Due to my almost non-existent internet access (a distressing condition), I’ve had no dialogue with you, the readers of my articles, though I always appreciate your attention. This time I would like to dedicate a few words that were prompted by the comments to my post titled “Civility Threatened in Cuba”.
Read MoreThose who assert that the government in Cuba is a dictatorship are deliberately lying. In my previous article I explained how all members of government are elected, be it the most modest member of a municipal assembly or a deputy to the National Assembly.
Read MoreSome people “believe” that for there to be a transition to a socialist economy (where cooperative and self-management forms of socialist production predominate), a high level of capitalist development must first be attained, and therefore we need to prioritize the expansion of domestic and foreign private capitalism.
Read MoreLouis is a man of over 60 who lives on my block. Although he has always looked too sad for words, we got along just fine.
Read MoreA week ago a good friend gave me a call asking for help in speaking out against the case of an official who was “wrongly accused by the prosecutor’s office, savagely tortured by Cuban State Security forces, and sentenced to 10 years in prison by the court.” I found the story interesting and a few hours later I was seated in front of an attractive and energetic 40-year-old woman.
Read MoreIt’s a good thing there are people who remind us that Cuba’s political system is organized in such a manner that there’s no need for parties, campaigning or money to win an election.
Read MoreBefore leaving Havana’s outlying Alamar community on the Via Blanca Highway, there’s a roadway signpost indicating Matanzas as being 86 kilometers away and Varadero as being 186. I saw this in a photo that a friend sent me and I’m now using it to begin this article.
Read MoreRene Gonzalez’s brother Roberto is gravely ill with lung cancer in Havana and on February 24th he requested the Miami court to grant him two weeks to visit him in Havana. Appeals to grant this request have been made all the way up to President Obama. The US Justice Dept. is opposed.
Read MoreWhat bothers me is the fact that fairs of such proportions are being repeated in the space provided by La Cabaña, one of the most sinister prisons in the history of Cuba from its construction in the 18th century until the end of the 1970s.
Read MoreThey are firmly committed to what they call “the Cuban political project” or what “the other side” would call the Castro regime. In terms of the many ideological classifications the Young Cuba blog is considered an independent – pro-government blog.
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