of normalization of diplomatic relations between the USA and Cuba, announced by Washington and Havana on Dec. 17.
Read MoreCuban society has experienced the class struggle in a particularly intense manner. In 1961, the government announced it was building socialism. Currently, this same government has undertaken a program of reforms allegedly aimed at updating the system and making socialism “prosperous and sustainable.”
Read More“On December 17, 2014, Washington and Havana agreed to a pathbreaking change in a relationship that, for more than fifty years, was characterized by US efforts to overthrow the Cuban government, including the sponsorship of invasions, naval blockades, economic sabotage, assassination attempts, and terrorist attacks,” notes Samuel Farber.
Read MoreUSAID operations in Cuba were like spoiled apples that made everything around them rot. They turned the opposition into “mercenaries” on the empire’s payroll and government critics into the “naïve” who fell into enemy traps…
Read MoreThese days, Cubans are running into a problem that seems to be cause for surprise. The announced recovery in agricultural and livestock production has not resulted in lower product prices. The sacrosanct offer and demand law ought to have worked to the benefit of lower income people, but, after some time of hearing about the benefits of the market broth, the cups served aren’t as tasty as expected.
Read MoreNearly all Cubans I have spoken with feel hopeful and believe this development will lead to a definitive change in the complicated relationship between the two countries, clearing the way to a new era of cooperation and understanding.
Read MoreThe re-establishment of diplomatic relations between Cuba and the United States opens up a new chapter in the love-hate relationship the two countries have maintained for two centuries. It is the type of political move in which everybody wins, or so political analysts tell us.
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