Today, while walking by a number of farmers market stalls full of fruits and vegetables, something made me think back to the 1990s, when food distribution in Cuba was monopolized by the government through mechanisms that were as strict as they were inefficient.
Read MoreI read with interest the article by Fernando Ravsberg, the BBC correspondent in Havana, about the announcement by the Cuban Government of another a “Nation and Emigration Conference.”
Read MoreIn Cuba, the political system is organized so that there is no need for parties, propaganda or money to win an election. Any citizen from among the people who has prestige in the community where they live can become a deputy to the National Assembly.
Read MoreRecently the Granma newspaper published a surprising fact, which made me question if Cuba could still be considered an agricultural country. Incredibly, it’s easier to eat an imported apple here than a guanabana.
Read MoreTo the Cuban people, who are now beginning to politically rebuild their republic, these episodes should serve to let us know that if ideas of democracy, civil liberties and other political gains are not constantly rethought and renovated, they become old and outdated.
Read MoreWhen I arrived in Cuba, the Torricelli Act (1992) was being promoted by Washington and Miami to tighten the US embargo, continuing with the old approach of sharpening the crisis so as to force Cubans to rise up against their government.
Read MoreThe second surgery on President Chavez in Havana was announced, and we ardently wish his speedy recovery. However, if for some reason he is unable to run for reelection in October, the government of Cuba could find itself without crucial financial support from Venezuela.
Read MoreThis past Wednesday night I received an email that had been sent out to numbers of people from a diligent Cuban-American cultural entrepreneur. It was a call from the Cuban Interests Section in Washington for the holding of a meeting with Cuban emigrants in the United States.
Read MoreAnother of the big lies used against the Cuban Revolution to assert that democracy doesn’t exist in Cuba is so-called “single-party system.” It’s said — wrongly, and with deliberate intentions — that there’s a single party in Cuba.
Read MoreApparently, taking a simple photo in a public place in Cuba represents a threat to state security, as if it were a bomb or a massive riot. This leads me to pose some problems. The first is that of freedom, and its unequal interpretation with respect to the rights of citizens and foreigners.
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