My younger brother has worked as a technician for the phone company for two years. His salary is nearly three times as much as mine, and it includes incentive pay in national currency as well as in convertible pesos (hard currency).
Read MoreOne of the accusations made by some of those who criticize the Cuban Revolution is that it has not achieved what it promised. Nonetheless, the Moncada Program — as outlined by Fidel Castro in his defense and published under the title “History Will Absolve Me,” has been over fulfilled.
Read More“Cuban President Receives Counterpart from Sri Lanka” read the Prensa Latina headline of June 17. The agency reported that the four-day official visit by President Mahinda Rajapaksa was at the invitation of President Raul Castro.
Read MoreThe Catholic Church wants to engage in politics, but modern politics isn’t a matter of catechisms. Let’s leave the saints out of this and speak clearly: the Catholic Church, as a political actor, has the right to trial and error, but it is also exposed to criticism.
Read MoreI should explain that I don’t take the writers on the Internet as prophets of absolute truth – not even my own colleagues. But I want to at least have the opportunity to assess information for myself and not have others do it for me.
Read MoreHere in Cuba, if any extenuating circumstance provides some measure of relief against the waning of desire, the fatigue caused by the sun or an environment that exudes abandonment, it’s the conversations one hears involuntarily.
Read MoreThey caught me by surprise on the corner of 23rd and “L”. As always, the gardens around the Coppelia ice cream shop – made famous by the movie “Strawberries and Chocolate”- were surrounded by long lines of Cubans, some waiting patiently and some impatiently for their only opportunity for a good ice cream in regular pesos.
Read MoreUnfortunately, in our country it doesn’t matter much if you’re a professional or a technician. Someone who has studied or works harder doesn’t live any better than anyone else.
Read MoreI appreciate opinions that come with arguments calling on our national press to raise and pursue questions to their logical conclusion. Even if it means going after those in the highest spheres of government who are responsible for dictating prices and importing the products sold to the public.
Read MoreIn straightforward language, understandable by Muzhiks and Cossacks alike, Lenin noted that a revolutionary situation occurred when those above can no longer govern as before, and those below can no longer bear their government as before.
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