The party/government spends plenty of resources and devotes ample space in their media to constantly remind the Cuban people of the endless string of attacks perpetrated against them by imperialism and the terrorist forces of the extreme right.
Read MoreHarold Cardenas and Roberto Gonzalez are two young university professors from Matanzas Province. Together they created La Joven Cuba (Young Cuba), one of the most interesting blogs in Cuba based on the number of visits, the youth who read it and its independent perspective.
Read MoreThe conference could be an opportunity for the PCC to build the national unity needed and claimed by calling for dialogue—as part of the meeting—with the participation of socialist and democratic forces that hold positions and proposals other than those approved in last April’s Sixth Congress.
Read MoreTaking advantage of the government’s new permissiveness, the Catholic Church convened a conference entitled “Current Challenges of the Cuban Nation” led by Alfredo Guevara. According to some reports, those in attendance included some dissidents as well as important Cuban academics.
Read MoreAlthough people in the First World enter airports almost as naturally as going into a store, for the average Cuban a trip abroad by airplane means breaking a silent and sinister curse.
Read MoreA few days ago I read a story about how when home repair materials are put up for sale, all traces of those products disappear within 40 minutes, a fact that speaks to the real needs of citizens here in Cuba.
Read MoreWhen it turns 8:00 pm in Cuba, I try to sit down in front of the TV to enjoy what our television news provides the people. What’s struck me of late is that in other parts of the world, people take to the streets to protest for their rights.
Read MoreCuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said the blockade has been a failure, but I disagree. On the contrary, I think it’s been quite successful. However, I do agree with the conclusions reached by the foreign minister and with those who voted against the embargo at the UN.
Read MoreThe truth is that my mother deserves special recognition for her being so persistent. From when I started kindergarten through the 9th grade, every morning she was pushing me to attend school.
Read MoreA group of international journalists were invited by the World Tourism Organization to their Central American trade fair (CATM) held in Panama, and in this context we visited Kuna Yala, an autonomous region inhabited by the Kuna community. Many of the things I saw among the Kuna surprised me. One was to find a nation where people, and especially their political leaders, talked to me with respect and even admiration for both Havana and Washington at the same time.
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