I must confess I did not expect so many people to turn up with a positive attitude: over a hundred! One man dropped off some flyers denouncing us for supporting the “Castro dictatorship” and left. The organizers respectfully left the flyers for anyone wishing to read them, a practice I have noted for future use.
Read MoreThe International Investigative Commission on the Case of the Cuban Five, which convened in London on March 7 and 8th, relying on the participating of prestigious jurists and personalities from around the world and arriving at important conclusions, constitutes an important part of efforts aimed at securing the release of the Cuban anti-terrorist activists who continue to serve prison sentences in the United States.
Read MoreToday marks the last post of Cartas desde Cuba (“Letters from Cuba”) you will read in BBC Mundo (in Spanish). From now on, those interested in continuing to debate about the island’s reality will be able to do so through my personal webpage, www.cartasdesdecuba.com, [and here on Havana Times].
Read MoreAs a mechanism for ideological control, censorship is not unique to totalitarian regimes. The fact censorship exists nearly everywhere should not, however, be used by governments to justify its practice as an unquestionable right, nor as a kind of consolation for those whose right to dissent is curtailed.
Read MoreAn extraordinary assembly of the Cuban parliament aimed at discussing a new foreign investment law has been officially announced for the close of this month. The better part of the legislation sustaining Cuba’s reform process is made up of presidential decrees.
Read MoreMany of our readers speculate on the influence of Fidel Castro, 87, on the government of his brother Raul, 82, and the Communist Party of Cuba. Some think he is highly influential on foreign policy matters, others think he also has veto power of domestic issues.
Read MoreA year ago, I ate at La Buena Vida (“The Good Life”), a restaurant located in Havana’s neighborhood of Playa. I had been invited by a foreign friend, as in practically every occasion, since the 1990s, that I’ve eaten at a classy restaurant.
Read MoreNo one calls them jineteras, not even prostitutes. To their customers and those who disapprove of them, to all of us who know what they do for a living (even police officers), those ragged women one sees soliciting at the side of the road are quite simply chupachupas (“lollypops”).
Read MoreI’ve been a member of ACFLIM (Cuban Association for the Physically Disabled) for years, but no one had informed me of a number of important things till recently. Now that I do, I will be able to demand my rights and, better, inform others of theirs.
Read MoreThe law aims to attract more foreign entrepreneurs by offering greater guarantees and assurances. José Luis Toledo Santander, head of the Constitutional Affairs Committee of the National Assembly added that it even “includes bonuses and total tax exemptions in certain circumstances, as well as flexibility in Customs.”
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