Cuba Faces Fanatics with Tight Press
The disorders that afflict Cuba’s press are definitively chronic. Yesterday on the national TV news I heard a special announcement that — instead of informing me — actually misinformed me.
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Opinion
The “Penny-Pinching” General
Raul Castro has just lost more than a vice-president; he’s lost his right arm. General Julio Casas Regueiro stood out in this task in at least three decisive moments: in the mountains of Cuba, in the battles in Africa and during the economic crisis of the 1990s.
Read MoreIs a Cuban Consensus Possible?
As summer comes to a close I remember, more than anything else, one afternoon I felt that — despite such a long and rabid division to which I’ve been witness time and time again — we Cubans could come to some agreement.
Read MoreFortunately, ‘We’re Getting Old’
I have to admit that I enjoyed the open letter from Pablo Milanes to Edmundo Garcia. Although I should emphasize that I don’t agree with many of Pablo’s statements.
Read MoreAn Ode to Cuba’s Mutts
I remember in the 1990s when a fax came to my office reporting that the US ambassador’s dog had been expelled. The first thing I thought was that there’d been some break in diplomatic relations expressed in unusually crude terms.
Read MoreCarlos Acosta & Cuba’s Performing Arts Award
I consider this award of recognition proper and commendable. However it would be good that starting from now nothing else were given to Cuban residents in Cuba or to nonresidents who reaffirm not only their patriotism but their identification with the system on the island.
Read MoreA Cuba Hip-Hop Shell Game
The majority of people still don’t know it (and those who know keep quiet), but the hip hop symposium is the official consequence of what had been the highly acclaimed Alamar Rap Festival.
Read MoreToday’s Cuba & the Ripe Fruit Policy
If the “fruit” ended up maturing and fulfilling the prediction made by the sixth president of the United States, we would have to “thank” that model implanted in Cuba in the name of “socialism and working class power.”
Read MoreHeads Up on the Cuban Adjustment Act
The recent topic of debate between Havana and Miami is the “Cuban Adjustment Act.” Thanks to that legislation (1966), any citizen from the island who steps onto US soil receives residency, just as if they were a political refugee.
Read MoreIs Cuba Really a Socialist Country?
If there’s one thing I understand clearly, it’s that I wouldn’t like to live in a country that wasn’t my own, nor one under a capitalist regime. But what’s capitalism, really? And is Cuba truly a socialist country?
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