Miguel Angel Ferrer is a Mexican professor of political economy and an analyst for several publications and radio programs. His blog entries focus on the politics of his nation, though nothing so far has identified him as a HIV/AIDS researcher or activist.
Read MoreThe year 2012 ended with a phrase by Raul Castro that summarizes the dilemma of life or death of the Cuban Revolution: the obstacles that are acting as brakes on the productive forces must be removed. The Cuban model (a faithfully copied Soviet replica) contains the same bureaucratic weaknesses that led European socialism to its debacle that ended in economic stagnation, technological backwardness and agricultural productivity reduced to minimal levels.
Read MoreCareer opportunities make women carefully consider the fact that by having a child they will be kept away from their work for a while just at the age when they’re beginning their professional lives. Other factors causing population aging include health care advances, the housing shortage, the high cost of living and emigration.
Read MoreThe recent immigration reforms enacted by the Cuban government were greeted with joy by intellectuals, foreign governments and international organizations. Now I I invite those doing the cheering to take a moment and pay attention to the case of Rosa Maria Paya.
Read MoreThe issue of racism must also be raised in schools, since there is a need to infuse it into our culture and science, and to broadcast information about discrimination over the media. Otherwise the social mechanism we possess for eliminating it will not function.
Read MoreCooperatives are now being formed in Cuba in the service sector, which includes transportation, plus some productive sectors such as fishing and construction. Agriculture was the traditional area in which cooperatives existed, and now even these have greater autonomy from government control.
Read MoreIn December, HT held its meeting with over 20 contributing writers and photographers in attendance. With everyone bringing something to eat or drink, we always have a light lunch first and then get down to discussing the publication.
Read MoreRelations between Cuba and Europe could possibly take a turn in the medium term. Brussels appears willing to sit down and talk with Havana on the issues that divide them, supplanting unilateral measures with mutual agreement.
Read MoreAlan Gross should be released soon and unilaterally. Not because he’s innocent or because he’s some martyr of democracy, because obviously he’s not. His case involves an agent employed by a hostile foreign government to engage in illegal operations in Cuba.
Read MoreThousands of Cubans are lining up outside of Immigration Agency offices to apply for passports before January 14, the date on which the new law takes effect that will ease the entry and exit from the country by most citizens.
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