In addition to paying tribute and expressing his gratitude to different individuals, countries and cities, President Raul Castro made a brief remark – the most significant of the entire July 26th speech, in my opinion – about what we are going through at the moment and our future.
Read MoreCastro recounts the unfolding of events on the 26th of July, 1953 when the rebels attacked both the Moncada barracks in Santiago de Cuba and the Manuel Cespedes garrison in Bayamo. Near the end of his message, Fidel comments briefly on the Cuban arms found on a North Korean ship trying to pass through the Panama Canal.
Read MoreAll you can see is a cursed, ungrateful, ill-mannered, criminal and apish population that has been unable to appreciate the sacrifices you’ve made to ensure their happiness. Accordingly, you blame the people for the consequences of your own mistakes.
Read More“We can’t lay the blame entirely on journalists or entirely on the media. We must lay the blame on the Party, in the first place, and we have to begin to criticize ourselves for what we have failed to do in order to develop our press,” said Cuban Vice-President Miguel Diaz Canel.
Read MoreAt 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.
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