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The True, the False & the Right Questions on Cuba’s Economy

Of course we have to produce more! But the correct question for an economist and for the economy would be: How do we produce more?

A vote did take place that day – people went to the polls and put a ballot in a box. But was this really an election?

Rather than increasing retirement ages as many governments are proposing, men and women worldwide want to stop working earlier.

Ethnic cleansing only benefits the Ortega clan and its dynastic project, a vehicle of accumulation of political power and wealth.

To give you an idea of the event, there were 470 candidates for 470 National Assembly seats, and, of course, they were all voted in.

Message to heads of state: Let us not forget entire families are waiting for justice. Let us take action to liberate Monsignor Rolando Alvarez.

The national symbols are off-bounds, unless you are a tourist or an official, or the government finds a way to profit from them.

I landed in Havana with the foreigner’s enamored gaze, these eyes that follow the vintage American cars from one street corner to the next…

Ambassadors: Act for a democratic transition in my country. For life, peace, and justice. For an end to crimes and impunity.

The trend is in stark contrast to the days of staggering results, close to 100 percent, still on record two decades ago.