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The Importance of a Call for a Better Cuba

We cannot fear dialogue if we want a better future for Cuba. Dialogue — between friends and foes — is imperative in today’s Cuba. We need it for change in Cuba, but also for changing ourselves.

London 2012: The Party Where Many Cry

After being delighted by the opening ceremony of the London Olympics, as the traditional competitions began, with these came my frustrations – because in sports, inexorably, someone wins and another one loses.

Tania and Her Questions

A few months ago, the teacher of my eight-year-old daughter asked me during a parents’ meeting how my little Tania had managed to learn so much about so many different subjects.

Contributing to a Healthy Debate

The attitude of calling people counter-revolutionaries moves away from exchanges based on respect, solid arguments, listening respectfully to other opinions and considering that everyone is partly correct.

Honor Among Thieves

In Cuba, all commerce is in the hands of the government and monopolies, both private and public, which generates economic inefficiency. In Cuba, all commerce is in the hands of the government and monopolies, both private and public, which generates economic inefficiency.

Columbus and Me

If I, instead of Columbus, had been to first European to step onto Cuban soil, I would have said the same thing: “This is the most beautiful land that human eyes have ever seen.”

From ‘Kufru’ to Moringa

Maybe one day someone will calculate how much Fidel Castro’s ignorant and voluntarist schemes have cost us. The recent call by the commandante for people to eat moringa plants was the buffoonish version of a past tragedy.

To Whomever God Gives, St. Peter Blesses

The title of this post is connected to my personality. That’s how I am. I’m glad if a neighbor builds a new house, paints their old one or makes any other home improvement.

Response to Raul Castro’s Last Speech

The July 23, 2012 speech by Cuban President Raul Castro, at the Havana Convention Center, reveals a serious misconception in the theoretical foundation of the government’s economic policies. If not altered, it is likely to doom perfection of the Cuban model of socialism.

Cuba: From Paya’s Death to Carromero

After concluding with his legal responsibilities in the Paya affair, Mr. Angel Francisco Carromero Barrios might hope for a lucrative Hollywood contract – but not as an actor, rather as a well-paid professional stuntman or double.