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In Cuba, the Party Doesn’t Need Elections

It’s a good thing there are people who remind us that Cuba’s political system is organized in such a manner that there’s no need for parties, campaigning or money to win an election.

Cuba, Varadero, Utopia and Kilometers

Before leaving Havana’s outlying Alamar community on the Via Blanca Highway, there’s a roadway signpost indicating Matanzas as being 86 kilometers away and Varadero as being 186. I saw this in a photo that a friend sent me and I’m now using it to begin this article.

Bizarre Cuba Spy Drama Continues

Rene Gonzalez’s brother Roberto is gravely ill with lung cancer in Havana and on February 24th he requested the Miami court to grant him two weeks to visit him in Havana. Appeals to grant this request have been made all the way up to President Obama. The US Justice Dept. is opposed.

Flowers at the Fort

What bothers me is the fact that fairs of such proportions are being repeated in the space provided by La Cabaña, one of the most sinister prisons in the history of Cuba from its construction in the 18th century until the end of the 1970s.

Young Cuba’s Communist Bloggers who Debate & Toast with Anti-Castro Exiles

They are firmly committed to what they call “the Cuban political project” or what “the other side” would call the Castro regime. In terms of the many ideological classifications the Young Cuba blog is considered an independent – pro-government blog.

Intermediaries in the Cuba Agro Chain

Today, while walking by a number of farmers market stalls full of fruits and vegetables, something made me think back to the 1990s, when food distribution in Cuba was monopolized by the government through mechanisms that were as strict as they were inefficient.

Cuba, a Reporter and the Scaffold

I read with interest the article by Fernando Ravsberg, the BBC correspondent in Havana, about the announcement by the Cuban Government of another a “Nation and Emigration Conference.”

Cuba’s Undeniable Democracy

In Cuba, the political system is organized so that there is no need for parties, propaganda or money to win an election. Any citizen from among the people who has prestige in the community where they live can become a deputy to the National Assembly.

Looking for Cuba’s lost agriculture

Recently the Granma newspaper published a surprising fact, which made me question if Cuba could still be considered an agricultural country. Incredibly, it’s easier to eat an imported apple here than a guanabana.

Democracy at Stake

To the Cuban people, who are now beginning to politically rebuild their republic, these episodes should serve to let us know that if ideas of democracy, civil liberties and other political gains are not constantly rethought and renovated, they become old and outdated.