I believe this step back – not only for the LGTB community, but for all of Cuban society as well – teaches us two things. The movement for the rights of different sexual orientations cannot continue to move forward in the shadow of the CENESEX, even if it considers this institution its ally. The second lesson has to do with Cuba’s rigid sectarianism.
Read MoreThe Cuban gov. has finally decided to throw agriculture a life line, eliminating part of the bureaucratic apparatus that is stifling it. Some 6,400 administrative positions have disappeared with the State entity responsible for distributing the fruits of farm production.
Read MoreHavana Times blogger Isbel Diaz’ recent experiences with Cuban State Security agents at the airport prompts me to introduce a concept that I believe describes current social oppression in Cuba precisely: coloniality. This concept appears to be absent from debates among “unconventional Cuban dissidents.”
Read MoreThe military and their chain-of-command methods, which have been implemented in the spheres of politics and the economy, have a lot to do with Cuba’s “socialist” mess.
Read MoreCuba’s Comptroller’s office turns five years old and the anniversary is celebrated with the most important corruption trial in recent years, with heavy prison sentences requested for prominent foreign businessmen and top Cuban officials.
Read MoreCuba Poll 2014, a survey conducted by the Florida International University, has led different factions within the Cuban community to vent their passions as they set out to ratify or challenge the results. Some of the most significant upshots include the fact that, in Miami-Dade county, 52% of Cuban-born residents are against the US blockade and 86% in favor of maintaining the Cuban Adjustment Act.
Read MoreLocated in the municipality of Arroyo Naranjo, Reparto Electrico is one of Havana’s many commuter suburbs. Most of its residents earn very low incomes and must travel many miles to get their places of work. Public transportation services are very limited there, and neighborhood residents rely on horse-driven carriages to get to the bus-stop.
Read MoreLast week, a campaign calling for lower Internet rates began on the island and Radio and TV Marti – US government stations that broadcast propaganda to Cuba – announced they would use the web to send their messages to the population. People say extremes meet and complement one another. The news must have made those looking for arguments to restrict Internet access in Cuba very happy.
Read MoreA few days ago, singer-songwriter Silvio Rodriguez angered that very small part of Cuba’s population with access to the Internet. This happened when, following a concert held at a small town in Cuba’s eastern end, the musician was interviewed by an official government web-site.
Read MoreThat time, someone had actually knocked at the door of my fifth-floor apartment. It wasn’t like I imagined it happening every morning, when I woke up, took a trip to the bathroom and returned to bed. It was an official summons instructing me to meet with those responsible for my case at the Council of State.
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