One central issue characterizes the comments added to articles published in Havana Times. Many of them express the desire to do away with socialism in Cuba (though, paradoxically, some of them even claim that such a system never existed in our country.
Read MoreYesterday morning, while I was going to work and reflecting on life and its peculiarities, I heard a conversation between two people. The volume of their voices made it impossible to ignore, plus the topic of the conversation is what particularly caught my attention.
Read MoreStudents in Cuba are learning computer skills from the earliest grades in elementary school. But what will happen when they grow up in a country where access to the Internet and other social networks is highly restricted? What does this mean for their chances for ongoing professional development?
Read MoreCuba is a country of rumors. “Radio Bemba” (or “word of mouth,” literally “Radio Lips”) transmits from one Cuban to another all across the island. It’s the means by which citizens are informed — and sometimes misinformed — about the most sensitive happenings in national life.
Read MoreIt’s no secret that the educational systems of different societies are geared to reproduce the conditions prevailing in those societies. Nor is it a groundbreaking discovery that an education system is much more than the school system..
Read MoreNews indicates that the sales of luxury cars grew this year worldwide, especially BMW, which had solid gains and record sales in the month of September. Similarly, in Argentina for example, Porsches, Mercedes, Audis and BMWs showed sales increases of 11 percent.
Read MoreIn my country, Venezuela, there’s a very common expression that goes: Juego de manos, juego de villanos (sleight of hand, a game of villains). Mothers will often say this when when their children begin playing by simulating fantastic fights.
Read MoreWhat can we expect if Hugo Chavez leaves the Venezuelan political scenario in the near future? What will happen to the Bolivarian Revolution that he leads at home and in other ALBA countries and the region? These questions are addressed in a commentary published on the Lagurura.net webpage from Maracaibo, Venezuela, which we are publishing here in full (HT translation).
Read MoreMiguel 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 More