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Cuba’s Technocrats Are Looking North

With their gaze fixed on the north, the Cuban managerial technocracy — civil and military — prepares for its entry into the world of big business.

Carter’s US-Cuba Road Map for Peace

Once again, former president Jimmy Carter has carved out another road map of peace, when he challenged politically correct dogmas, risked the wrath of warmongers of this world, by doing what is morally right, when he decided to travel to Cuba in search of peace, harmony and a better tomorrow for all.

Jimmy Carter Describes his Cuba Visit

Ex-president James Carter said he would report to the Obama administration on his recent three day trip to Cuba. Now he issued a public report on his time in Havana as a guest of the Cuban government. The following is the complete report as published on the Carter Center website.

I Am Misinformed

A friend called me to ask what I knew about the accusation made against Cuban artist Agustin Bejarano. It seems that during a recent trip to Miami by him and his wife to attend the Latin American Art Arteamericas Fair, he was arrested by the local authorities under the sensitive charge of pedophilia.

The Obsolete Fabrication of “Enemies”

Those “socialists” (who never were) saw enemies everywhere due to their thirst for power, their permanent fear of losing it, intolerance and sectarianism. When they didn’t find those enemies, they manufactured them.

Carter: A Breath of Fresh Air

Carter told us that he had met with President Barack Obama and Secretary of State Hilary Clinton prior to leaving the US, and that upon his return he would give a detailed report on the trip and his impressions of the situation in Cuba.

Post-revolutionary Boredom

The post societies (post-industrial, post-communist, post-liberal, etc.) are always quite confused culturally because they tend to be defined more for negating than affirming. Or, better said, they affirm by denying.

Feeling All Beat Up

Today I got up earlier than usual. When the alarm clock sounded at 5:50 a.m., I’d already been up for a while puttering around in the kitchen. I was moving from here to there, shifting around from one way to another, but I still felt uncomfortable. My whole body ached. The day before I’d watched the game between our Guantanamo and Granma.

The Rise and Fall of a Cuban Think Tank

We are now marking 15 years since that repressive act which spelled the end to the boldest and most competent center for social research that existed in Cuba after 1959.

A Cuban’s Look at the Internet and Socialism

It’s known that hegemonic interests manipulate information on conflicts of every nature; but it’s also known that each person reacts to such information according to their interests, vision and convictions. The more cultured, free, democratic and socialized a society is, the better it can face the challenges of international networks.