Cuba: Fighting Against and With HIV-AIDS
“Confronting the realities of pregnancy and HIV isn’t easy. In April, I’m going to mark the 11th year since I was diagnosed,” said Ivon Delgado.
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Opinion
The Cuba Blockade: A Catch-all Excuse
The only thing that’s said is “the blockade is to blame.” This is what’s always heard when something doesn’t work right in Cuba like it should. I would like for the economic embargo to be eliminated if only to see if that resolved most of our problems.
Read MoreHow Can I Get on Raul’s Cuba Train?
I cannot offer the Cuban political elite anything of what they seek in “updating” their battered model or helping it to function. To top it all off, though I think they have to be negotiated with, at the same time I think they are a major part of the problem.
Read MoreCivility Threatened in Cuba
I saw a Cuban documentary about elementary school education here. To teach the pronunciation of the letter “f,” the teacher used the word “firearm” – not flower, or fiesta or fun…words that are closer to children. With an emphatic pause, she pronounced: FIRE-ARM, and proceeded to make those innocent students repeat those same syllables.
Read MoreCatholics, Communists and the second coming of el Papa to Cuba
On March 26, Pope Benedict XVI will arrive in Cuba for a two-day whirlwind of religious ceremonies and meetings with the Castro brothers and other political leaders.
Read MoreInternet in Guantanamo, Cuba
I’ve heard tons of complaints about Internet use in our country but I’d never experienced it firsthand. Thanks to a friend, every two or three days I’d always been able to open my mail as well as access news from around the world.
Read MoreLast December in Havana, Cuba
It’s finally December, which simply means it’s 76 degrees instead of 85 in Havana, Cuba – still sunny and breezy and bright, with very few Christmas decorations. Here are a few observations of late.
Read MoreCuba’s Press: Dodging the Big Issues
Would you trust a doctor who diagnosed you with a serious case of cancer and then, immediately afterwards, told you that you also had acne, and urgently prescribed only face cream to eliminate those nasty little pimples on your face?
Read MoreWill We Cubans Reconcile?
Recently I had the privilege to be invited to participate in a workshop in Santo Domingo on the issue of national reconciliations. Obviously some ideas were exchanged concerning what should occur in Cuba at some point in time.
Read MoreSilence Around the Cuban Five
An important part of the mass media campaign of lies directed against Cuba is that of complicit silence so that people don’t learn the truth about various issues related to our socialist country.
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