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.
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.
Read MoreIn 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.
Read MoreFormer 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
Read MoreFor 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.
Read MoreFormer 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.
Read MoreThey 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.
Read MorePeople have been encouraged to speak freely about the economic guidelines of the Sixth Party Congress set for April, so with all due respect I am expressing my point of view.
A real discussion about the meaning of socialism should be at the center of debate in the upcoming party congress. However, the method being used for meetings at workplaces and among party members only call for discussion on specific, limited, prefabricated economic guidelines.
Read MoreTo summarize what happened in Cuba in 2010 is no easy task; there were so many occurrences that they cannot be covered in a single post. I will try to separate the wheat from the chaff, the truth from the talk, and the outcomes from the aspirations.
The economy shifted its direction radically. This began with the announcement of the layoff of 500,000 public employees (by the end of March 2011) and the opening of self-employed work. This is a process that over a five-year period will impact a total of 1.8 million public-sector workers.
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