Opinion

Imaginary Heroes

Our societies have always required heroes. But curiously, they have required them as ideological constructions, as imaginary figures based on a series of virtues, more than as real and concrete people. I’m sure that if our heroes came back to life they’d be very upset with the way we describe, imagine and supposedly want them to be.

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What Never Happened

Although it was not the “appropriate channel,” it was in the street when we all gave our opinions. And it didn’t matter a great deal if we acted that way out of irreverence or wariness, because both are important qualities among journalists.

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Don’t Skimp on Efforts for Life

The five survivors tremble with emotion in sharing their exciting and contagious stories that make viewers recall moments in their own lives when they could have been close to death. For our futures, this makes us reassess all the importance and significance of having made it to where we are now and everything that can be implied by our continued living.

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Appropriate Channels in Cuba

As if it involved Venetian traffic regulations, political critics in Cuba must always express themselves through what are called the “appropriate channels,” otherwise they can be taken as ill-intentioned or even counter-revolutionaries.

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A Salute to Obama

I am among those who are saluting the recent decision by President Barack Obama to take another step to bore through the embargo/blockade. In this case it involves the easing of some restrictions on travel and remittances.

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Rescuing Santa from Cuba

In any case — with or without pressure — the White House will negotiate for its man and we’ll only have to wait to see how much it will give up in exchange. For the time being, an atmosphere of “greater understanding” can be noted in bilateral relations.

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Fidel Castro on Dev. Countries Food Crisis

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro made a call to put a stop to the hike in food prices, which threatens dozens of developing countries with the spread of hunger. In one of his newspaper columns, Castro proposed ending the conversion of maize and soya into biofuels as a means to face the high prices for agricultural products

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Searching for You Cuba

For a long time, the idea has been promoted in Cuban society that a good revolutionary “eats dry flour and doesn’t make comments.” From this it is understood that a proper Cuban accepts their poverty and remains faithful to the ideals of the state.

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Cuba’s Fidel on Obama’s AZ Speech

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro published a commentary on Thursday night analyzing the speech earlier in the day by US President Obama at the University of Tucson. Castro wrote that Obama missed the opportunity to “morally condemn the policies which inspired” the killing of six persons and wounding of 13 more including congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords in Tucson on January 8th.

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Cuba Mental Hospital Deaths Remain Mystery

They have asked me not to use the word “crime,” but I haven’t been able to come up with another term that defines the action better for killing people who are mentally ill through the use of hunger and cold to steal from them. It was such a cruel act that no one should benefit from extenuated words.

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