As you may recall, the old Bush Plan for Democracy in Cuba (i.e. the destruction of the revolution), promised to close all scientific research centers in our country because they were not — according to them — engaged in activities that were “appropriate” for developing countries.
Read MoreThe teacher was wise, saying a lot without saying too much. His words had neither the tone of those who advocate censuring stubborn positions, nor were they ones demanding the implementation of plurality. The message itself was implicit.
Read MoreIt was that time of day when the thermometer soared, when electronic equipment demanded air conditioning or else risked burning out, and when everyone who was forced to wait in the open — but having at least a minimum freedom of movement — took refuge in some small island of shade.
Read MoreWhat is yet to be seen is whether the economic changes in Cuba will lead to a level of production that realizes what the early founders of the socialist ideal had in mind: “the satisfaction of the ever growing needs of the population.”
Read MoreI wasn’t trying to go on a pleasure trip or anything. I was forced to travel in that fashion due to health problems of one of my aunts. She had suffered a heart attack and was reported in serious condition at the provincial hospital in central Ciego de Avila.
Read MoreTo avoid rotting away in USA’s gulag Julian Assange took the difficult decision to seek political asylum at Ecuador’s embassy in London.
Read MoreThe US is complaining that Cuba’s banking system is not transparent, and that such a situation may have allowed some Cubans — refugees of “Communist persecution” — to hoodwink the American health care system and transfer money out of that country through a foreign bank that also operates on the island.
Read MoreThe world will lose a generation if youth unemployment is not reversed. That was the title of an article published in the official Granma newspaper. “But what about our young generation here in Cuba?” I thought. Why do I feel as if we too are becoming lost?
Read MoreIndustriales is like the capital they represent: a cosmopolitan city full of tourists and embassies, administering the country’s destiny and with the same problems that are felt nationally but that are magnified here by the large population.
Read MoreWhen I got up to continue on my way, I almost tripped over this man, a somewhat robust looking guy of medium height and “reddish” skin. He stammered a few incompressible words, but those were enough to let me know that he was a Russian.
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