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Death of the Last Prophet

Bradbury came to me through a friend during those times when I still had black tea and the invocation of a book along with the music of Vangelis, which were enough to undertake a long journey.

Havana Times and Some Low Blows

It seems that within a line of attack against other Cuban bloggers and audivisual projects, it is becoming fashionable to include slander against Havana Times. We received a first shot from Cubadebate, and now another one has been posted on the Rebelion website, an attack written by journalist and former Cuban State Security agent Percy F. Alvarado Godoy.

Cuba Needs a Vaccine Against Blindness

We Cubans urgently need a vaccine against blindness, because many of us are either blind or going blind – which aren’t the same things. And take note: I’m including myself, because sometimes this kind of blindness can be picked up. That’s right; it’s contagious.

In Cuba, It’s Better to Sell Peanuts

Her response was politically correct. This woman didn’t know me or my intentions, nor did she know the consequences of what she was saying to me. Just in case, it was better to make her position crystal clear.

Cuba’s Overlooked Development in Science

As you may recall, the old Bush Plan for Democracy in Cuba (i.e. the destruction of the revolution), promised to close all scientific research centers in our country because they were not — according to them — engaged in activities that were “appropriate” for developing countries.

Diversity Is Worth the While

The teacher was wise, saying a lot without saying too much. His words had neither the tone of those who advocate censuring stubborn positions, nor were they ones demanding the implementation of plurality. The message itself was implicit.

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?

It was that time of day when the thermometer soared, when electronic equipment demanded air conditioning or else risked burning out, and when everyone who was forced to wait in the open — but having at least a minimum freedom of movement — took refuge in some small island of shade.

21st Century Socialism and Mind-Set Change in Cuba

What is yet to be seen is whether the economic changes in Cuba will lead to a level of production that realizes what the early founders of the socialist ideal had in mind: “the satisfaction of the ever growing needs of the population.”

This Cuban’s Train Stories

I wasn’t trying to go on a pleasure trip or anything. I was forced to travel in that fashion due to health problems of one of my aunts. She had suffered a heart attack and was reported in serious condition at the provincial hospital in central Ciego de Avila.

Unite with WikiLeaks Julian Assange

To avoid rotting away in USA’s gulag Julian Assange took the difficult decision to seek political asylum at Ecuador’s embassy in London.