Nor Can I Judge
With great ease, many people inside and outside the island criticize Cubans who they see forced to jinetear (hustle), prostitute, lie and even commit crimes to meet their basic needs.
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Opinion
This House Is Mine, Fidel!
The decree authorizing the sale and purchase of homes in Cuba ends or at least gives a good breather to the discussion around private and public regulation of an issue as sensitive as real property.
Read MoreTo Imperialism, Nothing; To the People, Everything
The party/government spends plenty of resources and devotes ample space in their media to constantly remind the Cuban people of the endless string of attacks perpetrated against them by imperialism and the terrorist forces of the extreme right.
Read MoreThe ‘Young Cuba’ blog
Harold Cardenas and Roberto Gonzalez are two young university professors from Matanzas Province. Together they created La Joven Cuba (Young Cuba), one of the most interesting blogs in Cuba based on the number of visits, the youth who read it and its independent perspective.
Read MoreCuba Party Conference Document Questioned
The conference could be an opportunity for the PCC to build the national unity needed and claimed by calling for dialogue—as part of the meeting—with the participation of socialist and democratic forces that hold positions and proposals other than those approved in last April’s Sixth Congress.
Read MoreThe Cavalcade of Cuba’s Alfredo Guevara
Taking advantage of the government’s new permissiveness, the Catholic Church convened a conference entitled “Current Challenges of the Cuban Nation” led by Alfredo Guevara. According to some reports, those in attendance included some dissidents as well as important Cuban academics.
Read MoreCuba’s Horizontal Gravity (I)
Although people in the First World enter airports almost as naturally as going into a store, for the average Cuban a trip abroad by airplane means breaking a silent and sinister curse.
Read MoreCuba’s Elusive Building Materials
A few days ago I read a story about how when home repair materials are put up for sale, all traces of those products disappear within 40 minutes, a fact that speaks to the real needs of citizens here in Cuba.
Read MoreHitting the Streets in Cuba
When it turns 8:00 pm in Cuba, I try to sit down in front of the TV to enjoy what our television news provides the people. What’s struck me of late is that in other parts of the world, people take to the streets to protest for their rights.
Read MoreThe Present Cuba Blockade and the Future Embargo
Cuba’s foreign minister Bruno Rodriguez said the blockade has been a failure, but I disagree. On the contrary, I think it’s been quite successful. However, I do agree with the conclusions reached by the foreign minister and with those who voted against the embargo at the UN.
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