A recent and alarming cervical crisis led me to become aware of the long hours I spend sitting at my laptop in an unnatural and harmful posture. As well as how I had forgotten that basic freedom that I discovered back in the 80´s in dance.
Read MoreThe battle against technology has no future because eventually development will continue knocking down all walls. Cuba’s government can’t prevent it; it can only decide whether Cubans access the world through it or through its enemies.
Read MoreThere will be no shortage of newfangled and traditional neo-Stalinists criticizing the fact that we hope to democratize the Cuban political-electoral system. They will specifically object to our inclusion of the issues of human rights covenants.
Read MoreOfficial statements describe the Cuban Customs Office as “the country’s first line of defense, responsible for preventing the entry of harmful materials,” while at the same time it “allows and encourages the free flow of trade and development between countries.”
Read MoreThe main failure of the post-revolutionary Cuban education system was the elimination of disorder, variation and diversity as essential educational elements.
Read MoreA society that in the middle of an information revolution tries to control the ears and eyes of its citizens will not survive. Recovering people’s confidence is becoming exceedingly difficult because they are reacting to the absence and poor quality of information.
Read MoreAfter watching a documentary about North Korea, when I went out into the street and looked around, I was relieved to have been born in Cuba. But I had forgotten that comparisons can be misleading. Very soon afterwards I had the opportunity to remember that.
Read MoreSupporters of the Cuban group Participative and Democratic Socialism (SPD) are calling on citizens to take part in “an affirmative action for democracy” in the upcoming general elections to take place in October.
Read MoreChildhood memories still bind me to this great island continent, seventy times the size of ours. When I was young we had a little library-room in our house and I’d gaze at the big map of Australia my father got from the National Geographic Magazine.
Read MoreHow many times have you ever told yourselves that you have a bad memory, because you forget relevant dates, or events like the birthday of some person you care about, or where you are keeping an important document.
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