As the Cuba Book Fair 2014 is in full swing in the capital, Ernesto Perez Chang questions the highly controlled policy by Cuban government publishers and the virtual ban on individual editorial initiatives on the island.
Read MoreThis is the basic consumer basket of the average Cuban: five eggs and some pounds of rice (the kind that “gets sticky”, not cooked) every month, enough sugar to turn a regular glass of water into an emergency breakfast, one kilogram of table salt (with crystals the size of Ping-Pong balls) once every who knows how many months. Placing these product quantities on the same plane as monthly needs entails a complicated mathematical operation.
Read MoreThe United States’ policy towards Cuba has proven counterproductive It is more detrimental to the interests of the US government than those of the Cuban leadership and hurts the people of Cuba most of all, as it has been used, internally, to justify repression and anti-democratic policies.
Read MoreI’ve just had the pleasure of watching Cuban filmmaker Enrique Colina’s documentary on “White Udder”, the Cuban record-breaking cow that produced over 110 liters of milk in a single day – an animal so prodigious it managed to eclipse the United States’ best milk producer.
Read MoreRecent news seems to suggest changes in the opinions of a number of individuals and governments with respect to the economic, commercial and financial blockade imposed on Cuba by the United States more than 50 years ago.
Read MoreIn Cuba, every thing, place and even individual has its exhibition version. We have our exemplary artist, writer, musician, athlete, sugar cane grower, sugar refinery, scientist, etc.
Read MoreCuba’s national baseball team is at a modern day low. Meanwhile, the economic reform process, referred to as “updating”, is leading the nation downhill rather than bringing about the expected benefits. Are these two phenomena unrelated? NO, our baseball performance reflects, in some manner, the country’s current situation. Let us look at a number of concrete episodes of our country’s history.
Read MoreA few days ago I was talking with a friend about the phenomenon of mass emigration among young Cubans, anxious to escape what they consider a zero future under the current economic and political system.
Read MoreThe news that Brazil is managing the 5 de septiembre sugar refinery in Cuba’s province of Cienfuegos appears to be stirring up the passions and interests of Cubans living at either side of the Strait of Florida.
Read MoreIn keeping with the new policy of every man for himself decreed by a government suitably wrapped in a nice watertight life jacket to keep itself afloat, thousands of Cuban workers now have to take to the streets at noon to work miracles on a budget so tight they can hardly eat.
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