For those who experienced the massive destruction left by hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba, it is hard to believe how a few months later, all streets are free of debris; water, electricity, and telephone service have been fully restored, thousands of roofs have been replaced and hundreds of homes have been repaired or built.
Read MoreI saw a little sign posted at the bus stop on the corner of 41st and 42nd Avenues in the Havana municipality of Playa. Its source couldn’t have been more common: a young artistic company that needed to complete its cast and was therefore announcing auditions.
Read MoreCuban officials often wonder out loud why their parliamentary elections are barely mentioned in the foreign press. I want to share some of the reasons why the process to elect provincial and national legislators draws so little interest on the island and virtually none abroad.
Read MoreLeaving Cuba, by whatever means, has become the most cherished dream of many Cubans, just as many Americans dream of becoming millionaires. Although our new immigration regulations seem to open a path to this utopia, international aid missions remain the easiest way to realize this.
Read MoreThe 33 nations comprising the CELAC have a common history. They constitute the third largest economy in the world, the third largest producer of electricity and the largest producer of food. Collectively they possess the largest freshwater reserve in the world and have a gross domestic product (GDP) of about seven trillion dollars.
Read MoreLast Sunday I waited around for our TV news to come on because I had been told about a surprising story to be aired. It involved a significant breakthrough in the development of technology in Cuba – at least that’s what was said in an email I’d received.
Read MoreSince the arrival of the revolutionary machine in the country in 1999, the year Hugo Rafael Chavez took office as president of the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela, great changes have been made for building strong foundations of a socialist project in the 21st century.
Read MoreHere is a small part of the activities and the attempts that have been made in the course of 54 years to destroy the Cuban Revolution. In recent years, attempts have continued to be made to create internal opposition, paid for from the United States, but the Cuban people stand firm in support of their Revolution and will defend it against all those who wish to destroy it from without or within.
Read MoreThe opening of Cuba immigration policy could be a mortal blow to the Cuban Adjustment Act, the US law that grants residency to all Cubans who step onto United States’ soil, under the assumption that they fled communism.
Read MoreI was resting in the sand of what is known as the Cuba’s second Varadero when I was approached by a young man. He was part of a crew that was constructing a hotel there in the area. In pigeon English he asked me, “Vera ju from?” (Where are you from?). “From Cuba just like you, man,” I answered in Spanish. 11 photos)
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