The news had run around the whole university like a line of lit gunpowder. Teachers, services workers and even some students were all talking about it. It seems that those of us in my department were the last ones to find out.
Read MoreSending the Cuban Five home in exchange for Alan Gross would have saved the U.S. the embarrassment of the upcoming trial.
Read MoreIt’s incredible that a country as small as Cuba — even tinier than Uruguay — can create such a racket in the world. Be it in politics, medicine or culture, or simply for its cigars, the name of the island always appears. The Wikileaks connection is no exception.
Read More“You can go and complain to the government. I’m not to blame if the law of supply and demand now reigns, or for the fact that they raised my taxes,” said a driver.
Read MoreMiguel believed that his being accepted into the National Union of Cuban Writers and Artists (UNEAC) would finally release him from the curse of being a self-taught painter, meaning someone who couldn’t exhibit his works for sale in authorized galleries.
Read MoreOur 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.
Read MoreAlthough 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.
Read MoreThe 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.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreI 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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