The 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.
Read MoreThe recent editorial in Cubadebate — which actually defames and hinders Cuban debate — joins with those who would eliminate the socialist alternative. What is hurting socialism isn’t the Internet, but its absence. Technology doesn’t have surnames. It is neither capitalist nor socialist. In any case it is the work of intellectual and manual workers, and it serves those who use it best to serve their interests.
Read MoreThe history of Guantanamo is cruel, sinister and associated with tragedy and misfortune. Before the revolution this was the most neglected and backward area of the country, one where education, health care, communications, sports, industry and culture were noted for their low levels.
Read MoreI have a Spanish friend who I’ve stayed in touch with for a long time. We don’t talk face to face very often because whenever he comes to Cuba he’s always in a hurry. Between his girlfriend, his two daughters and other relatives, he doesn’t have time for too much else.
Read MoreCubadebate has launched a direct attack against non-government Cuban bloggers with a series of accusations that are extremely dangerous in a country where there’s no such thing as public opinion, no independent press or even a moderately independent judiciary.
Read MoreIf we don’t agree with everything expressed in the “Demanda Ciudadana por otra Cuba”* (Citizen’s Demand for Another Cuba), signed by over 100 people from civil society, opponents of the government of various tendencies, and Cubans in general (outside and inside the country) there is agreement on what is the essential request of the document.
Read MoreIt’s understandable that communists try to promote public property over private property – that’s the essence of their ideology. However it’s also true that the manuals on Marxism say that practice is the criterion of truth.
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