It was 60 years this June since Elizabeth II was crowned Queen of England after her father, King George VI, died in February of 1952. I was twelve years old at the time and was a high-school freshman at the Instituto de Segunda Enseñanza de Marianao.
Read MoreElias Carranza, a senior UN official for the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders Institute, said Cuba is the safest country in the region. It is free of the critical situation of violence that characterizes the continent, with the island having made great achievements in reducing crime.
Read MoreI remember that when I was a little girl, I liked to walk around outside our apartment building and search through the grass for treasures that chance would place in my path: a piece of gold-foil paper, a button in a peculiar shape, a piece of a toy… (8 photos)
Read MoreHardly anyone speaks of socialism in Cuba, a better world or the laws of history blowing at the nation’s back – core arguments from when there were more Soviet flags in Havana Bay than in Red Square.
Read MoreI will refer to one concrete philosophical element present in ideologies: the relationship between the means and ends, a matter of prime importance for understanding and undertaking political tasks and those of any other nature.
Read MoreThere are streets and corners of Havana that tend to be very confusing, because this city is the reflection of a country where boundaries are not clearly defined. The culture is a melting pot, as are the addresses.
Read MoreFor the anti-Cuban propaganda, people in other countries “emigrate,” but those who leave Cuba are “fleeing.” One has to look more closely to see which ones are really migrating and which ones are fleeing.
Read MoreCoral Gables travel agency Airline Brokers that was fire bombed in April, presumably for facilitating travel to Cuba, is not alone in being targeted by right-wing extremists. Women’s health clinics around the nation are also currently on high alert.
Read MoreThe Sixth National Critical Observatory Social Forum took place last weekend to discuss self-organization in Cuban society. However, the sessions couldn’t be finished at the state-supported institution that served as the meeting place. (21 photos)
Read MoreDays before the expected visit to Cuba by Pope Benedict XVI in late March, a group of people without any special political affiliation occupied the “Basilica of Our Lady of Charity” in Havana, trying to remain in the church like asylum-seekers in an embassy.
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