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Frank Made it to Miami

This past Monday (April 23), Frank left Cuba and finally made it to Miami. He met his father there and will later go to New Jersey to spend some time with his mother, who’s anxiously waiting for him.

Cuba: Is Soccer Replacing Baseball?

Baseball in Cuba seems doomed to fade into the background behind the overwhelming advance of the world’s number one sport: soccer, which is capturing the hearts of the island’s youth. To confirm this, all one has to do is go out on a Sunday afternoon to any neighborhood or small town.

Cuba’s Left Must Roll Up its Sleeves

It’s time for the left — all those individuals and collective defenders of anti-capitalist, socialist, and revolutionary democratic ideas, ranging from intellectuals to certain officials within the party and the government, and especially the many rank-and-file communists — to consider regrouping our own forces to defend the popular gains previously achieved.

Cuba: Running Up Against the Church

The Cuban Catholic Church organized a discussion last weekend on the reintegration of the diaspora into Cuba. Those participating included a group of leading intellectuals in exile, scores of scholars from the island, as well as religious believers and lay people.

Who Will Compensate the Iraqis?

The title of “Poster Girl” suggests a story – true or fictitious – about one of those lovely girls (her loveliness almost always enhanced a bit by the computer) that we see on magazine covers, showing off their ideal faces and bodies so beyond our reach.

Cuba-Haiti: A Bad Policy with Respect to a Good Friend

Without a doubt, the presence of Cuban doctors and paramedics in Haiti is something that has to be considered as positive. For many reasons, that country should be a preferred object of our foreign policy.

Cuba: A Good Time to Talk about Democracy

It’s good to know how things work in the United States – it keeps our dissatisfaction with the Cuban government from leading us to prefer the US model. I only think that if we talk about democracy, this is a good time to address our own.

Cuba’s Children, Among the Happiest

The story of children in Cuba during the revolutionary period begins with a dark chapter: “Operation Peter Pan,” organized and financed by the CIA and implemented with the complicity of some Catholic priests and Falangists.

Cuba: The Relativity of Courage

After reading “Drooling Over the Pope in Cuba,” a post by Yasmin S. Portales on the Pope’s visit to Cuba, I felt the need to share some of my concerns. Firstly though, I would like to clarify that I’m not Catholic or Christian, not in the sense of practicing any official brand of Christianity.

Yell at Those Who Screwed Up

The recent visit of Pope Benedict XVI visit was an extraordinary opportunity for the government to show its tolerance and its democratic vocation. However, the government’s behavior appeared more like a paramilitary operation designed to face an eventual uprising than to receive a special and friendly visitor.