Gadhafi was killed in his native town by rebel troops. After several months of bloody struggle, devastation, and material and human losses, the former Libyan leader was finished off. He who for more than four decades governed that African country died at the hands of his own people.
Read MoreTo be independent is the only way to be worthy of respect, therefore a people who depend on the whims of a government (foreign or domestic) and not on their own work to satisfy their economic needs cannot be worthy of respect.
Read MoreRecently I got my hands on an economic analysis of Cuba from a Western embassy, a study that paints a very different picture from what we’re accustomed to hearing.
Read MoreCamila Estrada is happy now. After having been dogged by domestic violence for years, again she’s enjoying the company of her family. It’s like a dream from which she doesn’t want to wake.
Read MoreRecently I was at one of three ATM’s in my municipality. That day it was the only one in service. For some unknown reason the other two were out of money.
Read MoreWith the new rules regarding the sale/purchase of vehicles, the government persists in its intention to monitor the processes of social mobility. Not like before, not in all the detail, but still managing the key variables and reserving a veto power.
Read MoreThanks to these new technologies, the ability of elites to control information is much more difficult. Today an individual in the most remote location on the planet can communicate their ideas through the Internet to millions of people any other place on the earth.
Read MoreMy just-graduated-from-college son and I traveled to the Basque region of Spain recently for a one-week seminar and tour of the Mondragon Cooperative Complex (MCC), the famous worker-owned cooperatives. What I would like to do is provide a glimpse of a few aspects of Mondragon, and perhaps draw a few conclusions relevant to socialist Cuba. (58 photos)
Read MoreThe western media is finally aware of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), and of course, it is confused. One the biggest problems with its coverage of anything inherently political is the need to frame all new phenomena within an identifiable context. (13 photos)
Read MoreIf the US State Department really cares whether its “contractor,” Alan Gross (62), ever sets foot on US soil again, depends on its willingness to engage in serious negotiations with Cuba.
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