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‘Sumbe’: Another Film on the Angolan War

Sumbe, a movie by Eduardo Moya about Cuba’s military involvement in the Angolan war against colonialism and apartheid, is currently being shown in Havana cinemas.

Two, Three, or Twenty Fidels and Hugos

Few Latin American leaders have ever stirred up as much hatred and fear among our continent’s wealthy sectors and their principal partners as has the leader of the Cuban revolution, though currently President Hugo Chavez is not far behind in being the elite’s favorite target of rage.

Updating Cuba’s Immigration Policy

Every time Cuba’s general/president Raul Castro talks about “updating” something, I really don’t understand what he means. It’s probable that he’s doing this for that very reason, so that no one will understand him.

‘Habanastation,’ or a Bad Version of the Little Pink Shoes

From the first scenes, I found the manipulation of Cuban life so suspect that I doubted that the subsequent course of the film could save it from that initial elementary lack of sincerity.

True Friends Are Always There

It would have been even more difficult if it hadn’t been for those relatives and friends who are always close, the ones who help you when no one else thinks about you, those who call you when others forgot and who make you smile when you’ve begun to believe that everything’s over.

Less Cash on Cuba’s Streets

“Baro has disappeared,” repeat Cubans, implying that not as much money is circulating as before. They note that you can no longer sell anything at any price because people deliberate much more before making purchases.

Debate in Cuba, Skeptics & Content

Taken from one of the most recent speeches by General/President Raul Castro, the little phrase “Say what you think or want” traveled the world. Some viewed the matter with bitter skepticism, others with infantile contentment.

A Fresh Look at Cuba’s Emigrants

I have the impression that today no one is proud of having participated in those “meetings of repudiation.” In all the years that I’ve lived in Cuba, I’ve never found a single person who admitted to having thrown eggs at those who left.

Critical Discord in Cuba

All political systems, even the most authoritarian, coexist with a certain degree of critical discord. All of them, even the most democratic, also attempt to trivialize those disagreements and reduce them to the symbolic/token plane.

A Summer Saturday

This Saturday, the first rays of light announced that it would be an ideal day for just about any family plan. If it wasn’t for the fact that I was flat broke, it looked like it would be a perfect day.