“A Cuban Brain Drain, Courtesy of the US”. This shocking revelation by the New York Times was unknown to the majority of its readership, accustomed to a hostile rhetoric about defecting baseball players, stagnated economy and a lack of basic goods.
Read MoreA week of works by young Cuban filmmakers kicks off the month from April 1-6. The Cuba Cinematheque will also feature, Cine Expresionista Aleman; James Dean, Un Mito del Cine; Films by Hungarian director Miklos Jancso and finally a tribute to Enrique Colina on his 70th birthday with an afternoon and evening of his films.
Read MoreAfter arriving by plane to the Holguin airport on December 24th, we noticed the first sign that something was wrong during our trip to the city of Bayamo. There was a deathly silence in the city. Bayamo’s Cespedes park and its surrounding areas seemed peopled by the dead.
Read MoreWhat has sadly become a ritual in Cuba are the yearly mea culpa of the heads of the nation’s most important institutions for failing to fulfill the meager projections they had set for themselves.
Read MoreIn a speech in Miami on Friday November 8, 2013, President Barack Obama said “We have to be creative and we have to be thoughtful and we have to continue to update our Cuba policies”. Many have questioned, some were alarmed, while most know very little about the 400 year old history of Afro Cubans with Florida.
Read MoreDespite the great efforts made by the Cuban government to achieve racial equality, social justice, and reduce stereotypes and racism, these problems have clashed with powerful forces masked in key positions inside our society, who are determined to halt and prevent the most important moral project in the country.
Read MoreThe following is the monthly calendar for May 2013 of film showings at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
Read MoreOn Tuesday, North Dakota Gov. Jack Dalrymple signed into law three bills that could effectively ban abortion in the state and set up a major legal challenge to Roe v. Wade, which 40 years ago legalized abortion — at least in the first three months of pregnancy.
Read MoreThe following is the March 2013 monthly calendar of film showings at the Cinemateca de Cuba which includes the Charles Chaplin theater and the Charlot videoteca, both located on 23rd St. between 10th and 12th in Havana’s Vedado District.
Read MoreFor those who experienced the massive destruction left by hurricane Sandy in Santiago de Cuba, it is hard to believe how a few months later, all streets are free of debris; water, electricity, and telephone service have been fully restored, thousands of roofs have been replaced and hundreds of homes have been repaired or built.
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