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Buying Soda Pop in Cuba

I learned that soda was on sale and went looking for a bottle. As my turn in line was coming up to buy it, I heard a woman in front of me ask for 20 large plastic bottles to be filled.

Cuba and Romney’s VP

The Republican vice presidential choice, Paul Ryan, will serve to further harden the position of the Republican candidate Mitt Romney on Cuba.

The trial of Angel Carromero will soon begin in Cuba. He is the youth leader of Spain’s conservative “Popular Party” who was driving the car that wrecked, killing the main leader of the Cuban dissidents, Osvaldo Paya, along with another opposition figure, Harold Cepero.

The Man Who Heard Grass Grow

Excuse me but the problem is that throughout my life, since I was in grade school, I was taught to associate patriotic values with love of the revolution, socialism, the leader and the Communist Party… which is to say the Party and the idea of a single party.

Political Bipolarities and the Assange Case

Asking for freedom of the press and information in Cuba while condemning Julian Assange for trying to do this on the international level is an example of the political bipolarity that characterizes the Cuban scenario.

Women and Leaving Cuba

We don’t know for certain how many young Cubans have emigrated to all latitudes of the globe, but we do know that there are many who have chosen to leave their country in search of economic betterment, greater freedom, or simply fleeing a regimen that they consider suffocating.

Info Blackout on the Cuban 5 Continues

Why is there this interest in keeping such an important case unknown among the American people? Where is the freedom of the press that is advocated in theory in that country?

In Cuba Too, Less Than 1% Decide

A slogan for mobilizing people in the US and the rest of capitalist world identifies the less than 1 percent of the population that possess the real political-economic power. In Cuba too, less than 1 percent of the population decides the fate of more than 11 million Cubans, the more than 99 percent of the rest.

Spanish Brigade Member’s Perceptions on Cuba (II)

For anyone who’s never been to Cuba, I recommend the option of renting a room, which isn’t only more economical but can give you the chance of living in an ordinary house with a typical family, bringing you closer to Cuba than staying in some hotel room.

Guantanamo: Cuba’s Cinderella (II)

This summer I stayed in Guantanamo longer than usual as my trip coincided with the National Rebelliousness Day celebration of July 26 being held there, plus there was the annual carnival festivities in that city. Here’s some of what I saw…