What’s Happening with Alternative Culture in Cuba?
If one were to believe in some theory of malicious omniscience, they could easily demonstrate this by observing the development of alternative culture in Cuba.
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Opinion
Cubans with Hard Times & Happy Faces
If it wasn’t for the Creole humor that characterizes Cubans — making us act the same way at a party, in a baptism or at a wake — I don’t know what would have become of us during all these years of extreme shortages and dire economic crisis.
Read MoreCuba’s July 26th, Then and Now
The date July 26, the most celebrated day on the Cuban political calendar, has meant different things for me at different stages of my life.
Read MoreCuba’s Adios to Students in the Fields
If I told you that the FAPI, the BETs and the BUTS’s are now history, readers from around the world would more than likely draw a blank. But these strange abbreviations more than likely take the thoughts of the average Cuban back to their student years.
Read MoreThe DR for Cubans: Fatal Attraction?
Strong historical and cultural relationships have existed between Cuba and the Dominican Republic. A part of the Cuban national legacy is in some way related to the DR, and Dominicans always remember that it was Cubans who restarted their sugar production in the 19th century.
Read MoreCuba in the ‘90s, Special Memories
What kind of country are we building? Is it a nation where we see ourselves forced to live here or the one that we exaggerate with our desires?
Read MoreJuly 26: Cuba’s Revolution, Morality and Solidarity
The main cause for failure was a missing vehicle with their heavy weaponry. Nevertheless they were able to cause three times the numbers of casualties that they suffered. Nearly one-half of the rebels were killed but most of them died under or following torture.
Read MoreReconciliation, Dangers & Model Change for Cuba
For years, some of us within the revolutionary ranks have been advocating changes toward a participative and democratic form of socialism as well as the holding of a national dialogue with all blocs involved.
Read MoreCuba’s Banks Are Different
Recent years’ reforms open up a new perspective for Cuban banking. Let’s hope they opt to support the productive development of citizens and don’t fall for the temptation of involvement in activities that have brought so many problems to the world.
Read MoreCuba’s Political Circus: Stunts & Applause
Those who applaud can argue that something is changing in Cuba, and they’re right. There are positive measures, but they continue being non-systemic steps aimed at survival, and therefore trivial before the tremendous crisis that faces society.
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