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The Cuban New Left: Purist and Alone?

If at the end of this story we succeed in establishing a social-democratic order in Cuba, I think we will have achieved much more than what lofty rhetoric holds.

Fidel Resurrects Himself Again

Comments on the death of Fidel Castro – loved by millions, hated by thousands – had already started circulating on the Internet for several days. But when Hugo Chavez was re-elected and the Comandante didn’t make a public appearance to congratulate him, the speculation mushroomed.

Is Cuba’s Free Educational System in Danger?

In the face of the economic crisis, which is a chronic part of our country today, all socioeconomic sectors have experienced severe budget cuts. The Ministry of Education has felt the downsizing of its workforce and facilities.

Who Can We Ask?

Our press is unquestionably losing the battle with unofficial journalism, which better reflects reality and does so in a manner that’s more attractive, respectful of reality and doesn’t make concessions to dogmatism, apology or bureaucratic control.

Water Resource Development in Cuba

Some people argue that Cuba was the “most advanced country in Latin America,” but that — far from serving as any consolation — makes one even sadder since it’s a measure of the dire straits in which the other peoples of the subcontinent found themselves.

Cuban FM Bruno & Sources of Civil Rights

Cuba’s Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez seems to think that putting a stamp in passports giving Cuba’s “patriots and respectful” the right to return occasionally, is a revolutionary act.

Seeing God Through Science

When I was a child, my mother and I would talk about scientific discoveries that were increasingly revealing. This made us affirm one thing: Science would prove that God exists. This hypothesis was somewhat funny, but recently I learned about it in one of those documentaries on the Discovery program.

A Public Trial in a Quiet Town

The first impression I had when seeing everyone dressed in heavy black robes was that I had stepped into a Harry Potter film, yet it didn’t take long to see the judges, prosecutor & defense attorney were very thorough in their work.

Cuba Can Learn from Chavez and Venezuela

The Cuban Revolution began the second stage of the independence of “Our America”; but today it is our responsibility to learn the way independence is being best guaranteed by the Bolivarian peoples of Venezuela, Ecuador and Bolivia.Chavez’s call for dialogue and “coexistence,” as well as his recognition of the role of the opposition are new paradigmatic milestones of the new form of socialism being sought.

The Taste for Horror

Every day we see a growing number of fans of scenes of horror and crime. These appear on CDs, DVDs, USB pin drives, SDs or micro SDs. Violence and terror are the preferred themes on computers and devices that play various video formats.