Opinion

Attempting Self-employed Work in Cuba

Pepe began by looking for all available information in order to decide what type of self-employed work he could do. The choices included selling prepared food, selling animals for “religious matters” or selling farm products.

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Cuba, Haiti Share History of Pain, Suffering & Survival

Nearly a year after the earthquake, Haiti continues to be plagued by inefficiency, indolence and inaptitude in face of massive human suffering. Many of those supposed to lead the recovery effort, have engaged in posturing, photo-ops, press releases, TV appearances and on radio talk shows.

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Raul Castro Speaks on Cuba’s Economic Reforms

Cuba’s President Raul Castro addressed his country’s parliament on Saturday at the closing of a session dedicated to discuss the economic reforms the government has begun to implement that include the laying off of some 500,000 public employees by the end of March and expand the possibilities for self-employment and small business.

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Fidel Castro Lambasts Clinton on Haiti

Former Cuban President Fidel Castro had sharp criticism Friday for his US counterpart Bill Clinton, the current UN Special Envoy to Haiti, in a commentary published in the Cuban press. HT brings you the full text of Castro’s commentary.

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Gen. Maceo & Lingering Racism in Cuba

No one in his/her right mind can deny the extraordinary educational advances that Afro-Cubans have made in the past half century. Yet, the socio-economic gap between us and other ethnic groups has persisted and widened in many cases.

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Loving to a Certain Point

I would like to denounce the bureaucracy that puts limits even on how far one can go in struggling for life. I want to defend the right of people to feel like they’re running up against the limits of nature and not those of human whim.

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Cubaleaks

I believe a Cubaleaks would work marvels. I know journalists who would love to be able to write about those issues and many citizens willing to provide information about current-day cases that remain mysteriously in the shadows.

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Cuba’s Fidel Sees UN in Haiti Cholera

According to Fidel Castro, the multilateral agency “not only has to fulfil the elementary duty of fighting for the reconstruction and development of Haiti,” but also “to mobilize the necessary resources to eradicate” that disease, reported IPS.

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Freedom of the Press in Cuba

The journalists who work for the Cuban media cannot dream of writing something that runs counter to the Party, which is the body that guides our State and our society. So what space is there for citizens who have different ideas to express; those who have a different vision of the reality here?

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