At first glance, President Raul Castro’s address to the Cuban Parliament, where he announced a crusade against “the culture of social indiscipline that has taken root in our society”, is simply impertinent and rather cynical. Being poorly fed is serious enough without having to bear the additional insult of being labeled “uncouth”.
Read MoreWe won’t know anything new about the North Korean vessel caught with a shipment of Cuban sugar and armaments until the inspectors sent to Panama issue their report. In the meantime, however, we can ask and try to answer a number of questions, in order to divest the incident of all sensationalism and get a bit closer to the truth.
Read MoreI person who commented on my post “A Cuban Contemplates Her Past (1)” talked about the experience of a friend who had long idealized the past of his ancestors in Nigeria, only to be disappointed when he learned that they had slavery there before the white man came.
Read MoreThe coming month of September will mark 15 years of one of the greatest injustices ever to be committed in the United States. I am speaking of the detention, trial and conviction of five innocent Cubans, whose only crime was to try and prevent acts of terrorism against Cuba which were being planned in the state of Florida.
Read MoreLess than six months ago, Cuba’s Foreign Minister, Bruno Rodriguez, addressed Cubans living in the USA to explain to them why they could not make any investments in their country of origin. Now, they are saying another Cuban diplomat is explaining to them that a new, amended investments law in the works will entitle them to invest in Cuba, .
Read MoreThough I didn’t listen to much rock music in my teens, I never once said I didn’t like it. I knew it was a question of taste and the fact I wasn’t yet prepared for that kind of music, that I hadn’t discovered the genre yet.
Read MoreThe newspaper of Cuba’s Communist Party has hit the roof because Cuban mothers have been left without disposable diapers and lays the blame on “unscrupulous” venders who hoard products in order to re-sell them at inflated prices. Let’s look at the reasons involved.
Read MoreCuban President Raul Castro’s address to the closing session of the National Assembly of the People’s Power (Parliament) marks, without a doubt, the beginning of a qualitatively new stage in the process of public critique he has decided to push forward.
Read MoreThe Ninth Congress of the Cuban Journalists Association (UPEC) has ended. Judging from the information published by the official media, under the direct control of the Cuban Communist Party, we can expect very few changes in the country’s official journalistic environment.
Read MoreI am writing from the point of view of a Canadian tourist. Someone else will have to tell you how this is experienced by Cubans.
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